According to the latest Census data, New York City lost 468,297 people between April 2020 and July 2022, about 5.3% of its population. That’s more people than live in the city of Miami (449,514). Other big losers include Chicago (81,313), Los Angeles (76,529) and San Francisco (65,522). San Francisco lost a larger share of its population (7.5%) than any other major city. City leaders blame remote work, but can you blame workers for not returning to offices when they face high taxes, high housing costs and declining public order? Chicago logged 41% more crimes last year than

While younger voters are historically less likely to vote than older voters, Chicagoans between the ages of 18 and 34 cast 27,500 more ballots in the April runoff than in the February general election — a 27% increase that was unmatched by the change among any other age group — according to data released by the Chicago Board of Election Commissioners.

Mayor Brandon Johnson explained how using the City’s guaranteed income program will help his administration center plans and initiatives for the formerly incarcerated population. “We have to reshape the conversation of those who are formerly incarcerated, because many of the individuals who suffered trauma and disinvestment were then penalized for the manifestation of the trauma that was imposed on them.”

According to officials, the gathering was organized on social media, and when the group of more than 400 teens gathered at the Armed Forces Weekend Carnival near the 80th Avenue train station, they began running through a parking lot and “fighting with each other.” A Tinley Park police officer was injured while responding to the situation.

“A report last year by the conservative advocacy group Wirepoints examined 911 response times in 2021. More than half of all high-priority 911 calls were met with ‘no police cars available’ to immediately respond. In other words, police response was delayed or entirely missing for more than 406,000 calls, including for reports of more than 32,000 assaults and batteries in progress.”

The mayors of Rolling Meadows (Lara Sanoica) and Palatine (Jim Schwantz) co-signed a letter to House Executive Committee Chairman Bob Rita in which they formalized their opposition to legislation that would assist the Bears with their stadium project, citing “‘significant concerns’ about how revenues would be allocated from the Bears’ proposed Arlington Park redevelopment.”

An influx of migrants arriving in several American cities is straining budgets and shelter resources, inflaming political tensions and sparking fights over who should pay to accommodate them.

NPR’s Scott Simon speaks to Dionne Mhoon, the mother of slain Chicago police officer Aréanah Preston, about her daughter and how she’d like her to be remembered.

Ted Dabrowski, Pesident of the conservative group Wirepoints notes that more than 90% of the mayor’s campaign money came from organized labor. “Brandon Johnson, as a candidate took the money. He got elected. Now he he’s gonna have to answer to them,” he said. “The question is gonna be…what are his actions?”

As Chicago prepares for the 2024 Democratic convention, Mayor Brandon Johnson will face questions about how much he can and should spend to get the cash-strapped city ready, and whether spending tens of millions of dollars makes sense. Boosters have predicted economic returns of $150 million or more to cities that hosted them recently, but economists say those numbers have been overblown. With local spending on things such as police overtime and infrastructure improvements, will the city even

In “The Betrayal of Academic Ethics” panel discussion at the University of Chicago moderated by Professor Rachel Fulton Brown as part of the Academia’s COVID Failures symposium, Professor Dorian Abbot of UChicago and Dr. Jay Bhattacharya of Stanford University shed light on the erosion of academic freedom and the coordinated suppression campaign targeting dissenting voices during the COVID-19 pandemic.

From the time the reform was enacted on Jan. 1, 2022, until this May 1, 129 people in Cook County have ended up getting arrested while on these furloughs for what’s labeled “essential movement.” Twenty-nine of them were charged with gun-related crimes while on those days off from constant supervision, mostly for illegal possession of a firearm.

During her final weeks in office, Lightfoot said the city was “completely tapped out” and declared a state of emergency.

Mayor Brandon Johnson was inaugurated May 15, becoming one of the most radical city leaders in the country. He’s proposed new taxes worth about $800 million, including a financial transactions tax that would make it impossible for CME to do business in Chicago.

“Johnson is off to a credible start [crime and help for migrants], visiting one of those police stations to underline the city’s commitment to helping those in need, and hiring an experienced insider to serve as temporary police superintendent while a review panel vets candidates for the permanent job.However, I should have mentioned a third crisis that’s building: city finances. Johnson’s marks on that are less impressive.”

The Woodlawn shelter was intended to accommodate 250 people when it opened, but Rojas and other migrants told the Tribune there are at least double that inside. One resident said there are not enough bathrooms and people often have to wait in long lines. “We’re sleeping on cots. Lined up almost like dead bodies,” said another migrant, Eduardo David Martinez, 29, with a laugh. Wearing a Bulls hat, he said he hopes to stay in Chicago and that he’ll do anything for work: painting, cleaning, construction.

A new study by UIC’s Great Cities Institute showed the jobless rate rose from 44% in 2019 to 57% in 2021 for Black people ages 20 to 24. And that’s on top of the 87% of Black residents 16 to 19 years old who were unemployed in 2021 — 20% higher than the national average. The study also drew connections between the city’s crime rates and low youth unemployment rates.