Jennifer Lyons – the longtime news director at WGN-TV in Chicago who is now overseeing the new national cable news broadcast – said “News Nation” intends to shift the focus away from an increasingly partisan Washington D.C., and spend more time covering stories from the center of the country — both geographically and politically.

“For hours, the protest was peaceful. Then it got ugly. But as somebody yelled ‘F— the police. F— the peaceful riot,’ the cops didn’t take the bait. They didn’t even flinch.”

An emergency motion filed by City View MultiCare Center claiming Cicero health officials violated the rights of its residents by barging into their rooms without knocking and recording them in various states of undress. A Cicero spokesman responded: “We believe that we have made [our] point.”

After facing criticism for denying income loss claims from businesses forced to close because of COVID-19, insurers are unlikely to fight claims related to the widespread unrest in response to the death in Minneapolis of George Floyd, said Everett Cygal, an attorney with Chicago-based Schiff Hardin who represents insurers.

According to the mayor, the new fund will be provided to business owners citywide, with extra weight being given to requests from businesses on the South and West sides of the city.

Among the initiatives is “Better and different training for officers which brings the community into the academy as teachers.” Officers should receive training from members of the community on the history of the neighborhoods where they will serve.

A spokesman for the city’s Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection said, “Businesses may increase their prices a reasonable amount due to COVID-19. However, this price increase must be disclosed prior to purchase, and businesses cannot claim that this surcharge is a tax. Furthermore, the Department of Finance has indicated that any surcharge customers are required to pay for food or beverages is considered taxable and should be included in the basis upon which restaurant tax is calculated.”

“Everywhere I went, I asked … Should we open? Or should we delay?” Lightfoot said. “And to universal acclaim, emphatically what I heard from people was, ‘Mayor, we have to step forward. We have to open.’”

Ald. Ray Lopez said the mayor told him he was “full of s–t” when he demanded to know her plan to protect neighborhoods. His response? “I told her, ‘F–k you. You don’t know what’s going on.’”

“What happened this weekend, with the incredible devastation and destruction of those businesses, that accelerated that timeline for many, especially the mom-and-pop stores that don’t have a big cash reserve,” Reilly said.

Mark Brown: “‘Do I get it? Of course, I do,’ said the longtime City Council critic of Chicago Police brutality. ‘I get the protest. I get the anger. I don’t get the looting and tearing up your own community. I don’t condone it. I don’t think it’s right.'”