Welcome to the Reader‘s morning briefing for Wednesday, April 26, 2017.
Federal judge in San Francisco blocks Trump’s sanctuary cities funding order
A federal judge in San Francisco blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order to stop funding sanctuary cities, including Chicago, that don’t share information on a person’s immigration status with federal agencies. San Francisco and nearby Santa Clara County started the legal action against the executive order, arguing that it violated the Constitution, and won the preliminary injunctions Tuesday. The federal government could still ask the U.S. Court of Appeals to overturn the ruling, according to Bloomberg. [Bloomberg[
Northside College Prep, Walter Payton College Prep named among the top 100 high schools in the country
Seven Chicago high schools made U.S. News and World Report‘s annual ranking of the best high schools in Illinois: Northside College Preparatory High School, Walter Payton College Preparatory High School, Jones College Prep High School, Whitney Young Magnet High School, Lane Tech High School, Lincoln Park High School, and Brooks College Prep Academy High School. Northside and Payton high schools were named in the top 100 in the nation, with Northside at #40 and Payton at #64. [DNAinfo Chicago] A federal judge in San Francisco blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order to stop funding sanctuary cities, including Chicago, that don’t share information on a person’s immigration status with federal agencies. San Francisco and nearby Santa Clara County started the legal action against the executive order, arguing that it violated the Constitution, and won the preliminary injunctions Tuesday. The federal government could still ask the U.S. Court of Appeals to overturn the ruling, according to Bloomberg. [Bloomberg[
