Illinois Quick Hits: Jackson to lie in state next week
(The Center Square) – Celebration of Life services have been announced for civil rights leader Jesse Jackson, who died on Tuesday.
Jackson will lie in state at Rainbow/PUSH Coalition headquarters in Chicago on Wednesday and Feb. 26.
On Feb. 27, a people’s celebration will be held at House of Hope on Chicago’s Far South Side. Homegoing services are scheduled at Rainbow/PUSH on Feb. 28 at 9 a.m. Central time.
MENDOZA: OPT IN FOR SCHOOL CHOICE
Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza says the state should put students above politics and opt in to the national education tax credit scholarship program.
In a Chicago Tribune op ed, Mendoza said Illinois should not leave federal incentives unused when they can benefit the state’s residents.
SEXUAL EXPLOITATION SENTENCE
A federal judge has sentenced a Chicago man to 37 years in prison for sexually exploiting nearly 100 children with whom he communicated on social media.
Prosecutors say Shaun Healy, 45, used Snapchat to contact and persuade young girls to create and send him sexually explicit images and videos of themselves.
Healy pleaded guilty last year to child exploitation charges.
Victims of sexual exploitation are encouraged to contact the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children by logging on to https://www.missingkids.org/ or calling 1-800-843-5678.
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