Handwriting the lawsuit in a notebook, government employee Cata Truss argued the Amundsen Park field house was ‘designated for recreational use within the community’ and nothing else. Truss was also angry Mayor Brandon Johnson’s government shelled out more than $250 million caring for migrants when her community is in poverty. “There’s a humanitarian crisis in the black community. But every time we have a need in our community, we’re told that there are no funds. There’s no money for us,” she said.

An officer said police ensured no weapons were seen inside the school, CICS Loomis-Longwood at 1309 W. 95th St., and said they were able to “gain control of the situation” after they arrived. But minutes after police left, a small black car with a missing bumper drove up, and someone got out and fired “dozens of rounds.”

According to the alliance, hotel occupancy hit 65 percent.

Monday, Gov. JB Pritzker called for better communication from Chicago officials. “We can’t help if they [the city] does not identify locations,” he said. “We need to make sure that we are not ending shelter capacity as the city is now planning to do, at the end of winter.”

The board found Vallas’ campaign committee accepted a $5,000 contribution from an unnamed entity, over and above the $1,500 cap on contributions to candidates from entities doing business with the city, and issued the fine this week.

As Oak Park grapples with housing roughly 160 migrants, mostly Venezuelans, who came to the village at the end of last October, Fred Tsao, senior policy counsel for Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights, said most new arrivals in the United States have to wait to receive work permits, which can be a lengthy process.

“High crime, a lack of affordable housing and shelters, and welcoming illegals have placed an enormous strain on Chicago’s slim resources. Throw in supporting and overfeeding an educational system that fails students, has obscenely low standards, and faces no competition, and you have the most important issues facing Chicago. Where, one should ask, is the urgency from Mayor Johnson to meet the most basic needs of Chicago’s population?”

“Failing to educate kids is morally bankrupt enough, but the latest CPS Inspector General report should make all Chicagoans outraged. The IG’s report revealed there were 446 complaints of “sexual misconduct”. Imagine being the parent of a victim who does not have the means to remove their child from the school at which a crime occurred and feeling trapped in a system more concerned with the outcomes for adults than the safety and academic success of their child.”

Ford Heights hasn’t had a real, standalone library in about 30 years. Public records show the south suburb has collected more than $100,000 in taxpayer money over the past decade, although it’s a mystery as to where the money is going and why volunteers instead created a makeshift library the size of

Orkin recorded the metro areas where it performed the most bed bug treatments from Dec. 1, 2022, to Nov. 30, 2023.

Proponents of the ordinance argue the lower threshold plays a key role in slashing emissions and reducing high gas bills in Chicago, while keeping environmental policy in line with other major cities. But Peoples Gas, the natural gas utility serving the city, said making Chicagoans use all-electric heat could cost them double what they would pay for natural gas, and still increase emissions because of limited output from renewables. Less than 4% of the electricity used in Chicago typically comes from renewable energy,

For homebuyers, the tab will be a little more than $15 million. That’s according to Crain’s research into what the past year’s home sales would have generated if the new transfer tax, as revamped under Johnson in August, were in place. Many commercial properties sell for far larger amounts than homes, and Crain’s past estimates have pegged the commercial sector’s dollar volume at around nine times residential’s.

The new rules are necessary because of the “proliferation of small-box retailers and the numerous negative effect on the economic resiliency of the city’s neighborhoods and residents, and on the public safety and welfare,” according to the measure. There are approximately 150 dollar stores in Chicago, officials said.

In a statement, mayoral spokesman Ronnie Reese indicated that if Gov. JB Pritzker is so concerned, he could pull the levers at his disposal as the state’s chief executive. A Pritzker official said that Illinois has taken on responsibilities ranging from wraparound supports to six months of paying for food in shelters, plus allocating the majority of grant funding to Chicago. “The idea that they are shouldering all of this on their own is ridiculous,” the official said.

Part of Mayor Brandon Johnson’s plan includes more reliance on state and federal resources. No new shelter beds will be provided. Instead, beds will be filled as migrants exit, putting more pressure on asylum seekers to find permanent housing faster. Johnson’s new plan also includes a greater focus on getting work permits for asylum seekers, some of whom may now be living here longer than the law allows.

The additional $2 million is still short of the more than $3.5 million in overtime and construction costs various city departments spent on the inaugural race last summer. Downtown and West Loop Ald. Bill Conway, who

In April 2020, ridership fell to about 20% of pre-pandemic levels. Ridership has steadily climbed since then, reaching about 60% of pre-pandemic levels this year.