Sources say that at least at the 115th and Halsted location, it could be weeks or a month. That would depend, just like it did at 38th and California in Brighton Park, on an environmental assessment, which was underway.

Over the weekend, the city began to move these tents from the cold as all the migrant tents are now gone from outside the 18th district police station, the first police station to remove the tents. This comes after the city used $29 million in taxpayer funds to sign a contract for military-grade tents to use for shelter. Mayor Brandon Johnson said there is money set aside in the budget to move the noncitizens.

One Black businessman, who asked not to be named fearing city retaliation, said the ordinance will put some Black businesses out of business. “All that glitters ain’t gold.” Listing all of the different taxes and different insurances that businesses have to pay, the businessman said, “There are so many people eating out of that pot that this will make it difficult for people to stay in business.”

Protesters stopped crews from putting a layer of gravel over the lot, a requirement for building a tent site; they demanded a copy of an environmental assessment of the lot and of construction work permits authorizing building to begin on a space intended to house migrants. The city did not answer questions about the work at the site but said the environmental assessment was ongoing.

“It’s like this broad reflection of there needing to be more attention, more oversight within CPD and there needing to be more care with missing persons cases. And for it to a political priority in Chicago,” said investigative reporter Sarah Conway. The state’s newly formed task force created to address the violence Black women and girls face convened for the first time in May.

The village approved $500,000 to be spent on the growing cost of providing emergency care for about 160 asylum seekers in Oak Park — which was a compromise after some trustees expressed reservations about approving $1 million. The village also extended it’s emergency declarations from December for an additional 60 days.

“The most important priorities in the mayor’s budget are clear. First is to support a ‘sanctuary city’ policy that places no limits on the number of migrants and extends to them the benefits available to existing city residents…The other clear winner in this budget is the Chicago Teachers Union’s school district, which will receive a $226 million tax increment financing surplus and will see the city pick up $45 million in school district pension contributions for non-teaching employees who are in the municipal employees retirement system.”

What this means is if someone attends a trade show or conference in Chicago and is in town for more than two hours, they will begin to accrue one hour of sick time and one hour of time off for each 35 hours they work. “Instead of finding ways to attract new business travelers and conventions, the City Council is telling them to stay away or risk costly litigation at the hands of a fundamentally flawed ordinance. Unfortunately, these costly and confusing mandates threaten the livelihoods of the very workers alders say they are trying to help,” said Michael Jacobson,

Chicago tour stop attendees demanded a full Green New Deal at the local, state, and federal levels: building green social housing in Chicago’ $1 trillion of yearly federal spending on climate, care, jobs, and justice which includes equity, labor, and climate standards; and that President Biden take sweeping executive actions to combat the climate crisis. Attendees also spotlighted demands specific to a Green New Deal for Chicago Public Schools, including renovated green facilities, free, healthy lunches at Chicago public schools, electric

Glencoe property taxpayers will see a 5.7% rate hike. Over in Wilmette, the property tax levy is set to go up 2.94%. According to New Trier High School Associate Superintendent Christopher Johnson said existing property taxpayers would face a 5% increase. He said he has not calculated the impact for individual property owners but added the high school represents approximately a quarter of the overall property tax bill throughout New Trier Township.

The university would pay the City of Evanston $3 million a year for 15 years as a “Good Neighbor Fund” to further projects of interest to the city and Northwestern. Also included are an investment by Northwestern in the Evanston local workforce development amounting to $500,000 a year; a $500,000 yearly investment in racial equity programming for the City of Evanston; a contribution of at least $1 million a year to help Evanston nonprofits, community groups, faith-based institutions, and schools; at least $2 million a year in financial aid to students