The order by Judge Timothy Evans, signed Friday, requires employees to be at their “regularly assigned workspace” for 70% of their pay period beginning May 14 — three days after the national health emergency declaration is set to end. Evans has launched a committee to study the possibility of returning to part-time remote work at some point in the future.

The refunds will come out of the property taxes due this year to the city of Chicago and eight other government agencies. The Chicago Public Schools system stands to lose the most money — about $540,000.

Asylum seekers who say they have been vetted by immigration at the Mexican border arrived at O’Hare International Airport late Tuesday morning, the latest development in a string of issues hampering their placement in local shelters.

Foxx said Johnson would be taking on a role “in a city that has not fully acknowledged or reckoned with its history of racism and what it does to Black leaders…His responsibility is to do the work with the full knowledge that it is not going to be fair, and a lot of folks in this room know that it’s not going to be fair. But he has a job to do, and to elevate the voices of the people who put him there. Ken Griffin from 79th Street put him there, elevate his voice and don’t try to chase

Curtis Hill, Jr., former Indiana attorney general and an ambassador for the black conservative coalition Project 21, said Chicago mayor-elect Brandon Johnson was a poor choice by voters as he “listens to the cries of criminals and hoods instead of the pleas for help from honest citizens wanting to live in peace.”

Her time in office has been roiled by criticism over her mishandling of the Jussie Smollett case and pushback against her prosecutorial priorities, including a first-term decision to raise the bar for prosecuting retail thefts as a felony from the statutory threshold of $500 in value for the stolen goods to more than $1,000, unless the defendant has a significant criminal history.

The 14th District police station is one of several in the city where asylum seekers could be seen camping out Monday evening as Chicago-area shelters reach capacity. A Venezuelan mother and her two daughters are waiting to be transferred to a shelter, but in the meantime, those they contacted over the City’s 311 helpline instructed them to stay at the police station.

“In Chicago, young people start out at a disadvantage as the government-run schools are a mess. Last year, just 23% of the graduating class of 2022 could read at grade level as juniors, and only 21% were proficient in math. Wirepoints reviewed data from the Illinois Department of Education for 2022. It found that 55 government-run schools in Chicago reported no students who were proficient in math or reading last year. Not one.”

According to Angel Valdes, a volunteer on the citizen patrol, it feels like he and others are making a difference, even if it may not be reflected in the latest police statistics. “What I do is drive by blow the horn and let them know I’m here,” Valdes said. “And they feel more comfortable.”

“The vast majority of youths at these gatherings are not violent. They may be loud and disruptive, but that’s not a crime. And for those who are violent, we need accountability and new solutions. Chicago created the American juvenile justice system more than 120 years ago, and it’s clearly not working. Reinventing it also needs to be on us.”