Good afternoon, Chicago.
A newly appointed school board did not hold a closed meeting to address personnel matters today, a choice that would not seem unusual in a less turbulent time for the nation’s fourth-largest school district.
But today’s Chicago Board of Education meeting was hardly typical. It was held a day after the board president resigned due to social media posts deemed antisemitic, misogynistic and conspiratorial by critics, including Gov. JB Pritzker. The former board president, the Rev. Mitchell Ikenna Johnson, was replaced Friday with a temporary chair: Michilla “Kyla” Blaise.
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Muslim civil rights group leads call for state Sen. Sara Feigenholtz to resign over social media post
Feigenholtz on Friday apologized for her response to a post on X from Mosab Hassan Yousef, a critic of Hamas and Islam, who wrote that “Westerners who praise Islam are bootlickers.” Read more here.
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- Great Lakes ecosystem and energy needs at the center of Line 5 pipeline disputes
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Jury sides with Abbott Laboratories in ongoing fight over preterm infant formulas
A St. Louis jury handed Abbott Laboratories a win Thursday, deciding that Abbott, another company and a hospital were not liable after a boy consumed the company’s cow’s milk-based products for premature infants and became severely ill. Read more here.
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- At a Chicago Trader Joe’s, a union remains in limbo as the grocery chain challenges the validity of just one vote
- Governors of five states, including Illinois, call for ‘swift action’ on rising electric bills
Chicago White Sox decline $25M option on Yoán Moncada, ending his up-and-down, injury-plagued 8-year run with the team
Moncada’s best season with the White Sox came in 2019, when he hit .315 with 25 home runs and 79 RBIs in 132 games. He agreed to a five-year, $70 million extension during spring training the next year. Read more here.
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- Connor Bedard is frustrated — ‘when you lose, you’re not going to be happy’ — but he’s confident in the Chicago Blackhawks’ path
- Indiana Fever hire Stephanie White as its new coach to lead Rookie of the Year Caitlin Clark
Performers in the 89th annual Chicago Thanksgiving Parade on Nov. 23, 2023, on State Street in Chicago. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune)
First look at holidays 2024: Thanksgiving Parade, the Chicago tree lighting and Christkindlmarket
If it’s November, it must be the holidays, or at least time for a first look at what’s in store this coming season. Read more here.
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- Sixth edition of Chicago Architecture Biennial is coming next September
- Are you ready for it? Northwest Indiana Swifties head to Indianapolis for the final Eras Tour weekend in the US.
Israel pummels Gaza and Lebanon, killing dozens in latest wave of deadly airstrikes
It was another day of bloodshed in Gaza, where Israel said it had targeted Hamas infrastructure. Read more here.
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