Even with Taylor’s high income today, she takes a dim view of homeownership, “Do you know how many homeowners are about to lose their houses in my ward because of the property tax?” she asked. “They have houses that are paid, but because they can’t pay the tax, they’re going to lose it.”

Prior to his tenure at the University of Chicago, Derek Douglas, 51, served as a special assistant to President Barack Obama as director of the Urban Policy Office from 2009 to 2012.

“We’re trying our very best to make sure it doesn’t impact the service. We are trying to make sure people who come to rely on Brave Space Alliance for their groceries deliveries are still being able to be served by the program, but some weeks it means we make fewer deliveries,” COO Stephanie Skora said.

Said Pha’Tal Perkins with the organization Think Outside Da Block, “I’m a little afraid of the tension in the air right now.”

Soros-backed DAs include Kim Foxx in Cook County. Soros-backed prosecutors represent one-fifth of all Americans, and they hold office in half of the top 50 most populated U.S. cities and counties. Cities with Soros-backed district attorneys are responsible for 40% of criminal activity in the U.S, according to the LELDF. Soros-backed candidates are known for their support of “social justice” and lax criminal justice reform proposals.

“(G)iven the exacting standards that the state’s attorney has for charging a case, which is proof beyond a reasonable doubt, when those charges are brought, these people are guilty,” Lightfoot said at an unrelated news conference. “Of course they’re entitled to a presumption of innocence. Of course they’re entitled to their day in court. But residents in our community are also entitled to safety from dangerous people, so we need to keep pressing the criminal courts to lock up violent dangerous people…”

The city will provide “select rebates” that will cover costs associated with outdoor security camera systems, cloud storage for video footage, outdoor motion-sensor lighting, vehicle GPS trackers, and subscription costs. The program, which is first-come, first-served, is entirely voluntary, and is meant to increase community safety in neighborhoods.

“Well, I think you know that I have called up the National Guard whenever local mayors that I’ve spoken to have wanted that done, have needed that done in their local communities,” Pritzker said at a Monday morning news conference. “And I’ll continue to make the National Guard available whenever it is necessary.”

The 194-page ruling by U.S. District Judge Robert Dow means Burke’s case could finally be heading to trial more than three years after he was indicted.

The mayor’s relationship with Chicago Federation of Labor president Bob Reiter in particular underscores how Lightfoot and labor have worked together on key policy changes, even though the relationship is sometimes fraught with conflict.

Once considered the heir to the political empire built by his grandfather, former Mayor Richard J. Daley, and his uncle, former Mayor Richard M. Daley, Patrick Daley Thompson’s conviction meant he was longer eligible to serve as a member of the Chicago City Council under state law.

Justin Forrest’s brother apparently had enough. He pulled over in front of Chicago police headquarters, 3510 South Michigan, and got out of the car. “He’s got a gun!” the brother started yelling at passing cops while pointing toward his brother, who was still in the vehicle.