Extra Extra: Man Charged With Taping Up Daughter Barred From Her Birthday Party
- The father who taped up his daughter and posted the photo on Facebook was barred from attending the little girl's second birthday. He was released on bond about two weeks ago after pleading not guilty to abuse charges. [Sun-Times]
- Mayor Rahm Emanuel once again is throwing his support behind legalizing gay marriage in Illinois and vowed to push state lawmakers to pass a law. [Tribune]
- Sears laid off 100 people at its Hoffman Estates headquarters. [ABC7]
- Fire Commissioner Robert Hoff quits, depriving the firefighters union of a champion as they head into contract talks with Mayor Emanuel. [Sun-Times]
- The state’s cell phone ban while driving through construction zones depends on how one defines a “construction zone,” apparently. [CBS]
- New legislation in Springfield could charge a $5 “skin tax” on strip clubs. Imagine if they charged by the square inch. [Tribune]
- An architectural firm co-owned by Emanuel Chief of Staff Theresa Mintle’s husband received over $20 million in business from Mayor Daley’s administration between 2000 and when he left office last May. [Sun-Times]
- The Cook County Board of Commissioners introduced an ordinance yesterday to name the County Court building at 26th and California after pioneering African American judge George Leighton. [CBS]
