In Chicago, large numbers of low-income African-Americans have left the city’s South and West sides. “There are fewer options and fewer supports for low-income folks to handle the costs of living and housing costs,” says Alden Loury of the Metropolitan Planning Council. One of the more common destinations for those moving out of Chicago is northwest Indiana, just across the state border, where housing, taxes and other expenses are significantly less.

They’ve found this amazing new thing called The Internet, and it really, really works.

We have our own article today on this, too, linked here.

Local businesses are paying for armed guards to patrol State Street in the Loop so shoppers and pedestrians feel safe coming downtown.

The guards are known as “street ambassadors,” and they will be able to make arrests.

Comment: Biss is the last guy we want to defend, but this was a petty gotcha questions: “This campaign has been framed as a battle for the heart of middle and low-income voters, and since that’s the case, we’re going to do a simple test to see how connected each of you is to average Illinoisans,” reporter Dave McKinney asked.

You read that right: “People, literally, are jumping on other sides of the road, driving next each other, weaving in and out of traffic, guns being waived out of cars. There’s been shots fired from vehicles, as well,” Sheriff Tom Dart said.

Kushner Cos., owned by the family of President Donald Trump’s senior adviser and son-in-law, on Nov. 1 took out the $184 million loan on the 30-story building at 225 W. Randolph St., according to Cook County property records.

On Wednesday, The New York Times reported the loan from an affiliate of Apollo Global Management was made after Apollo founder Joshua Harris met multiple times with Kushner at the White House. Topics of the meetings included a potential White House job for Harris, which never materialized, according to the Times’ report. Kushner is married to Ivanka Trump,