Video gambling hearing ends after tensions flare between Mayor Brandon Johnson allies, opponents • More tickets for Obama Presidential Center museum to go on sale
The Spin Wednesday, June 24, 2026 | | |
| | | | | Likely headed to Congress, Evanston Mayor Daniel Biss to resign Oct. 18, in time to trigger special election for his successor. | | | | | A hearing on reversing Chicago’s legalization of video gambling terminals ended abruptly Wednesday after a call was made for a commissioner to resign. | | | | | The next round of tickets for the museum at the Obama Presidential Center go on sale to the public on July 8, for admission to the museum from September through January 2027. | | | | | A law signed by Trump last July expanded requirements for many adult SNAP recipients to work, volunteer or participate in job training. The new work and cost-share requirements are intended to increase accountability for participants and states — and to provide federal savings that offset new tax cuts. | | | | | A judge on Tuesday barred the federal government from making arrests at immigration courts, ordering an end to a practice that took hold shortly after President Donald Trump took office last year. | | | | | The Lake County Sheriff’s Department and Munster Police are investigating a threat leveled against a Munster town attorney that resulted in the firm resigning from the town. | | | | | Blue Island Mayor Fred Bilotto said Tuesday he opposed data center development at the MetroSouth Hospital or the Libby building. | | | | | U.S. Rep. Frank Mrvan, D-Highland, and others called for an end to the more than three-month long union lockout at the Whiting refinery in a Tuesday press conference in Washington, D.C. | | | |