Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s first City Council meeting. State lawmakers get closer to the end of session. Former Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel. And Bob Fosse’s childhood dance partner.

• Mayor Lightfoot Exerts Control Over Burke, City Council
• Illinois on the Precipice of Legalizing Marijuana
• Former US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Mueller, Foreign Threats
• Spotlight Politics: Fireworks in Chicago and Springfield
• Bob Fosse’s ‘Riff Brothers’ Dance Partner Gives Old Routine New Life
• How the Red Scare Upended Pulitzer Winner’s ‘Good American Family’
• How to Plant Your Own Salsa Garden