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State Sen. Ann Gillespie, a Democrat from Arlington Heights, will step down from her legislative post to lead the state’s Department of Insurance as acting director. Her appointment requires confirmation by the state Senate. She replaces Dana Popish Severinghaus, who assumed the department’s top post in 2021 and will be leaving the position next week.
Gillespie has been a state senator since 2019 and is a former business executive, health care attorney and consultant in the health care field.
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A still image from a video released by the Civilian Office of Police Accountability shows a group of Chicago police officers surrounding a vehicle driven by Dexter Reed, 26, moments before an “exchange of gunfire” in which Reed was fatally shot on March 21, 2024, on the West Side. (Chicago Police Department)
COPA releases harrowing video of fatal police shooting of Dexter Reed on West Side, which mayor calls ‘deeply disturbing’
The Civilian Office of Police Accountability released video footage Tuesday that shows a group of Chicago police officers firing dozens of bullets at a man during an ill-fated traffic stop last month. Read more here.
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A shopper finds a last minute bargain at the Spring Hill Mall in West Dundee, which is closing after 43 years, Wednesday, March 20, 2024. (E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune)
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Nationwide, the number of malls declined about 17% per year from 2017 to 2022 and many more are expected to close in the next 10 years, according to a report by Capitol One bank. But managers believe they can save malls with makeovers that often involve adding entertainment and dining, with a new twist: making malls a place where people cannot just shop, but live. Read more here.
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Cubs reliever Luke Little reacts to allowing a two- run home run to the Padres’ Xander Bogaerts during the sixth inning at Petco Park on April 8, 2024. (Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images)
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The Yard at Chicago Shakespeare Theater on Navy Pier. (Nancy Stone/ Chicago Tribune)
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Britain’s Royal Shakespeare Company, among the world’s most famous and critically acclaimed theaters, will return to Chicago next fall for the first time in 30 years with a new staging of William Shakespeare’s “Pericles,” produced in collaboration with Chicago Shakespeare Theater. Read more here.
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A black plume rises over East Palestine, Ohio, after a controlled detonation of a portion of the derailed Norfolk Southern trains, Feb. 6, 2023.
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Norfolk Southern has agreed to pay $600 million in a class-action lawsuit settlement related to a fiery train derailment in February 2023 in eastern Ohio. Read more here.
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