“The good old state’s attorney is at it again,” FOP President John Catanzara said in a video message posted to social media.

Esmeralda Aguilar, 24, of Cicero, is charged with four counts of aggravated battery of a peace officer. Aguilar intentionally discharged pepper spray toward a group of Chicago cops in the 200 block of North Wabash around 2:38 a.m. Sunday, according to her CPD arrest report. The incident was captured on police body cameras and resulted in two officers being treated at Northwestern Memorial Hospital.

While the seizure of the computers on Wednesday is notable, it’s not clear the investigative moves relate to the accusations by two aides Treasurer Melissa Conyears-Ervin had fired who said the treasurer misused taxpayer resources and abused the powers of her office, or a different set of issues.

Johnson’s promise on Monday comes after he vowed during the campaign to champion what he called the Cumulative Impact Assessment Ordinance, which would allow the City Council to take into account the amount of existing air, water and soil pollution in a community – not just what the proposed project is expected to add if it is approved – when considering allowing additional polluting industries.

If approved as expected, the minimum wage for tipped workers would match the full minimum wage by July 1, 2028. Currently, the minimum wage in Chicago for most workers is $15.80 per hour, while the minimum wage for tipped workers is $9.48 an hour.

As revelers across the city this weekend waved flags and honked horns in honor of Mexican Independence Day, a chaotic undertone tarnished the celebration with sudden downtown

The district earmarked $25 million in federal pandemic relief money to hire and train 850 tutors to help kids catch up on much-needed early reading and middle- to high-school math skills. But across the district, the corps got off to a slow start. According to district officials, Tutor Corps has reached 10,000 students with at least one tutoring session since its 2021 launch – barely a drop in the bucket for a district of more than 300,000 students, said Natasha Dunn, a CPS parent and Black Community Collaborative co-founder.

“Now, no doubt Chicago’s city-run grocery stores would have the same service, efficiency, and quality that Chicago residents have come to expect from the local government of a city ranked 149th in its financial stability, 67th in its education system, 71st in its health-care system, 80th in its public safety, 129th in the quality of its economy, or, credit where it’s due, 37th in its infrastructure and pollution. (That’s out of 149 U.S. cities.)”

City officials tried to seal off the downtown area by blocking access with police cars and salt and garbage trucks. But their efforts seemed to only inconvenience downtown residents, tourists, and working folks trying to get to their jobs.

Would a judge operating under the new rules on Monday find Jamal Turner to be a threat to the community who should be jailed without bail? Would the judge send him home with an ankle monitor? Or would they just send him home? Nobody knows. But on Sunday, Judge Maryam Ahmad handed down the last cash bail order this county will likely ever see. And, for want of $500, Jamal Turner spent the night inside the Cook

Colleen Hroncich, a policy analyst with Cato’s Center for Education Freedom, said, “It’s no wonder families are frustrated by lackluster performance and an increasing achievement gap for black and Latino students. This must be particularly galling when you consider that the average private school tuition in Chicago is less than $12,000.”

“Beneath the enticing surface, this proposal imposes hidden burdens on homeowners, renters and businesses. Our coalition of real estate, business, and contractor groups are united in our concern over the proposed initiative’s impact. While we all want to support Chicago’s unhoused, we must work together to achieve this goal while simultaneously strengthening Chicago’s economy, creating more jobs, and expanding our tax base to protect taxpayers.”

“One Fair Wage (the movement to eliminate the subminimum wage for tipped workers) is just the first in a series of ordinances Johnson plans to push — all items on a progressive wish list thwarted by previous mayors. Treatment Not Trauma would reopen mental health clinics closed by Mayor Rahm Emanuel and establish crisis response teams of social workers to respond to nonviolent 911 mental distress calls. Bring Chicago Home would raise the real estate transfer tax on properties over $1 million and use the proceeds to fund affordable housing for the homeless.”

“But to an administration that keeps signaling strongly that it’s focused primarily on improving the well-being of Chicago’s disadvantaged communities without regard for the well-being of the businesses and taxpayers whose livelihoods are critical to the whole city’s success, considerations such as these appear to be an afterthought. And they will continue to be — that is, until there are no businesses left to pick up the tab.”

The letters are stamped all over the hallways of Chicago’s giant skyscrapers and grand office buildings. DRW, IMC, CME, Cboe.These are some of the derivatives firms that collectively handle trillions of dollars a year in trades, greasing the wheels of global markets with everything from stock options to corn futures. Most of them have called Chicago home for decades — providing thousands of jobs within the city’s $75 billion finance industry. Now, the firms’ commitment to the Windy City is being tested by some $800 million in taxes proposed by a new mayor staring down a budget gap

Ald. Ray Lopez said that the city needs to be more aggressive in addressing situations like these. “Ticketing, impounding vehicles and the like because people are not safe,” Lopez said. “Garbage and debris are left in their wake, and we really need to get back to celebrating our culture in true Mexican fashion. Not this organized madness we see playing out year after year.”

Last weekend, police said at least 22 people were shot, five fatally, in gun violence across the city.