Jim Dey: “The controversy over the SAFE-T act has been emotional and complicated — emotional because supporters and critics have been flogging the issue for election-year gain and complicated because the legalities often are beyond general public understanding.”

Rep. Jan Schakowsky supported a new federal law that caps insulin costs at $35 a month starting in January, but it only applies to patients on Medicaid. She is hoping to see the law expanded to cover everyone.

A social media post shows a copy of a ballot from the central Illinois county that has for the U.S. Senate race incumbent Democratic U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth against Republican Peggy Hubbard and Libertarian Bill Redpath. But, it’s Kathy Salvi who is the Republican nominee in that race, not Hubbard.

With Illinois not yet luring big facilities such as those recently announced in Michigan, Indiana, Ohio and other states, Illinois could use a big deal-closing fund, Pritzker said—essentially a pot of money the governor is empowered to dip into to sweeten economic development deals when the competition with other states is tight. “Michigan has, I believe, a $1 billion fund. They can just write a check,” he said. “It would be great if we had a closing fund in Illinois.”

States such as Illinois and Minnesota have moved to impose explicitly politicized education licensure requirements.

Named one of TIME’s 100 Most Influential People in the World, Hannah-Jones has spent years “chronicling the way official policy has created—and maintains—racial segregation in housing and schools. Her deeply personal reports on the Black experience in America offer a compelling case for greater equity.”

In “How to Be an Antiracist,” Kendi argues the “only remedy to racist discrimination is antiracist discrimination. The only remedy to past discrimination is present discrimination. The only remedy to present discrimination is future discrimination.”

Among other things, Burke addressed controversy surrounding her husband, Chicago Ald. Ed Burke, who is facing a federal corruption trial next year. She says that the trial “absolutely did not” influence her decision to retire. “My decision was my decision,” she says. “We’ve been married for 54 years and as I always said, for better or worse, but not for lunch.”

James Tierney, a lecturer at Harvard Law School and former attorney general of Maine, said attorneys general races are particularly important now, when the U.S. Supreme Court is making decisions that are rapidly changing the legal landscape of the United States. But the big changes aren’t only happening on the federal level; Illinois is in the middle of major criminal justice reforms and cities like Chicago continue to battle the stubborn problem of gun violence. As the top law enforcement official, the

Kane County State’s Attorney Jamie Mosser and Lake County State’s Attorney Eric Rinehart – two top prosecutors who belong to the same political party but have vastly different views of the SAFE-T Act – discuss how it could be interpreted in January.

McLean County State’s Attorney Erika Reynolds said public safety concerns related to the release of those accused of violent offenses have been raised by state’s attorney’s offices in nearly every county. “Law enforcement and prosecutors are not in a position to make legislative changes but are committed to ongoing negotiations with those that hold that power.”