An ordinance proposed in Chicago would ban gas heating and cooking in new construction, and even without mandates, new homes are increasingly being built with electrification. The $15 million project aims to create jobs and business opportunities for BIPOC workers and entrepreneurs while making electrification accessible to low- and moderate-income residents of one- to four-unit residential buildings. It is also meant to help the city meet its 2022 Climate Action Plan goal of reducing citywide carbon emissions by 62% by 2040.

Illinois is not participating in the class action, but Attorney General Kwame said he signed the letter to a federal court in California because more than 7,000 Hyundai and Kia cars were stolen in Chicago last year—about 10% of all Kias and 7% of all Hyundais registered in the city.

Despite opposing charter schools in Chicago, CTU has successfully pushed to unionize over a quarter of charter school teachers and staff. And in 2018, CTU successfully merged the Chicago Alliance of Charter Teachers and Staff (ChiACTS) under the same CTU banner, forcing CTU’s agenda onto the charter schools represented by ChiACTS, and diminishing the representative voice of the charter school teachers within CTU.

“We’ve had conversations with mayors across not just Cook County but the surrounding counties, and we have had tremendous feedback,” Mayor Brandon Johnson said. “Here’s what I am committed to doing, honoring the law of being a sanctuary city and building systems of care that provide a pathway with dignity for individuals who are seeking refuge here in the city of Chicago.”

The city is now bound to complete a baseline Cumulative Impact Assessment by September 2023, which will inform decision-making in areas such as land use, transportation, permitting, and enforcement.

“Quit talking about Bidenomics. Quit talking about all the great things you supposedly did for this state because I’m looking at 12,000 mouths to feed in my city alone that they have completely forgotten about!” Lopez said. “We know the buses keep coming in every day, and we know that we have a thousand people in police stations right now with no clear plan for what to do and no way of paying for whatever’s

While the Art Institute was the first major cultural institution in the city to see employees unionize, it’s hardly alone. In June, workers at the Museum of Science and Industry voted in favor of unionization. This past March, Field Museum employees also voted to organize and are preparing to begin the bargaining process. Additionally, employees at the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum and the Newberry Library have voted to unionize. Workers

Howard Brookins sued the Chicago Board of Ethics in January 2021 after it unanimously levied a $5,000 fine against him, saying it had no authority to stop him from serving as a criminal defense attorney in Chicago. Brookins had agreed to represent former 1st Ward Ald. Proco Moreno, who had been charged with drunken driving by the Chicago Police Department.

What is it about political leftists that makes them unable to keep their hands off Chicago parks—and also unable to live by the standards they demand of others? Now, if you can believe it, the city of Chicago has chosen a park dedicated to the city’s first female mayor as the site for a new statue of a progressive activist who didn’t support the right of

In her interview, Arwady said it wasn’t that she was fired, but how she was fired that felt “really disturbing.”