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Among the reasons listed for its declination, “Governor Pritzker has admitted no enforcement mechanism exists.”
“In an editorial earlier this week, we praised Brown for articulating that policing alone is not the solution for Chicago’s violence…But we can’t ignore this short-term reality: When police officers stand down and stay in their cars, criminals take advantage, and people — including children — die.”
The cycle of violence will not be broken without “an holistic, all-hands-on-deck approach,” Lightfoot said. She defended Chicago Police Superintendent David Brown’s plan to arrest teenagers on “drug corners” to keep them off the streets during the Fourth of July holiday weekend.
The case centers on a decision by U.S. National Archivist David Ferriero, who was effectively ordered by the U.S. Department of Justice to deem passage of the Equal Rights Amendment unsuccessful because multiple states missed a key congressional deadline.
In 18 of the 32 states that allow politicians to tax people differently based on income, the maximum tax rate hits at or near Illinois’ median family income of $79,168.
As of Friday, there were more than 350 inmates housed at the Cook County Jail that should be in the custody of the IDOC, according to the sheriff’s office. Some of these inmates served their sentences but need to to be transferred to IDOC custody before their release.
The commission of 14 Democrats and eight Republicans will monitor the governor’s spending on state essential services and COVID-19 relief. Members will receive their first monthly report from the Office of Management and Budget on August 15.
While murders and shootings are up sharply, the CPD said total crime across the city is actually down 9% over the same time last year. The number of thefts and criminal sexual assaults through June 30 have both dropped by more than 20% compared to 2019, while robberies, thefts and carjackings remain at 20-year lows year-to-date.
“This is crazy. I’m at a loss for words,” said 7th District Cmdr. Larry Snelling as he stood at the scene.
Nonresidential construction was not as affected, tallying $2.63 billion from January through May, just a 2 percent dip compared to last year, according to the data. Overall, that meant Chicago’s $4.18 billion in construction starts from January through May represented an 18 percent falloff year-over-year.
It’s not often that we’re on the same page with Tom Tresser of CivicLab and Ben Joravsky of the Chicago Reader. But on the central problem with tax increment financing in Chicago – their abysmal lack of transparency — we’re on common ground, along with most everybody else.
A campaign to welcome everyone back begins this week. The Loop’s 80% dip in traffic is turning a corner.
The state will expedite a portion of dollars from the Coronavirus Relief Fund (CRF) designated for local governments by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. Cook, DuPage, Will, Kane, and Lake Counties have already received direct allocations of CRF dollars under the CARES Act.
“The budget that Illinois enacted earlier this month allows the state to borrow up to $5 billion from the Federal Reserve that could be repaid with anticipated federal aid…Illinois’s spending plan is ‘precariously balanced,’ according to S&P Global Ratings.”
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