Mayor Brandon Johnson’s team said in the briefing materials that the lower rate on sales below $1 million would affect almost 96% of property sales in Chicago. The proposal is expected to be introduced in September to the City Council, which could vote in October on whether to place the measure on the March 2024 primary ballot. It would then be up to voters whether to approve or reject the modifications to the tax.

“As the Chicago Tribune and Chicago Sun-Times reported, volunteers and young migrants staying in South Side neighborhoods with few Latino students say schools have turned them away because they lack staff qualified to teach English learners. But even enrolling in schools with the staffing to support new arrivals can be daunting, especially in high school, where the red tape is extra-thick.”

The new estimate comes as Chicago Coalition for the Homeless is steering a proposal to raise the real estate transfer tax on properties worth $1 million or more to pool additional funds to fight homelessness through a City Council meeting and discussions with Mayor Brandon Johnson.

The Illinois Library Association would not go so far as to link the threats to ongoing efforts to censor books in libraries, but they said these threats should still be taken seriously.

“That was very good news for North Riverside, which has taken in an average of $1.7 million in red-light camera fines since 2014, and for red-light camera companies, who continue to rake in profits. It was very much less good news for Joe and Jane Motorist, who will continue to be dinged $100 for rolling through red lights while making right turns and playing Russian roulette with traffic signals while trying to make left turns as lights change. It continues to be policing for profit at its most cynical.”

Children could be seen accepting the frozen pizzas with confused and disappointed faces.

The shelter was initially run solely by volunteers in the community, including the owner of the building; eventually, the Binational Institute of Human Development became its fiscal agent. Netza Roldan, the

“Would anyone who has followed Chicago politics for any length of time ever write City Hall a giant blank check? Certainly no one in their right mind. And yet, that’s precisely what proponents of the newly redrafted “mansion tax” ordinance would have us do — and they have the added advantage of being able to characterize anyone who opposes their idea as a heartless creature who doesn’t care about the homeless people their measure is designed to help.”

His positivity is such that he laughs when asked to list any low points in his first three months. “Oh, it’s Chicago. There’s no low point,” Johnson said. “The Cubs are at two games out of first place. We’re

Amid a staffing crunch for law enforcement agencies across the country, the size of the Chicago Police Department was a major issue during the mayoral runoff that pitted Mayor Brandon Johnson against former Chicago Public Schools CEO Paul Vallas, who had the endorsement of the police union. The Chicago data portal listed 12,363 active employees of the Police Department; 87.7% of all budgeted positions are filled. That is essentially unchanged from July 2022.