The measure filed Monday, which also could be used for other mega projects, would require companies such as the Bears making such agreements to negotiate an annual payment to local taxing bodies on top of property tax payments based on the frozen assessment. The idea is to create an incentive for larger developments that would not occur without the assistance, according to supporters.

The city’s wellness strategies rely heavily on supervisors and fellow officers identifying officers who need mental health services. But supervisors interviewed by the inspector general’s office said they “lacked key knowledge” to do their job, and many of them acknowledged needing additional training.

One of the latest car takeovers happened at Cermak Road and Canalport Avenue in Pilsen over the weekend – and the video shows how quickly things can go wrong. In the video, a car stunt begins with someone hanging out of the passenger window. She was subsequently thrown to the pavement and run over by the car.

In an unusually public move, Cupich today sent a letter to Mayor Lori Lightfoot and all 50 aldermen asking them to oppose a pending proposal that would require Catholic Charities to sign a labor peace agreement with union officials. Such a pact wouldn’t necessarily result in staffers being unionized, but it would likely result in higher wage and related costs—costs Cupich says the archdiocese can’t afford to pay.

In the fourth quarter of 2022, the average asking rent in Chicago was $1,830, up 8.2% from a year earlier, per economic research firm Moody’s Analytics. Still, that percentage is lower than the national average.

David Greising, of the Better Government Association: “For decades, Chicago has been defined by the way that leaders in business, philanthropy, the nonprofit sector and government have devoted personal capital toward making the city better. Msall was one such investor, throwing his prodigious mind and strong will to the never-ending project of improving this city and state.”

Last weekend, at least 16 people were shot, two fatally, in shootings across the city, police said.

United Working Families, a neighborhood coalition that draws heavy support from the Chicago Teachers Union and the Service Employees International Union, has a mission of high-mindedness — quality education and jobs, affordable housing, etc. — while advocating a blitz of tax increases it has said will target corporations and the rich. It’s a long list the group said would raise $4.5 billion. Everyday Chicagoans might look at it and view themselves as collateral damage.