“Just to be clear, if the county does move to that higher risk with the update later this week, the city of Chicago would be considered at a high risk for COVID because our cases are high and we’re starting to see some impact on hospitalizations, but we would not be reinstating mask mandates, for example, until we started – unless and until – we started to see serious impact on our hospitals here in Chicago,” CDPH Commissioner Dr. Allison Arwady said.

“We’re in a crisis. They’re running for the exits. They’re retiring early. … They’re going right next door. They’re going to Cicero. They’re going to Oak Lawn. They’re going to Park Ridge,” Ald. Matt O’Shea said. A $5,000 bonus would go to recruits with no law enforcement experience. That jumps to $10,000 for officers transferring from other law enforcement agencies.

Starting in 2023, the elected officials will automatically get either a 3% or inflation-tied salary bump each year, whichever is smaller, and the raises “shall continue until the Cook County Board of Commissioners votes to repeal or amend the annual increase,” according to the legislation’s text.

Guards are told to report all crimes to police; report any suspicious activity, packages, or emergencies; and check in and out with a CTA employee when they’re on a train or bus. Their job is preventing theft, vandalism, and destruction of CTA property, and also preventing trespassers. They are also tasked with observing and detecting any unauthorized activity, and finally, “The Protection of CTA Employees, Passengers and Contractors from bodily harm or death.”

“We want to be able to stay for the Obama Center and we will not be able to unless comprehensive housing policies are not put in place,” resident Kori Robinson said. The Obama Foundation did not sign a community benefits agreement but committed to supporting policies to ensure residents who want to stay in the area have the tools to do so.

Bob Reiter, president of the Chicago Federation of Labor: “It’s the working people who make this a world-class city, and it’s the working people who will make this a world-class casino. Providing equitable employment is critical to reviving Chicago’s tourism-related industries that were hit especially hard by COVID-19.”

Only 5,000 individuals will be selected through a lottery process, meaning that a person has about a 2% chance of being selected.

Whether the block-wide, gray marble-clad building at the corner of Michigan Avenue and Pearson can be transformed is a question with impact up and down the Magnificent Mile, where the vacancy rates have doubled in recent years to more than 24%.

Carjackings are up 5% in 2022 compared to the same time last year, CPD Supt. David Brown said. Police have arrested 545 people this year in carjacking-related incidents, Brown said, and of those, more than half are juveniles.

Scott has accepted a private sector job that will soon be disclosed by his new employer. The surprise move puts Mayor Lori Lightfoot in the position to appoint his replacement.

One requires hiring what the owner calls costly armed security that must be present at the 24-hour business at all times.

“We know that we keep us safe, and that our community is the folks that come through our doors every day — young organizers look for their their first Frantz Fanon book, teachers buying books with their own money for their classroom, parents hoping to expose their children to books that will help them imagine and create a better world. THESE people are our community, and these people are always welcome,” the statement from the bookstore read.