“It starts with firing Police Supt. David Brown and his leadership team and ends with ‘pushing resources to the district level,’ restoring ‘beat integrity’ and using the $100 million the CTA spends each year on private security to add about 700 new officers.”

The refusal to honor any ICE detainers by Chicago officials is the result of Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s expanded sanctuary city policy.

A coalition of news organizations oppose the city’s policy that gives reporters and the public access to encrypted channels only after a 30-minute delay. “There are countless examples of how the media’s access to scanner transmissions have helped the public avoid dangerous situations, the Highland Park July 4th tragedy being just one recent example,” wrote Steven Mandell, a lawyer for the media outlets.

The mayor’s chief financial officer, Jennie Huang Bennett, said tying annual property tax hikes to inflation provides predictability and stability in property tax levels while the city is still “digging itself out of a history of poor financial decisions” that tanked the city’s bond rating in recent decades, and increased the cost of borrowing.

“This Red Line is a matter of fairness,” said Michael LaFargue, former president of the Red Line Extension Coalition. “Equity, access to jobs, faster transportation.”

Students in Chicago and statewide are still performing worse than they did before the pandemic. But in Chicago, the rate of students failing to meet proficiency in reading and math is greater than the statewide averages.

The decision is the latest in an ongoing process to build the controversial high school at a time when Chicago Public Schools is grappling with declining enrollment. The project has prompted concerns about whether a new school is needed, with some arguing a new campus would exacerbate under-enrollment. Others have criticized the district’s community engagement efforts, and the location of the site — which has long been intended for public housing.

More than 76 similar armed robberies have been reported in sprees that have popped up almost daily in the same areas since December 2. But the Chicago Police Department seems unable to end the crime wave, even after a concealed carry holder put one of the robbery crews out of commission.

The news of Scott’s gifts came to superintendents of 16 public school districts and leaders of 32 charter schools and networks through unexpected phone calls. They didn’t even have to apply for the money. They didn’t have to prove their need. They can use it however they see fit. Chicago Public Schools received $25 million.

The case embroils not only Nancy Adduci, a career prosecutor in the office, but also State’s Attorney Foxx, a self-styled progressive who put Adduci at the conviction-integrity helm instead of bringing in an outsider.

Abarca is Lightfoot’s fourth appointment to the City Council. Lightfoot also tapped Ald. Nicole Lee to replace convicted former Ald. Patrick Daley Thompson; Ald. Monique Scott to replace her brother, former Ald. Michael Scott, Jr.; and Ald. Timmy Knudsen to replace former Ald. Michele Smith.

World Business Chicago, the city’s economic development arm, has made the fintech industry an area of focus. Last year, investment in Chicago’s fintech ecosystem more than doubled to nearly $4.6 billion. Michael Fassnacht, president and CEO of World Business Chicago and the city’s chief marketing officer, downplayed the role of the startup exchange in the city’s larger fintech aspirations. “We continue to believe that the broader fintech sector has a bright future in Chicagoland.”

“Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago has decades of experience resettling refugees in this city where one in five residents is an immigrant. But this is like nothing they’ve done before, says Sally Blount, president and chief executive. ‘We are just finishing with the Afghans and still working with the Ukrainians, but the volume of the Venezuelans and the fact that they are in limbo [immigration] status is a new experience.’ It takes a year and costs $50,000 to resettle a family, she says.”

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