The decision reverses last week’s removal of Officer Lisa Schaps from the post at the request of District 214 officials. The request came after she and another officer appeared on the “Fox and Friends” morning show to discuss an ongoing debate over the police department’s uniform patch, which features a black-and-white American flag with the “thin blue line” as one of its stripes.

“Is it something in Chicago’s water? Something in the city’s boomtown roots? Chicago alderman have been going crooked since before the days of the Gray Wolves, from about 1890 to 1930, when colorful rogues like ‘Hinky Dink’ Kenna and ‘Bathhouse John’ Coughlin put a price on every vote they cast.”

“I don’t see it as a rebellion. … I see aldermen being much more aggressive about what they want, how they want it and when they can get it,” said Ald. Michelle Harris.

“So I don’t have a crystal ball and I’ve learned not to predict what might happen in the future,” Supt. David Brown said. “What I can say will happen, is that the Chicago Police Department will give its all. That they will be dedicated and they will take undue risks to protect you and your family.”

Forced underground by an indictment, Ald. Ed Burke is working behind the scenes, acting through “puppets to orchestrate chaos,” Lightfoot said.

A spokesperson said no decision has been made on the specific types of cases that will be dropped.

A federal grand jury has indicted 34th Ward Ald. Carrie Austin, 72, and her chief of staff, Chester Wilson, on bribery charges. The U.S. attorney’s office says Austin conspired “to receive home improvements from construction contractors seeking city assistance” for a development project in her ward on the city’s far South Side. Austin faces four total counts, including lying to the FBI. Wilson faces similar bribery charges and one count of theft of government funds.

A new study gives Aurora homeowners and Chicago commercial landlords an extra reason to gripe about property taxes. Homes in Aurora are taxed at the highest effective rate among 53 U.S. cities included in the “50-State Property Tax Comparison Study,” an annual report published by the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy and the Minnesota Center for Fiscal Excellence. Commercial properties in Chicago, meanwhile, are taxed at the second-highest rate after Detroit.

TECHicago and the Come Back to Move Forward campaign targets 100,000 diverse and homegrown tech professionals to convince them to come back to Chicago over the next two years. The goal? Deepen Chicago’s ecosystem and talent pool so that the city can continue to grow and evolve as a center of tech excellence.

The state’s gas tax is going up by a half-cent per gallon to $0.39 a gallon. DuPage County is doubling its gas tax, from $0.04 per gallon to $0.08 per gallon. And a $0.04 per gallon tax hike takes effect Thursday in Lake County, Illinois.

The latest numbers from police come as an 8-year-old girl and a 30-year-old woman were wounded and a 40-year-old woman was slain when shots were fired early Thursday at a home on the city’s far South Side. Separately, two 15-year-olds and two 18-year-olds also were wounded Wednesday night during a drive-by shooting in southwest Chicago.

José Torres, a longtime educator and former superintendent of Elgin’s public schools, is expected to lead CPS for about one month as the search for Janet Jackson’s permanent replacement continues. Mayor Lori Lightfoot has been adamant that Torres is not a candidate for the position long-term.

Chicago Police currently provide the security for the CTA. Yet transit union President Keith Hill said he knows officers are stretched thin. “They can’t get to us. You have too much going in the city for them to come to us. Even when we flag them down, they keep going.”

The $15 per hour minimum wage starting in Chicago on Thursday makes it the highest minimum wage in Illinois currently – though the state will eventually reach $15 an hour as well.