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” Add another blow to Chicago’s budget, already limping along through the cancellations of conventions, concerts, sporting events and tourist attractions. The marathon drew participants and their friends and families from around the world, bringing an estimated $338 million to city coffers.”
The Chicago Marathon is a massive undertaking. More than 45,000 runners and nearly two million spectators. Hotels, restaurants and other tourist attractions all benefiting from the 26.2 mile showcase for Chicago. Including $378 million in economic activity, according to marathon officials.
He made the comments during a law enforcement roundtable at the White House.
The precipitous drop in the rankings wasn’t just due to the easing of Illinois’ restrictions. It was the result of other states adding restrictions as new hot spots emerge.
“I think that the public tends to look at FOIA as sort of a media versus government thing and not to really understand that it really benefits them and what we do is on their behalf,” BGA Policy Director Marie Dillon said.
Illinois is one of 17 states suing the Trump administration.
Jason Stamps, of the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority, said, “Employment is a great way to limit criminal activity or to reduce violence specifically, by giving at risk-youths in communities that are marginalized resources that they can avail themselves (of).”
Alum Ugo Okere, who launched a petition over the weekend in support of removing officers, said, “I can’t imagine the anxiety that Black students at Lane Tech are dealing with now with an even worse incarceration system and countless filmed deaths of black bodies at the hands of police.”
Remote classes were becoming more prevalent in Illinois – even before the COVID-19 shutdown – said state Sen. Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant, D-Plainfield. High school students, in particular, can benefit from more flexible schedules and some remote learning, she said.
Chicago Police Supt. David Brownsaid, “If the biggest employer on the West Side for these young people is the drug market, the challenge and the answer is much more than policing.”
Among other findings from the WBEZ invesgiation: Drivers’ debt associated with program fees and penalties swelled to more than $600 million, the majority of seizures were never associated with criminal charges, and the majority of people caught in the program came from Black communities.
A task force formed by the Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection conducted 47 investigations of bars and restaurants this weekend, officials said.
Mayor Lori Lightfoot said the city is not yet at the level of shutting down such businesses — but they are pushing restaurants, bars, gyms and other places where young people gather to follow the city’s rules to prevent the spread of coronavirus.
For example, the West Side undoubtedly needs more resources, Lightfoot said — and there’s “one easy way” to get those: fill out the census.
Pritzker’s reopening plan, “Restore Illinois,” provides schools and day cares can reopen in Phase 4, subject to guidance from the Illinois Department of Public Health. Each region of Illinois entered Phase 4 June 26.
“The other word that comes to mind about real estate is ‘churn’… It describes employers pondering if they need less space — because business is down or more staffers are working from home — or more of it because workers are worried about infection in close quarters. It’s the central question of the downtown business district.”
The emails continue to pour in. Thousands of workers furloughed or laid off due to COVID-19 shutdowns still have not received unemployment help from the state of Illinois, to which they are entitled.
Five of the people shot were under the age of 18.