Like other prestigious shopping districts, the Mag Mile is coping with online rivals and a business-crushing pandemic; after the recent rash of shootings, assaults, carjackings, and “smash-and-grab” thefts, it’s also now seen as a dangerous place to visit.

According to CPS, 17 high schools voted to keep both their SROs for the upcoming school year. That represents 36 total officers due to the two campuses at Taft High School. The district said 23 other schools voted to keep one SRO while one school voted to remove both SROs.

Cook County’s medical debt repayment program is one of three “transformative” initiatives the county is using ARPA funds to pay for, Toni Preckwinkle said. Another is a $42 million guaranteed income program that will deliver $500 monthly payments to about 3,000 households for two years. The third involves increased investments in behavioral health programs, including a new bureau in the county’s health department, to assist people with substance abuse and mental health difficulties. Preckwinkle credited the county’s direct aid from ARPA, which totaled around $1 billion, for enabling it to launch the new programs.

Ald. Matt Martin’s proposal calls for providing a 6-to-1 public match — up to $3.6 million for mayoral candidates, $180,000 for candidates for city clerk and city treasurer and $150,000 for City Council candidates. Martin noted publicly funded elections in New York City helped that city “expand the diversity” of its City Council “in more ways than one.”

CHA Inspector General Kathryn Richards has also been looking into whether CHA residents and program participants committed potential pandemic relief fraud as part of a broader PPP Loan Fraud Initiative. In her quarterly report released this past spring, Richards determined there was “a significant indicator” of such potential fraud, finding CHA participants had received $135 million in PPP loans.

Chicago could use fines generated from its automated speed enforcement cameras for public safety pension contributions under legislation proposed by a Republican state lawmaker.

To compile its list, Redfin analyzed searches across more than 100 metro areas from about 2 million of its users and compiled metrics like such as net inflow and outflow, referring to the number of people who wanted to enter a given city compared with the number of people who wanted out of it.

Back on Division Street, where two women were shot this weekend, businesses were uneasy about discussing concerns on camera. Although some have closed their public restrooms due to violence issues.

“Plenty of cities have…two NFL teams,” the mayor said. “I can see that as an option for someone else, yes.” However, a massive stumbling block to such a proposal would be an NFL rule that would require the Bears to sign off on another team moving into the market.

It’s a dilemma businesses across Illinois and the country have been grappling with. As Gadzhov indicates, it is not just at the gas pump where consumers are seeing higher prices. Higher transportation costs are raising prices on everything from groceries to electronics.

“We’re so short of attorneys, there’s twice as much work with no help,” one longtime prosecutor not authorized to speak publicly told the Tribune. “And really, you’re setting people up for failure. Anything can blow up in your face. The expectations are not manageable.” State’s Attorney Kim Foxx told officials at a county board committee hearing last week that 235 people including attorneys had resigned from her office just since July of last year. The year before the pandemic began, that figure was 130.

With less than a month until school starts, Chicago Public Schools is looking to fill some 75 crossing guard vacancies around the city — about 10% of the unit entrusted with shepherding kids safely to school.