Daywatch: Illinois nonprofit provides free flights for patients traveling to get an abortion

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A bipartisan gun violence invoice that appeared unimaginable a month in the past is on the verge of profitable last congressional approval, a vote that may produce lawmakers’ most sweeping reply in many years to mass shootings. The Senate authorised the measure Thursday by 65-33. Fifteen Republicans joined all 50 Democrats, together with their two impartial allies, in approving the invoice. The Home was set to vote on the $13 billion package deal Friday.

Earlier Thursday, one other department of presidency moved in the wrong way on gun restrictions. In a significant enlargement of gun rights, the Supreme Courtroom mentioned Thursday that People have a proper to hold firearms in public for self-defense, a ruling more likely to result in extra folks legally armed.

And within the newest Jan. 6 listening to, Illinois Republican U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger took the lead in questioning witnesses whose testimony tried to indicate how former President Trump pressured the Justice Division to assist him overturn the 2020 election. Listed here are some takeaways from the listening to, together with particulars on what number of GOP members of Congress had been mentioned to have sought pardons.

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A burgeoning Illinois nonprofit has begun offering free flights aboard small passenger airplanes to assist sufferers journey to their abortion appointments, a brand new technique of reproductive well being care entry that’s emerged because the U.S. Supreme Courtroom is poised to overturn Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 case that legalized the process nationwide.

The Springfield-based charity Elevated Entry was included in late April, based on Illinois secretary of state data. “Even earlier than Roe ends, it’s not simple to entry an abortion,” mentioned the nonprofit’s government director, who requested to stay nameless for his security, citing the heightened menace of violence surrounding reproductive rights because the Supreme Courtroom ruling approaches.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot disputed the notion that Chicago law enforcement officials are being overworked, telling reporters the division provides cops discover when their days off are going to be canceled and so they have an “unimaginable quantity of” day off as a part of their contract.

Lightfoot made the feedback after aldermen authorised an ordinance Wednesday offering a loss of life profit to spouses of first responders who die by suicide. The Metropolis Council handed the measure unanimously after its sponsor, Southwest Aspect Ald. Matt O’Shea, and different aldermen spoke in regards to the hardships confronted by officers, together with having their days off repeatedly canceled amid an ongoing employees scarcity.

When Illinois’ wealthiest man, Ken Griffin, introduced Thursday that he plans to maneuver the headquarters of his funding agency from Chicago to Miami, it was not solely a significant growth for Citadel, it additionally got here at an intriguing time politically for the billionaire hedge fund supervisor.

Illinois Republican voters are poised on Tuesday to just accept or reject some or all members of a slate of GOP candidates for statewide places of work that Griffin funded with $50 million. That slate is headed by Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin, who’s vying to be the Republican nominee for governor.

Contemplating the timing and political optics, the Tribune’s Rick Pearson and Dan Petrella report, it factors to a probably early concession speech.

When Dalen Terry stepped out of a NBA draft watch celebration of greater than 100 family and friends in Phoenix, his boisterous pleasure zipped throughout two time zones — even by means of a Zoom name.

The Chicago Bulls chosen Terry with the No. 18 decide Thursday, including wing depth to their roster because the staff seems to be to construct round DeMar DeRozan for the 2022-23 season. Bulls normal supervisor Marc Eversley mentioned the rookie’s infectious vitality was key within the staff’s choice.

“Chicago is a significant meals city, from expensive effective eating to modest neighborhood joints that hit the spot, and I don’t know that I’ve ever seen the sweaty, cacophonous kitchen dynamics of the latter so richly and lovingly portrayed as they’re in ‘The Bear,’ a darkly comedic drama that takes its inspiration from a neighborhood staple: Mr. Beef,” writes Tribune critic Nina Metz.

Having seen all eight episodes, Metz says it is perhaps one in every of her favourite exhibits of the yr.

The Chicago Delight Parade is again after a 3-year hiatus as a result of coronavirus pandemic and is the spotlight of a month of occasions deliberate to honor and have fun Chicago’s lesbian, homosexual, bisexual, transgender and questioning or queer (LGBTQ) neighborhood throughout June.

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