On Friday, U.S. Reps. Jesus “Chuy” Garcia, of Chicago, and Adriano Espaillat, of New York, and Eleanor Holmes Norton, the District of Columbia’s nonvoting House delegate — all Democrats representing the cities to which Texas Gov. Greg Abbot is sending the migrants — sent a letter

The 17-year-old boy was found with a gunshot wound to the head. Police said the boy was involved in an altercation with occupants of a vehicle. The vehicle then chased the boy to a parking lot, where CPD said two suspects exited the vehicle and shot the boy.

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s $216,210 gross salary didn’t make her the top-paid employee in her city in 2021. In fact, 296 employees made more than her last year.

U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin made the remarks after visiting a Salvation Army shelter in the Windy City, where he says “140 or more individuals have been sent from the state of Texas and other places to Chicago.” “This idea of dumping these helpless people on buses and trucking them off to New York and Washington and Chicago is cruel and it’s inhumane. It does not represent who we are as Americans.”

A resolution was unanimously approved by the Orland Park Village Board this week, demanding that state legislators work with public safety representatives and community stakeholders to fix problems with the SAFE-T Act, including violating victims’ rights as outlined in Illinois law.

This year, Martinez said the district has been able to leverage multiple forms of transportation including taxis, vans, and $500 monthly stipends for parents to drive students to and from school. About 1,230 families have accepted the voucher as of Labor Day, district officials said. Chicago Public Schools has also increased bus driver wages $20 per hour.

At the Chicago reception, DNC members are being invited to sample, according to an invitation, “the Signature Chicago Experience,” which is expected to include a pitch from the United Center, which would be the main convention venue — just as it was in 1996, when Chicago last hosted a convention.

“As a line item in the city’s multibillion dollar budget, the raises don’t add up to a massive expenditure. But it’s the seamy subtext that is sure to infuriate voters, especially those whose own paychecks are failing to keep up with inflation…Even more egregious: the aldermen who are leaving the council in 2023 and have not opted out of the pay hike will still benefit from it — not only from paychecks from January until May, when their term ends, but from fatter pension payments. “

It states that a “legitimate governmental reason” for asking for an individual’s gender identity is for the “collection of demographic information reporting on the diversity of city employees” or to “provide better services to the public.” Ald. Andre Vasquez said the change will ensure there is “advocacy and tracking of those who are different and want to identify as nonbinary.”

State Rep. Marcus Evans Jr. introduced a bill in January to create a “Rust Belt to Green Belt” fund and direct the Illinois Power Agency to buy power from an offshore wind project. The bill would require the Illinois Power Agency to begin

The university never told county officials it was leasing to a preschool — which could be on the hook for over $800,000 in property taxes. So the bills went to a past tenant — which refused to pay the county over $400,000 in taxes but was allowed to renew its lease.