Lawmakers consider a state assault weapons ban. The fate of funding for the CTA’s Red Line south extension. A new study says federal courts are locking up more defendants before trials. And the dangers behind being a postal worker.

• Survivors of East Garfield Park, Highland Park Mass Shootings Show Support for Ban on Assault Weapons
• Push to Use Downtown Property Taxes to Fund Far South Side Red Line Extension Advances
• New U. of C. Report Finds Federal Judges Jailing Defendants Awaiting Trial at Increasingly High Rates
• Artist Creates Work to Uplift People, Heal Own Memories of Combat in Vietnam
• Crain’s Headlines: More Fulton Market Development; Weber Grill Plans to Go Private
• ‘Triple-demic’ Threat Causing Medication Shortages for Children
• Art Program Helps Former, Currently Incarcerated Youth Create