A measure to explicitly ban Chicago police officers from being members of extremist groups like the far-right Proud Boys has gotten the greenlight from a key City Council panel. Twin bills in the state legislature could bring autonomous vehicles to Illinois. Students at a private school in Chicago will be learning by artificial intelligence rather than teachers.

Plus, Chicago’s inaugural poet laureate, Avery R. Young, will soon debut his brand new opera. The show is loosely based on his family’s story during the Great Migration. It brings notes of blues and funk to the Lyric Opera House.