The deal would allow investors to shed the bonds’ default status, resolve investor litigation, and give the fiscally troubled Chicago suburb more time to repay its debt. It’s billed by Harvey officials as a central step in an effort to restructure various debts with the aim of attracting economic development and bolstering a beleaguered tax base hurt by outmigration, shuttered businesses and an aging population. The city also has weak tax collection rates that pose a drag on its budgets.

Said Inspector General Deborah Witzburg, who supports term limits, “The sensitivity of the position, the access to confidential information and the discretion vested in the office … bodes in favor of the individual not being the holder of that power, but rather the institution.”

Larry Snelling is the Chief of Counterterrorism with Chicago police and Angel Novalez is the department’s Chief of Constitutional Policing & Reform. Shon Barnes is Chief of Police in Madison, Wisconsin. The candidates were chosen in the first community-led search for Chicago’s police superintendent. Mayor Brandon Johnson must pick a nominee, who has to be approved by City Council.

“(George) Soros gambled that he could swing district attorney elections by heavily funding candidates who favored his version of justice, which focuses on de-prosecution and decarceration in the name of racial equity. Prosecutors like Larry Krasner in Philadelphia, Kim Foxx in Chicago, George Gascón in Los Angeles, and Alvin Bragg in New York rode Soros’s funding to victory. In pursuing this strategy, Soros made some successful calculations and some mistakes—both leading to ruinous consequences for American cities.”

The U.S. attorney’s office last month issued federal grand jury subpoenas to several city agencies seeking copies of contracts, bid packages, payment and payroll records as well as compliance documents for the city’s set-aside program for women and minority businesses. While it remains unclear what the precise nature of the federal probe entails, the investigation has once again brought scrutiny to Chicago’s minority-owned business program.

“Police will now ensure public safety by ‘meeting the needs of the people in their communities.’ Does this mean police officers will pick up groceries and wait between noon and 4 p.m. for the cable guy? Who knows? But it almost certainly means social work, which is the last thing a police officer should be doing.”

The privately owned company will move 150 employees to Charlotte, where it’s expected to lease 70,000 square feet of offices. TTX will invest $14.5 million around Charlotte, and will receive up to $1.8 million in tax incentives based on its job creation over 12 years, according to North Carolina officials.

“In 2016, Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx kicked off her controversial tenure as the Chicago area’s top prosecutor by drastically raising the

In May, the CTA generated $35.7 million in revenue, $4.5 million higher than a year ago. The CTA continues to see gradual ridership increases, with May being the best month since the pandemic, but use of the mass transit system remains low compared to 2019 levels, officials said Wednesday.

Chicago police have been struggling to control a seemingly endless wave of mostly nighttime robberies that have popped up repeatedly. City records show 61 people were robbed in Chicago Sunday, compared to 23 robbery victims on the same day last year. Through Tuesday, 398 people had been robbed in Chicago this month — up 52% from 261 last year.

“The show’s accuracy extends beyond just the kitchen scenes to the messy, meritocratic dynamism that is running an American restaurant—and many of the policies that make doing so harder than it already is…. If anything, The Bear understates the regulatory challenges that aspiring restaurateurs face—especially in a place like Chicago.”

“Current ableist policies and practices have shut many Chicagoans out of participating in every aspect of what our world-class city has to offer.”

“Black voters have been conditioned to accept the absolute least from Black elected officials. Also, Black elected officials have been adroit at using Republicans as the boogeyman standing in the way of progress. Well in Illinois, they cannot blame Republicans because Democrats have a supermajority.”

“…(I)t’s getting more expensive to live in Chicago. More taxes won’t help that, and we need to reverse Chicago’s outflow of people – not accelerate it with tone-deaf tax hikes.”