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Illinois Senate President John Cullerton, D-Chicago, talks with the media after a meeting during the overtime session at the Illinois State Capitol, Saturday, July 1, 2017, in Springfield, Ill. (Justin L. Fowler/The State Journal-Register via AP)
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Illinois Speaker of the House Michael Madigan, D-Chicago, makes a brief appearance as the Illinois House comes to order during the overtime session at the Illinois State Capitol, Saturday, July 1, 2017, in Springfield, Ill. (Justin L. Fowler/The State Journal-Register via AP)
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Illinois State Sen. Andy Manar, D-Bunker Hill, center, listens as Illinois State Sen. Heather Steans, D-Chicago, right, and Illinois State Sen. Toi Hutchinson, D-Olympia Fields, hold a press conference during the overtime session at the Illinois State Capitol, Saturday, July 1, 2017, in Springfield, Ill. (Justin L. Fowler/The State Journal-Register via AP)
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Rep. Mike Zalewski, D-Riverside, and House Majority Leader Barbara Flynn Currie, D-Chicago advocate for a property tax freeze before the House Revenue and Finance Committee Tuesday, June, 27, 2017, at the State Capitol in Springfield, Ill. (AP Photo by John O'Connor)
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FILE - In this Oct. 7, 2015, file photo, Chicago Blackhawks' Niklas Hjalmarsson, of Sweden, carries the Stanley Cup to center ice during a Stanley Cup championship banner raising ceremony before an NHL hockey game between the Blackhawks and the New York Rangers, in Chicago. The Arizona Coyotes have acquired defenseman Niklas Hjalmarsson in a trade with the Blackhawks. The 30-year-old Hjalmarsson had spent his entire 10-year career with Chicago, helping the Blackhawks to three Stanley Cup titles.(AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)
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FILE - In this Dec. 18, 2016, file photo, Chicago Blackhawks defenseman Niklas Hjalmarsson (4), of Sweden, skates with the the puck during the first period of an NHL hockey game against the San Jose Sharks, in Chicago. The Arizona Coyotes have acquired Hjalmarsson in a trade with the Blackhawks. The 30-year-old Hjalmarsson had spent his entire 10-year career with Chicago, helping the Blackhawks to three Stanley Cup titles. (AP Photo/Matt Marton)
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New England Revolution midfielder Kelyn Rowe (11) fends of Chicago Fire midfielder Dax McCarty (6) as Rowe makes a move to the goal during the first half of their MLS Soccer match, Saturday, June 17, 2017, in Foxborough, Mass. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)
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Chicago Fire midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger (31), of Germany, pries the ball away from New England Revolution midfielder Kelyn Rowe (11) as Rowe attempted to acquire a bead on the goal during the first half of their MLS Soccer match, Saturday, June 17, 2017, in Foxborough, Mass. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)
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FILE - In this Oct. 20, 2014 frame from dash-cam video provided by the Chicago Police Department, Laquan McDonald, right, walks down the street moments before being fatally shot by CPD officer Jason Van Dyke sixteen times in Chicago. The video of McDonald's 2014 death prompted protests and demands for sweeping reforms. Several leading community groups filed a class-action lawsuit against the city of Chicago on Wednesday, June 14, 2017, in a bid to bypass or even scuttle a draft agreement between the city and the U.S. Department of Justice that seeks to reform the nation's second largest police force without federal court oversight. (Chicago Police Department via AP File)
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Atlanta United defender Julian Gressel, left, battles for the ball with Chicago Fire defender Brandon Vincent, right, during the first half of an MLS soccer match, Saturday, June 10, 2017, in Bridgeview, Ill. (AP Photo/Kamil Krzaczynski)
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Atlanta United defender Leandro Gonzalez (5) tries to score over Chicago Fire midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger (31) during the first half of an MLS soccer match, Saturday, June 10, 2017, in Bridgeview, Ill. (AP Photo/Kamil Krzaczynski)
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Atlanta United forward Hector Villalba, left, tries to score in front of Chicago Fire defender Johan Kappelhof, right, during the first half of an MLS soccer match, Saturday, June 10, 2017, in Bridgeview, Ill. (AP Photo/Kamil Krzaczynski)
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Chicago Fire midfielder Dax McCarty (6) battles for the ball with Atlanta United forward Hector Villalba (15) during the first half of an MLS soccer match, Saturday, June 10, 2017, in Bridgeview, Ill. (AP Photo/Kamil Krzaczynski)
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Chicago Fire forward Luis Solignac (9) scores against Atlanta United during the first half of an MLS soccer match, Saturday, June 10, 2017, in Bridgeview, Ill. (AP Photo/Kamil Krzaczynski)
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File This June 4, 2017, file photo shows Chicago Cubs shortstop Addison Russell, top, throwig out St. Louis Cardinals' Michael Wacha at first base after forcing out Aledmys Diaz at second during the third inning of a baseball game in Chicago. Russell has returned to the Chicago Cubs, one day after Major League Baseball began a domestic abuse investigation involving the shortstop. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)
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FILE - In this Dec. 9, 2015 file photo, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel speaks during a special City Council meeting that he called to discuss a police abuse scandal, in Chicago. The city of Chicago and the U.S. Justice Department have negotiated a draft agreement that calls for an independent monitor to oversee police department reforms, though it is unclear if there will be court oversight at some stage in the future, an official in the administration of Mayor Emanuel said Friday, June 2, 2017. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty, File)
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FILE - In this March 31, 2015, file photo, Heather Mack, left, and her boyfriend Tommy Schaefer of Chicago, are handcuffed as they arrive at a courtroom during their trial in Bali, Indonesia. Mack and Schaefer, 19, were both convicted in the killing of Mack's mother, Sheila von Wiese-Mack, whose body was found stuffed inside a suitcase in a taxi at a Bali resort. Bibbs, an Illinois man who typed out emoji and other text messages to advise his cousin thousands of miles away on how to kill a wealthy Chicago woman vacationing in Indonesia was sentenced on Friday, June 2, 2017 to nine years in prison. (AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati, File)
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Rep. Will Guzzardi, D-Chicago, is congratulated by Rep. Mary Flowers, D-Chicago, after Guzzardi's bill to raise the minimum wage passed the House Tuesday, May 30, 2017 at the Capitol in Springfield, Ill. (Rich Saal/The State Journal-Register via AP)
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In this May 23, 2017 photo, inmate Jonathan Scott, right, works in the kitchen at the Cook County Jail in Chicago. Inmates in the jail's medium-security Division 11 are now allowed to order pizzas made by inmates like Scott, who is participating in the jail's "Recipe for Change" program while he waits for trial after his 2015 arrest on an armed robbery charge. in Chicago. (AP Photo/Teresa Crawford)
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Chicago Fire forward Nemanja Nikolic, right, celebrates with teammates after scoring a goal during the first half of the team's MLS soccer match against the Colorado Rapids, Wednesday, May 17, 2017, in Bridgeview, Ill. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
