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Chicago Sun-Times

Chicago Public Schools juniors and seniors could trim two years off the time it takes to earn a college degree in a new dual-enrollment program with City Colleges of Chicago and Illinois Institute of Technology. The Runway 606 program, starting this fall, will allow any CPS student with a 2.5 GPA to apply for dual enrollment with City Colleges of Chicago and a pathway to earn a technology-based degree at Illinois Institute of Technology.

Chicago Tribune

The Bring Chicago Home ballot measure just survived a legal challenge — and unless the Illinois Supreme Court orders otherwise, the question will remain on the ballot and the Chicago Board of Elections will count each vote cast on March 19. The measure itself is straightforward, if wordy. It restructures the real estate transfer tax from a flat tax to a progressive tax in order to raise funds to address homelessness. And because part of that restructuring involves increasing the transfer tax on high-priced real estate, the Illinois Municipal Code requires voter approval, which is what Bring Chicago Home is seeking.

Scientific American

Mark Roman Miller, an assistant professor at Illinois Institute of Technology, sees augmented reality devices as extraordinary tools, but he warns that they also carry enormous potential for counterproductive distraction. He says he “treats his smartphone like his shoes” by leaving it at the door when he comes home. Augmented and mixed-reality devices could further exacerbate the problem of divided attention that many smartphone users already encounter, he says.

WGN Radio

“I know a lot of people use water filters at home, and I’m someone who doesn’t because I trust in the water, that we’re doing a good job treating it and that it’s safe,” said David Lampert, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering. “The EPA has lots standards that are required from any sort of a public water system, and I know that Chicago works really hard to make sure that we’re meeting those standards and that the water is safe to drink. I personally always make sure that I drink water straight out of the tap just as my way of advertising that that’s one of our products that we believe in.”

Texas Tribune

“The constitutional provisions that protect your right to travel from, for example, Texas to Washington, include some provisions that may not protect your right to travel within the state of Texas,” said Noah Smith-Drelich, law professor at Chicago-Kent College of Law. “I think it’s a reflection of just how important, how fundamental travel is, that there are multiple different constitutional protections that say you can't limit travel without a really good reason.”