“Pritzker’s national media appearances allow him to spit partisan talking points without having to answer for his failure to address the dilapidated state of minority communities home to prolific mass shooters for his entire first term.”

The boy was arrested without incident at 3:50 a.m. Monday after he was identified as one of the offenders who moments earlier attempted to force a 48-year-old woman to give up her vehicle in the 3400 block of South Giles Avenue.

For the first year of the program, bikes will be distributed to city residents who participate in the 2022 Chicago Department of Transportation mobility programming, such as Green Corps, Learn to Ride, and Open Boulevard Events — and the bikes will be given out on a first come, first serve basis.

Independent public health data researcher Jessica Hockett reviewed the numbers of gun-related fatalities, including suicides, and said for Illinois, there was a noticeable increase after the economic restrictions imposed by the governor in the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic.

In denying a defense request for probation, U.S. District Judge John Lee said it was important to send a message that the public’s interest comes first, especially in a city like Chicago where “citizens have suffered through a long and sordid history of public corruption convictions…Cynics might say it’s just how things are done, but the law demands more and frankly the public deserves more.”

The judgment is a step toward an eventual sale of the 1,635-room property at 17 E. Monroe St. at what could be a fraction of its pre-pandemic value. The hotel was appraised in March at $328 million, which is well below the value of what Thor owes on the property and far from the $560 million appraised value in 2018 when Thor took out the mortgage.

The cash payments are funded through the $31.5 million Chicago Resilient Communities Pilot, which gives 5,000 Chicago households $500 cash payments every month for a year. Over 176,000 residents applied for the pilot program this spring.

Chicago’s $16.7 billion budget for 2022 included nearly $2 billion in spending on affordable housing, mental health, violence prevention, youth job programs and help for unhoused Chicagoans. It is unclear whether those programs, funded by the Chicago Rescue Plan, will continue to be funded now that the city has spent the bulk of the federal COVID-19 relief package.

In a letter dated July 1 to the manager of Vulcan Materials, transportation commissioner Gia Biagi warned, “A prolonged work stoppage means that many transportation projects across Chicago — such as our street resurfacing work, Green Alleys program, and ADA accessible ramp work — have slowed.”

Seven people were shot in downtown Chicago over three hours early Sunday, including an attack in River North that wounded four people when someone fired from a car on State Street.