We dig into the city budget with analysts. Our Spotlight Politics team on that and redrawing the city ward maps. Why pediatric hospital visits are up. And the Chicago Sky are headed to the playoffs.

• Analysis: Mayor Lightfoot’s $16.7 Billion Spending Plan
• Increase in Pediatric Emergency Cases Driven by Other Respiratory Viruses, Not COVID
• Goodman Theatre’s ‘American Mariachi’ Examines Music as a Tool for Healing
• As New Ward Maps Take Shape Behind Closed Doors, Debate Heats Up
• Chicago Sky to Host Dallas Wings in First Round of Playoffs
• School Resource Officers Will Stay in Some CPS Schools Following Board of Education Vote