“While the federal government has determined this project is of the highest priority, the taxpayers of Illinois and Michigan should not be the only states to carry the burden of the non-federal share of funding when the entire Great Lakes region will certainly experience the devastating impact of inaction,” Gov. J.B. Pritzker wrote to the Army.

“Our team reads hundreds of Chicago police reports every week. We can say with certainty that ShotSpotter alerts routinely result in the arrests of armed men—and they’re almost always men—after shots are fired in the city.”

The loss of City Hall veteran Richard Guidice is just the latest example of how the Johnson administration seems to be floundering.

More than 100 people gathered for the rally at Federal Plaza, advocating for work permits for all.

“How do you create a menu that offers choice and dignity and all the needed components in a way that would be received?” asked Amy Laboy, vice president of programs and community partnerships for the GCFD.

A funny thing happened once Chicago Sun-Times reporters began calling those businesses: They began paying up. One million dollars of the $1.3 million in unpaid traffic control bills got paid, City Hall records show.

Democratic Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson immediately blamed Trump supporters after his disastrous homeless referendum bombed with voters who enthusiastically gave it the thumbs down. Chicago is the city known for the notorious “This is MAGA Country” hate crime hoax perpetrated by black actor Jussie Smollett that targeted Trump supporters.

“It shouldn’t take a lawsuit to get access to that kind of information, but this administration is increasingly making it impossible for people to get information unless they go to court,” said attorney Matt Topic with Loevy & Loevy, who filed the lawsuit on behalf of NBC Chicago. “I think we’ve filed 10 different lawsuits for clients over records about the migrant crisis where the administration is refusing to respond to requests.”