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Extra Extra: Illinois House Kills Bill Making Conversion Therapy Illegal

By Jon Graef in News on Apr 13, 2014 9:00PM

  • The Illinois House struck down a bill that would have made 'conversion therapy' illegal. [Sun-Times]
  • Jason Vincent is leaving Nightwood. [Eater Chicago]
  • Michael Cera and Tavi Gevinson will star in the play “This is Our Youth” at Steppenwolf before producers take the production to Broadway. [Trib]
  • Dog owners in Uptown are urging the city to improve dog beaches that lack barriers. They claim the beaches are unsafe for dogs and humans. [DNAinfo]
  • Chicago drivers top the state in handsfree cellphone law violations. [Trib]

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