“This ain’t about anti-police. This is about people who have power and abuse it. Don’t act like police haven’t abused their power. Defund talks about stop putting so much money in the police because it does not make our community safe,” said always outspoken Ald. Jeanette Taylor.

In June, the median list price of homes in Belmont Cragin was $360,000 — up 19% from June 2020, according to Realtor.com. But the median sale price in the neighborhood was even higher: $375,000, indicating people were willing to overpay to get the home they want.

And in a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland Tuesday, Durbin wrote about the need to “address firearms trafficking into the Chicagoland region, particularly from northwest Indiana. Officer French’s murder has highlighted the urgency of this task.”

Lightfoot has declined to ask for help from the Illinois National Guard. But she has eagerly accepted help from the Department of Justice. They are decisions that help shape a playbook to thwart what the mayor herself calls a crisis of violence in Chicago.

“That’s why we’re puzzled by the Chicago Teachers Union’s latest round of gamesmanship…Does CTU really want a frank, open discussion of reopening sticking points? Or does it want a stage with which to further politicize the pandemic and play to the crowd with demands that either have already been met or are in the works?”

“Put simply, politics trumps professionalism when it comes to public safety in the Windy City. And as a result, two keys to effective crime-fighting — constitutional policing and community policing — are absent here.”

“But if curbing the crime represents the first step in a turnaround (no small feat) an even harder step involves “stabilizing the business”. And the institution that has driven the most instability for the city is none other than Chicago Public Schools (CPS).”

The child was taken to Lurie Children’s Hospital where his condition was not immediately known.

Firms chosen to be in the pool must provide upfront and then annually update information on the number of Chicago-based employees; minority, women and disabled veteran ownership; and diversity of staff who cover the city account.

“Manpower is disastrously low,” said another police spouse. “And calls of service are so high. But there’s no one to send. Last year, she pulled officers from districts to cover her house. Police families know this. We know the underbelly of the city, what’s out there. And there just isn’t support coming from City Hall.”

The fractured relationship between the Chicago mayor’s office and police department is once again in the spotlight after an officer was shot and killed Sunday.

Mitch Pugh, 47, a native of tiny Riverton in central Illinois near Springfield, grew up with a Chicago Tribune mailbox at the end of his driveway. He arrives at the Chicago Tribune during a tumultuous time for the 174-year-old newspaper.

Said neighbor Ruth Torres, “They had Edgar Allan Poe, Shakespeare, Dostoevsky, they had so many. And it was like, Wow, these are books that I grew up reading that transformed my life and my perspective. I was like, Why would they get rid of these in that fashion? There’s so many different ways to distribute books that are

This is the first time since April 19 that the Travel Advisory has more states over the 15 cases/day/100k population than under.

A report from fiscal watchdog Truth in Accounting found the city’s funds from grants and contributions more than doubled to $1.17 billion because of federal aid during the 2020 fiscal year, up from $497 million. But pension and retiree health care obligations swallowed up the gains.

Crain’s/Harris Poll: 77 percent of execs surveyed believe that vaccination should be required for workers returning to a physical office. Just 41 percent of large companies expect to operate their offices at 50 percent of capacity within a month or are already doing so, with an additional 22 percent shooting for bringing 100 percent of workers back within three months. Still, 29 percent won’t bring their full staff back onsite for at least a year, if at all. The share of business leaders who expect to maintain their pre-pandemic workspace when COVID finally passes continues to drop, moving from 32

The latest safety measure comes as negotiations continue with the Chicago Teachers Union over the fall return to full-time in-person learning. Published records of a similar, albeit smaller, testing plan last spring showed thousands of tests being refused each week.

Ald. Stephanie Coleman said the impact of decades of disinvestment is a contributing factor to violence. “And I don’t think that it is fair for two years of the mayor’s leadership and two years of this administration to be blamed for what, years of disinvestment.”