Happy Sunday, everyone.
Here’s what we’re looking a today at Hoy:
*The horrific fire in Santa Maria, Brazil
after a band’s pyrotechnics show set the building ablaze, and fleeing patrons were unable to find the emergency exits, local officials said.
about recent nightclub tragedies. We’ve reached out to contacts in the area and hope to bring you a local perspective soon.
*Guns and gun violence have grabbed a lot of headlines after last month’s mass violence in Newtown, Connecticut.
Both the
and
ran stories about Ronnie Chambers, a West Side man who became the fourth sibling in his family to be murdered by a gun.
ABC7 Chicago had a story about a
Washington that drew thousands of people.
The Associated Press had a story about
Illinois politicians leading a varied push for gun laws
and the Beacon News
in an occasional series about how the national debate on gun laws and gun violence is playing out in local communities
The Associated Press also took a look at the
state’s troubled mental health system
.
*Speaking of the state, a number of stories about Springfield caught our attention.
Standard and Poor’s downgraded the state’s credit rating from A to A-, a move that
could cost the state $95 million
, according to
Jamey Dunn of Illinoize writes about
working to get a pension reform bill sponsored by Senate Majority Leader John Cullerton
through the legislature, while Kurt Erickson wrote about
and the difference between
Enterprise Zones and TIF districts
.
Meanwhile,
suggested that
Illinois legislators not get paid
until all of the state’s bills are paid.
We’ll see where that leads.
In the meantime, enjoy your morning.
