“Really, at the end of the day, even though were getting credit for what we’re going in Woodlawn, it’s really not about who gets the credit,” Pastor Corey Brooks said. “It’s about solving these issues.” Year to date, shootings in Woodlawn are down by about 27 percent, and homicides are down about 35 percent, while Woodlawn’s next-door neighbor, South Shore, has seen an increase of 11 percent.

Cook County’s courts have once again ranked high on the list of America’s worst “judicial hellholes,” thanks to a propensity for “nuclear verdicts” and a seemingly neverending stream of “no-injury” class action lawsuits targeting businesses of all types and sizes under Illinois’ stringent biometrics privacy law.

The district is proposing to end the use of test scores in promotion decisions permanently, according to a draft policy shared with principals last month. It would also shift the grades in which a student can be held back, and add science and social studies to math and reading on the list of subjects students must pass. Under the proposed policy, elementary students receiving academic interventions would be automatically promoted. The

Kevin Davis Jr.’s murder outside Michele Clark Magnet School is the second time this school year in which shots were fired nearby. Back in August, three teenagers were injured when someone fired rounds toward a crowd after a fight.

“This is, in many ways, an extraordinary moment in Chicago political history…. In the midst of all this churn are signs that the overall makeup of the City Council and the mayoral team on the Fifth Floor could very well be drifting in a direction that favors progressive candidates—and that drift is worrisome for a Chicago business community eager for viable answers to the problems that plague the local economy… None of the priorities that progressive candidates hold dear are achievable without a healthy economy, a fiscally responsible government, and the jobs and wealth that come with each. If the

“People are refusing to walk alone. They have buddy systems just to go grocery shopping,” the alderman said.

If the agency can’t hire staff, improve service and lure back riders before the money runs out in 2025, Northwestern University professor Andy Crosby says the CTA could face tough choices. “You could see service cuts, you could see fare increases…We’ve seen this before.”

The site says Chicago is “often listed as the best downtown in the US for its historical sites, great food, and rich cultural experiences.”

Greg Hinz: “The media has done a lousy job of pulling together the complex story of what FTX boss Bankman-Fried and associated political action funds did… Let’s just say that U.S. Rep.-elect Jonathan Jackson might well not be headed to D.C. if most voters had known Bankman-Fried-funded groups were spending more than $1 million in the final stages of the race to get him elected. Most recipients were Democrats, but downstate Republican Rodney Davis got some for his failed re-election bid. Those congressional races now are history. But not the race for mayor of Chicago, where U.S. Rep. Jesus “Chuy”

“There is politics at play: Delays this year prompted a raft of complaints from residents to County Board members’ offices, stress for other elected officials involved in the property tax process, and a lag in revenues for taxing bodies across the county. The delay also means taxpayers will soon experience a double-whammy property tax payment: The next installment is due by March 1.”