State news from the Associated Press

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CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Public Schools has turned to JPMorgan Chase for a $275 million loan to keep operating through June and make a contribution to teacher pensions. The short-term loan is meant to be repaid with state education aid. CPS finance chief Ron DeNard says Illinois school districts have suffered under the failure of the administration of Gov. Bruce Rauner’s to provide education funding in a timely manner. A Rauner spokesman placed the blame for Chicago school’s need to borrow on mismanagement.

ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) — The Rockford Public Library is giving kids the chance to wipe out any fines for overdue materials by checking out more books and returning them on time. The Rockford Register Star reports library officials call it “a do-over program.” Chief Executive Officer Lynn Stainbrook says it gets young people back in the library and helps them learn to use their library card responsibly.

CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport will offer a transfer bus so passengers who are connecting to international flights won’t have to go through security again. The Chicago Department of Aviation announced the service Monday with American Airlines. The bus will take ticketed passengers connecting from American domestic flights to the international terminal via a secure part of the airport. The service will run from 10:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. during spring, summer and early fall.

CHICAGO (AP) — A group headed by a former Chicago alderman has submitted a bid to purchase the Chicago Sun-Times. The investor group led by former Alderman Edwin Eisendrath and the Chicago Federation of Labor, an umbrella group of labor unions, submitted a bid by a 5 p.m. Monday deadline. Terms of the offer to buy the Sun-Times and Reader from Wrapports LLC were not disclosed. Chicago-based Tronc, which owns the Chicago Tribune and the Los Angeles Times, has also made a bid for the Sun-Times.