State

• ISBE issues new guidance to schools for remote learning

• IDOT seeking proposals for Safe Routes to School projects

New law incentivizes landlords to offer affordable housing

Gov. J.B. Pritzker speaks at a news conference at the Thompson Center in Chicago on Monday, Nov. 30, 2020.

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• Lawmakers override Pritzker’s ambulance veto, fail to agree on ethics changes

  • House sponsor says she’ll take another crack at ethics bill – if lawmakers return in time

• Lawmaker urges vote to put limits on executive orders

Nation

Ida's record rain floods New York-area homes, subways; at least 44 dead

First responders pull local residents in a boat as they perform rescues of people trapped by floodwaters after the remnants of Tropical Storm Ida brought drenching rain, flash floods and tornadoes to parts of the northeast in Mamaroneck, New York, U.S., September 2, 2021. REUTERS/Mike Segar

• Former U.S. Cardinal McCarrick to be arraigned on charges he molested teen

• Former Georgia district attorney indicted for obstruction in Arbery case

• South Carolina Supreme Court strikes down city's school mask mandate

• As COVID surges, more Florida school districts revolt against governor's mask ban

• Analysis-FDA vaccine advisers face thorny question: Are COVID-19 boosters needed?

Government, Politics, Campaigns  & Elections

U.S. Supreme Court's rightward lurch put Roe v. Wade on the brink

Storm clouds roll in over the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, U.S., September 1, 2021. REUTERS/Tom Brenner

• Biden warns of 'unconstitutional chaos' due to Texas abortion ban

• Biden enlists White House counsel to fight Texas abortion law

• U.S. House to vote on abortion bill, faces tough path in Senate

• Biden to visit hard-hit Louisiana to see damage from Hurricane Ida

• U.S. Senator Manchin wants a pause in Democrats' push for $3.5 trillion spending bill

• New York's fatal floods stoke calls for U.S. infrastructure spending

• Republican Cheney to be vice chair of U.S. House panel on Jan. 6 attack

• Pennsylvania Republicans launch election audit, solicit testimony on 'improprieties'

International

Police in New Zealand kill "extremist" who stabbed six in supermarket

A police officer leads employees of a nearby store away from the scene of an attack carried out by a man who injured multiple people at a shopping mall in Auckland, New Zealand, September 3, 2021. Stuff Limited/Ricky Wilson via REUTERS

• Syria says Israeli air strikes target areas near Damascus

• Taliban co-founder Baradar to lead new Afghanistan govt - sources

  • Analysis-Afghan Taliban victory brings new challenge: governing a country in crisis

  • Hunted by the men they jailed, Afghanistan's women judges seek escape

  • The day the music died: Afghanistan's all-female orchestra falls silent

Japan's struggling PM Suga steps down, sets stage for new leader

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said on Friday he would step down, setting the stage for a new premier after a one-year tenure marred by an unpopular COVID-19 response and rapidly dwindling public support. 

• NATO calls on Russia to be transparent with military exercises

• China says climate talks with U.S. envoy Kerry were 'candid, in depth, pragmatic'

• Exclusive: U.S. funding tapped for Pacific undersea cable after China rebuffed

Science, Medicine, Technology & Environment

China develops prototype miniature helicopter for Mars missions

A visitor looks at a model of a Chinese space station at an exhibition marking the 100th anniversary of the Communist Party of China outside a shopping mall in Beijing, China June 23, 2021. REUTERS/Thomas Peter/File Photo