A spokeswoman from Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s office said that IDOT did preliminary engineering and environmental studies for an Eisenhower reconstruction project in 2017, and the governor has signaled his support for the project. But a spokeswoman for the Illinois Department of Transportation, which ultimately would sign off on any such project, said it was too early to speculate on specific projects that money from the infrastructure bill would fund.

“If anything, McDonald’s boss Kempczinski was too limited in the scope of his remarks. All gang-related killings in Chicago – not just those of Jaslyn Adams and Adam Toledo – track straight back to lousy or indifferent parenting. Which includes not only tuned-out Moms and Dads, but also the fathers who don’t marry mothers in four of five births to Black women and more than five of ten births to Latino women in Chicago.”

The $4 million property tax increase is only the fifth in 16 years for the Park District. It’s expected to cost what Interim Supt. Rosa Escareno called the “average homeowner” an extra $4 a year.

New York City this week started rolling out vaccine clinics at each of its 1,000 elementary schools and has had so much demand at some schools that parents had to wait hours. Los Angeles Unified School District is sending its mobile vaccine units to each secondary school on specific dates. And closer to Chicago, Elgin School District 46 announced Tuesday it will offer shots at each of its 40 elementary schools.

Most locals support the special service area in West Garfield Park and the tax that would come with it. But some were frustrated the service provider would be based outside the community.

Though carjackings in Chicago this year are up more than 30% compared to last year, police say the readers have helped the recover more than 100 stolen vehicles tha might not have been found otherwise.

“I find myself in quagmires all the time with people complaining about people being on the street. … People are giving ’em tents and they’re setting up all over,” said Near West Side Ald. Walter Burnett. “If we don’t do anything soon to help these folks, they’re just gonna take liberties and sleep in our backyards. … We need to think deeper and further than this … or we’re gonna find ourselves in a position where we’re gonna be walking over people every day all the time.”

Illinois Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi will preside over the hearing, focusing on the need to build vaccine confidence and increase vaccinations in Chicago and across the country. Mayor Lori Lightfoot will talk about the challenges cities face.