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Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin said he spent 19 hours one day talking to police, then commissioned a poll of residents to get their views about police beyond what’s on social media.

Crime | Aurora mayor backs civilian review board, body cameras for police

Aurora should have a civilian review board to investigate complaints about police officers, and body cameras for police officers, the mayor said Tuesday. Mayor Richard Irvin recommended both ideas as the city council heard a 60-day status report on a group's police reform efforts.
In this June 16, 2020, photo, Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., asks a question during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on police use of force and community relations on on Capitol Hill in Washington. Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden has chosen Harris as his running mate.

Politics | Biden selects California Sen. Kamala Harris as running mate

Joe Biden named California Sen. Kamala Harris as his running mate on Tuesday, making history by selecting the first Black woman to compete on a major party's presidential ticket and acknowledging the vital role Black voters will play in his bid to defeat President Donald Trump.
Big Ten Commissioner Kevin Warren on the decision to cancel fall sports: “The mental and physical health and welfare of our student-athletes has been at the center of every decision we have made regarding the ability to proceed forward.”

College Sports | Big Ten pulls plug on football, fall sports

The Big Ten officially canceled fall sports Tuesday due to safety concerns regarding the COVID-19 virus.
Illinois saw its COVID-19 cases increase by 1,549 Tuesday while another 20 residents died from the disease, according to Illinois Department of Public Health officials.

News | Suburbs averaging 769 new COVID-19 cases a day, up from 403 a month ago

The suburbs are averaging 769 new COVID-19 cases each day. That's up from a daily average of 403 new cases a month ago.
St. Charles Unit District 303 is implementing a phased reopening plan when classes resume next week.
Education | St. Charles District 303 to reopen schools in phases
St. Charles Unit District 303 is rolling out a modified reopening plan that will send elementary and middle school students back to school in phases, while high schoolers will begin the academic year remotely.
Lake County Board member Linda Pedersen
Lake County | Only some Lake County employees face pay cuts through unpaid holidays
Three days that previously had been paid time off for Lake County government employees will be unpaid days this fall for a portion of the workforce.
A COVID-19 testing site opened Monday in the parking lot of Arlington International Racecourse in Arlington Heights. It relocated from Rolling Meadows High School.
Illinois | Aug. 11 COVID-19 cases per county; search by ZIP code
Since the outbreak began, there have been 95,948 cases in the suburbs as of Tuesday
A wrongful death lawsuit seeks damages from the Aurora Packing Company after the wife of a longtime company butcher died of COVID-19 on May 2.
News | Aurora meat plant sued after butcher's wife dies of COVID-19
A lawsuit seeks damages for wrongful death after a longtime butcher at an Aurora meat packing plant caught COVID-19 and passed it to his wife, who died on May 2.
Crime | South Holland man reported dead in Hanover Park case
After the Cook County medical examiner's office reported a death after an incident on the 1300 block of Kingsbury Drive, Hanover Park police confirmed they are investigating a report that multiple shots were fired there Tuesday morning.
Democrat Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz talks to Chicago Sun-Times editors in 2018.
Politics | Democratic legislator from Glenview says Madigan should step down
A Glenview legislator who has benefited from nearly $247,000 in contributions from House Speaker Michael Madigan is now calling for the beleaguered political powerhouse to step down, saying the legislature can't function below a cloud of "distractions, doubt or distrust."
Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s mask order requires businesses, schools and day care facilities to make “reasonable efforts” to ensure that patrons and employees wear face coverings when they cannot maintain a 6-foot distance from others.
Politics | Pritzker's mask rule survives legislative panel vote
A legislative panel that oversees the state's administrative rulemaking process voted along partisan lines to allow Gov. J.B. Pritzker's emergency rule to enforce mask-wearing and other public health orders to move forward.
People board up a Louis Vuitton store on the Magnificent Mile after looting broke out overnight in the Loop and surrounding neighborhoods.
Crime | What's behind Chicago's looting spree, and why this one is different
Why this spate of unrest and lawlessness in Chicago is different than what happened earlier this year.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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