Gov. JB Pritzker signed a measure intended to allow law enforcement to remove squatters without the need for a lengthy court eviction process.

An offer has been submitted for the Bairds department store building, which has been vacant since 2014. Plans to turn the famous shop into a Wetherspoons lapsed in 2023.

Speaking in the meeting, Rebecca Ferguson, a mum living nearby to the site, called the application "extraordinary". She said: ...