Cook County Assessor Fritz Kaegi is under fire from a court-appointed monitor for delays in implementing new hiring policies meant to keep politics out of his office and failing to understand what needs to be done to escape the federal microscope.

Susan G. Feibus, the Shakman monitor for the office, said in her report, which was filed in federal court last week, that Kaegi’s office has “not grasped the level of scrutiny” that comes with being under federal oversight.

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Highest. The City of Chicago is the only city of the five in this analysis that charges an additional surcharge on home share rentals.

According to Michael Frisch, Lightfoot’s point person on the contract talks, just the pay hike she’s put on the table would cost the district $350 million over the five years in play. CTU’s proposals to hire hundreds of other staffers and slash class sizes would cost more—in the billions, according to some board sources