The group sent two diverging plans to the Legislature to spend $250 million in aid.
Worthington's boys' soccer team is unbeaten heading into the Class 2A state playoffs Thursday. The 22-player roster is primarily Hispanic, with family roots in Mexico, El Salvador and elsewhere in Central America.
Illinois law has for more than four decades protected those who oppose providing or receiving medical treatment because of their religious beliefs. Now Democrats want an exception to allow repercussions for those who refuse vaccinations in the battle against COVID-19.
Federal approvals of the COVID-19 vaccine for children 5-11 are expected next week.
The University of Wisconsin System said Wednesday that it will comply with an executive order issued by President Joe Biden that requires federal contractors to be vaccinated against COVID-19.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi declared Wednesday that Democrats are in "pretty good shape" on President Joe Biden's sweeping domestic plan, but hopes for a breakthrough quickly faded when a pivotal Democratic senator panned a new billionaires' tax to help pay for the $1.75 trillion package.
The federal government recently rejected pending lease rights and prospecting permit applications.
U.S. immigration authorities will limit arrests at schools, hospitals and other "protected" areas under guidelines issued Wednesday by the Department of Homeland Security, part of a broader effort to roll back the approach to enforcement under President Donald Trump.