<h3>Good morning, Chicago. ✶</h3><p>🔎 <b>Below</b>:&nbsp;Fending off anti-transgender lawsuits is proving to be costly for some Illinois school districts.&nbsp;</p><p>🗞️ <b>Plus</b>:&nbsp;Souther Siders' concerns about the Obama Presidential Center, what's in Gov. JB Pritzker's $55.9 billion state budget and more news you need to know.</p><p>📝&nbsp;<b>Keeping score</b>:&nbsp;<a class="Link" href="https://newsletters.suntimes.com/t/t-l-wkrfiy-l-y/" target="_blank" >The Cubs fell to the Rockies</a>, 5-2;&nbsp;<a class="Link" href="https://newsletters.suntimes.com/t/t-l-wkrfiy-l-j/" target="_blank" >the White Sox lost to the Yankees</a>, 12-2.</p><p>📧 <b>Subscribe</b>: <a class="Link" href="https://newsletter-hub.suntimes.com/" target="_blank" ><i>Get this newsletter delivered to your inbox weekday mornings.</i></a></p><p>⏱️:&nbsp;<i>An 8-minute read</i></p><hr><p></p><h4>TODAY’S WEATHER 🌧️</h4><p><b>Showers and thunderstorms with a high near 68.&nbsp;</b><a class="Link" href="https://newsletters.suntimes.com/t/t-l-wkrfiy-l-i/" target="_blank" ><b>Winds could gust as high as 30 mph; rainfall could total 1-2 inches</b></a><b>.</b></p><hr><p></p><h4>TODAY’S TOP STORY 🔎</h4><div class="Enhancement" data-align-center> <div class="Enhancement-item" data-crop=""> <figure class="Figure"><a class="AnchorLink" id="image-6f0000" name="image-6f0000"></a> <picture data-crop="medium"> <source type="image/webp" width="490" height="275" data-srcset="https://cst.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/de9202e/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1475x828+0+0/resize/490x275!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchorus-production-cst-web.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2Fbb%2Fc2%2F6f26983146748e41e1a084ba2844%2Fc73b21b3-92cc-4558-894e-9dc7dff77411.png 1x,https://cst.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/9784afa/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1475x828+0+0/resize/980x550!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchorus-production-cst-web.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2Fbb%2Fc2%2F6f26983146748e41e1a084ba2844%2Fc73b21b3-92cc-4558-894e-9dc7dff77411.png 2x" data-lazy-load="true" srcset="data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZlcnNpb249IjEuMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIyNzVweCIgd2lkdGg9IjQ5MHB4Ij48L3N2Zz4=" /> <source width="490" height="275" data-srcset="https://cst.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/4c3d15f/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1475x828+0+0/resize/490x275!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchorus-production-cst-web.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2Fbb%2Fc2%2F6f26983146748e41e1a084ba2844%2Fc73b21b3-92cc-4558-894e-9dc7dff77411.png" data-lazy-load="true" srcset="data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZlcnNpb249IjEuMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIyNzVweCIgd2lkdGg9IjQ5MHB4Ij48L3N2Zz4=" /> <img class="Image" alt="Parent Nicole Georgas addresses the Deerfield Public Schools District 109 board on March 13." srcset="https://cst.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/4c3d15f/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1475x828+0+0/resize/490x275!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchorus-production-cst-web.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2Fbb%2Fc2%2F6f26983146748e41e1a084ba2844%2Fc73b21b3-92cc-4558-894e-9dc7dff77411.png 1x,https://cst.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/39e451b/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1475x828+0+0/resize/980x550!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchorus-production-cst-web.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2Fbb%2Fc2%2F6f26983146748e41e1a084ba2844%2Fc73b21b3-92cc-4558-894e-9dc7dff77411.png 2x" width="490" height="275" data-src="https://cst.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/4c3d15f/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1475x828+0+0/resize/490x275!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchorus-production-cst-web.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2Fbb%2Fc2%2F6f26983146748e41e1a084ba2844%2Fc73b21b3-92cc-4558-894e-9dc7dff77411.png" data-lazy-load="true" src="data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZlcnNpb249IjEuMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIyNzVweCIgd2lkdGg9IjQ5MHB4Ij48L3N2Zz4=" > </picture> <div class="Figure-content"><figcaption class="Figure-caption"><p>Parent Nicole Georgas addresses the Deerfield Public Schools District 109 board on March 13.</p></figcaption><span class="line"></span><div class="Figure-credit"><p>Provided</p></div></div> </figure> </div> </div><p></p><h3><a class="Link" href="https://newsletters.suntimes.com/t/t-l-wkrfiy-l-h/" target="_blank" >School districts, trans kids pay for anti-trans lawsuits cropping up across U.S.</a></h3><p></p><h5>By <a class="Link" href="https://newsletters.suntimes.com/t/t-l-wkrfiy-l-k/" target="_blank" >Violet Miller</a> and <a class="Link" href="https://newsletters.suntimes.com/t/t-l-wkrfiy-l-u/" target="_blank" >Samantha Donndelinger</a></h5><p><b>Cost of controversy</b>:&nbsp;In the battle over Illinois' protections for trans students, President Donald Trump's administration has leveled federal investigations against several school districts that already face costly lawsuits from conservative legal groups and local parents.</p><p><b>Zooming in</b>: Deerfield District 109’s case was the first to draw significant media attention last year, becoming a model for conservative groups to push a federal government known for its anti-trans policies to investigate school districts.