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Pandemic politics sure gets people riled up. A Republican federal judge denied a motion that was his idea — reassigning all cases challenging local vaccine mandates to his courtroom, a pitch that had some Democrats worried last week.

KONKOL COLUMN: Judge Denied His Own Proposal To Rule On All Vax-Mandate Cases

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Going Gray. High: 56 Low: 53.

• Watch this video of the latest confusing new lane configuration on the inbound Kennedy Expressway at the Jane Byrne Interchange. What could possibly go wrong? (NBC5)
• If you're a Comcast Xfinity subscriber and reading this while connected to Wi-Fi, welcome back. You've survived Tuesday's massive service outage. (Patch)
• State Rep. John D'Amico resigned Tuesday after 16 years in office. The North Side lawmaker from a family with a long lineage of Chicago politicians — and a couple ghost pay rollers who spent time in federal prison — hinted that he might run for statewide office. (Patch)
• The Woodstock of House, a documentary on the "Chosen Few" picnic and the origins of Chicago House Music will be featured at Black Harvest Film Festival. What makes Chosen Few so unique? "It is truly black love on display. It’s like a real-life Wakanda. There’s so much love and so much excellence," filmmaker Rodrick Wimberly said. (Defender)
• Could this be a break-out year for women's professional sports in Chicago? The Sky took home the WNBA title. Now, the Red Stars have made it to the National Women's Soccer League semi-finals. (WGN)

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