In February, Pastor Brooks received an $8 million donation from the McCormick Foundation, which brought his total amount raised to $28.5 million. Project H.O.OD. plans to use the community center to teach job skills and entrepreneurship and to provide safe social gathering spaces.

A so-called “fix” for Chicago’s “Tier 2” firefighters to ensure benefits meet federal requirements carries a $350 million price tag. That’s what officials told a House committee that moved the bill forward over the city’s objections. And a police “fix” carries a more burdensome toll of at least $1 billion, sources said.

The suit, filed in Cook County Circuit Court, alleges that Chimaobi Enyia told the campaign that he had effectively been given a “blank check” for $700,000 to do campaign work in those communities ahead of the mayoral runoff on April. Enyia was allegedly unable to account for $680,000 he received over a series of payments, and the Vallas campaign is now pushing to recoup all the money Enyia was paid.

Alderman Martin: “It’s time to make the polluters that created this mess pay their fair share. As we usher in a new era of leadership, Chicago should join the growing number of cities and states across the U.S. that are taking legal action to hold Big Oil companies accountable for their role in the climate crisis and make them pay for the damage they cause.”