Chicago is well positioned to receive funds under two new huge pots of money being made available under President Joe Biden’s $1 trillion infrastructure plan—but it’s going to have to compete against other regions and tailor its proposals to follow federal policies if it’s to win. That’s the word from U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, who in a phone interview alongside U.S. Rep. Lauren Underwood, D-Naperville, outlined some of the new opportunities to jump-start some very big projects here, projects that will compete for $2.9 billion the feds will award

Unit 544 began with a handful of officers and has grown, as of March 21, to a roster of 65 officers, five sergeants and a lieutenant, city records show. Like previous Chicago mayors, Lightfoot also has a separate personal bodyguard detail, which includes about 20 officers, the records show.

Lightfoot didn’t name him, but she said former President Donald Trump has a lot to do with it. “When the president of the United States uses the world’s largest megaphone and platform to target you personally, terrible things happen. And he not only blew a dog whistle, he pointed really

Four men beat and robbed a Red Line passenger in the Loop, then threw him from the train when it arrived at the Roosevelt station early Monday, police said. No arrests have been made.