“Ten days of sick leave is going to harm small businesses,” said Brad Tietz, of the Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce. “This pits big labor against small business and goes too far, too quickly.”

The city is exploring the possibility of converting “The Hotel Chicago” within the Marina City complex into migrant housing, potentially providing shelter for over a thousand migrants.

“I don’t know whether to scream or to cry,” Ald. Monique Scott said. “We shouldn’t be out here on a Sunday because 15 victims lay in the hospital because they were shot because someone could not get back into a party. When does this end community? When does the fight stop fighting one another?”

Ultimately, Solis became one of the most productive moles the FBI has ever unleashed on the Illinois political landscape. He recorded countless private conversations with now-indicted Ald. Edward Burke and the developers and business people from whom Burke allegedly tried to muscle business for his law firm, as well as then-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, who faces his own federal corruption trial, and business people Madigan was soliciting.

Bus ridership has increased 22% in 2023 compared to 2022, the agency said. Train ridership is up 15%.

Mayor Brandon Johnson’s 2024 budget proposal includes $1.48 billion for the Department of Transportation, which is more than double the 2023 budget. This includes a $15 million federal grant to install electric vehicle infrastructure and purchase electric vehicles.

Video from Saturday’s clash shows pro-Palestinians and Black Israelites physically fighting. Some of the Black Israelites are seen wielding wooden sticks, while the pro-Palestinian crowd brandished flag poles. Both sides were seen throwing punches and wildly swinging the sticks and poles, swatting each other.

Residents in the area of 115th and Halsted streets have been adamant about not wanting a migrant camp at the site, and Ald. Ronnie Mosley criticized the Johnson administration for moving forward with the shelter despite the community’s concerns. The site had already been earmarked for a development of housing, retail, and park space, with the state of Illinois setting aside $15 million for that project.

CPD officials have said their operations have not only been strained by a nationwide staffing crunch but also by the need to police events like the NASCAR Chicago Street Race and the Air and Water Show. The city’s police overtime bill could also be swollen by the Democratic National Convention in August.

Johnson’s 2024 plan devotes relatively few additional city resources to keeping the systems that were created during the pandemic in place. Instead, the 2024 Department of Public Health proposal pledges to boost spending on mental health by more than $15 million. The mental health clinic policy is an important one for Johnson’s strong union supporters, the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, which lost dozens of union jobs when those clinics closed.

Thousands of demonstrators came together in Chicago’s Loop Saturday for a rally in support of Palestine. Many could be heard shouting “free free Palestine” as they called for a ceasefire in the war with Israel.

The median homeowners in Cook County’s north and northwest suburbs saw their property tax bills rise 15.7% this year, according to a new study just released from Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas’ office. The study also shows the tax burden shifting from commercial properties to residential properties, despite Cook County Assessor Fritz Kaegi’s initial campaign promises to shift things in the other direction.

Additionally, the city is collaborating with faith-based leaders to establish emergency staging areas and shelters. Many of the migrants are currently residing in tents, which may not offer adequate protection against the cold weather.

A suspected is in custody after allegedly wounding 15 people while shooting into a crowd at a gathering early Sunday in the Lawndale neighborhood, police said.