Most college administrators are no doubt exhausted by constant student demands that range from the type of cereal served in the dining hall to the latest intersectional fad. So those running the University of Chicago must be pleasantly surprised by the arrival of Chicago Thinker on their campus this school year. It’s an online journal by conservative and libertarian students who refuse

“I do believe this is an issue that needs to be resolved for all Black people throughout the whole country on a federal level,” Mayor Anan Abu-Taleb said. “When you create ZIP codes that have reparations and ZIP codes that don’t, how do you administer something like that? Put me down as an advocate on the federal level. I will go with you to Washington DC and I will walk with you.”

Last March 26, Lightfoot closed all city parks and beaches as well as the 606 trail and Riverwalk. When asked why the city’s 600 playgrounds are still closed, Chicago Parks CEO Michael P. Kelly, who received a 4% raise, or $7,997, from $222,003 to $230,000, said it would be too hard to keep them clean.

Plaintiff Michelle Weisberg’s proposed class action alleges violations of the city’s Residential Landlord Tenant Ordinance by collecting full rent payments from their tenants despite closing common areas in March in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.

If that health screener shows that a person has COVID-19 symptoms, or if a student or staff members tests positive, they’re asked to self-report their status to the district through an online form. That’s the backbone of the district’s contact tracing program.

Arwady said while the city is still prioritizing the elderly and essential workers, people living in the Protect Chicago Plus communities, 15 in total, are also considered a priority, regardless of age. Using what’s called the COVID Vulnerability Index, Arwady said until COVID cases are reduced in those areas, it’s important to vaccinate as many people as possible.

“Thank you, senators, for lobbying the White House. Illinois citizens will be better for it. And notice who we didn’t hear calling for Lausch to stay. Awfully quiet among the Democratic leadership in this state, wasn’t it?”

The Charles A. Hayes post office In Chicago’s South Shore neighborhood unexpectedly closed early Tuesday with a handwritten note on the door and angry customers in the front.

“Barnor Hesse, an associate professor of African American studies at Northwestern University, has created this handy graph where you can place your relative ‘whiteness’ on a scale and discover your true, glorious, racist self.”

“We are pleased the Biden Administration is acting on our request to retain U.S. Attorney Lausch until his successor is confirmed by the Senate,” Durbin and Duckworth said in a joint statement. “Mr. Lausch has served with professionalism and without partisanship. While the President has the right to remove U.S. Attorneys, there is precedent for U.S. Attorneys in the Northern District of Illinois to remain in office to conclude sensitive investigations.”

“These data are consistent with the view that COVID has encouraged potential buyers to move from urban apartments to suburban homes,” said Craig Lazzara, global head of index investment strategy at S&P DJI.XX. But he said it was unclear whether the trend would last.

Suburban Cook, DuPage, Lake, McHenry and Will county health officials, as well as Chicago health officials, say the vaccine supply is too low to allow access to more people.

Chicago police are now prohibited from cooperating with federal immigration agents in all cases. Officers had been allowed to assist federal immigration agents if they asked for information about individuals listed as gang members in city databases, those who have been charged or convicted of a felony or are wanted on a warrant issued by a judge.

“To replace him at this time I think puts our city at risk,” Lightfoot said, noting that a permanent replacement would not be confirmed until the fall at the earliest. “We can’t be without a permanent head of this office as we head into the summer months when things are most challenging.”

If approved, the rule also would allow district officials to call on all employees to report to work in person, something the rule says is “an essential function of most jobs.” That provision echoes the district’s recent standoff with its teachers union over reopening elementary schools, when the union directed members to continue working remotely.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s office eased travel restrictions on Indiana, Wisconsin and Michigan.

Crews will begin opening public access points to areas east of Lake Shore Drive; Playground reopenings will be in the upcoming weeks.

Working with a philanthropist, state Rep. Marcus Evans has drafted legislation to amend a 2012 law preventing some games, including GTA, from being sold to children in Illinois. Different versions of GTA have been banned or censored in five different countries, but never in the United States.