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Takeovers, also called “sideshows,” are ongoing issues for the city. They involve groups of people blocking off intersections so drivers can spin donuts and do burnouts in the intersection. Officers responding to the shooting scene in Gage Park last night said they saw 20 or 30 cars speeding away from the intersection as they arrived.
Officers lined up between the two groups, and some of the pro-Israel protesters spilled into the street, obstructing traffic. At the time, the university issued an alert urging students to avoid the area and to remain inside their buildings. In one violence clash, two pro-Israel protesters used their flag poles to attack a pro-Palestinian protester.
It’s the second time federal investigators have visited the village looking for documents in what they say is a probe that is in its early stages and has not resulted in any charges.
As to why online casino legislation hasn’t received any discussion this session, state Rep. Dan Didech said the state’s budgetary needs haven’t required it.
“We used to be at the bottom of the list in terms of state funding for education,” said State Sen. Dave Koehler. “We have now come up to 41st from 50th. That’s progress, but that’s still not good enough.”
Among the organizations, Solidaire has received financial support from Nick and Susan Pritzker, who also founded the Libra Foundation, which funds smaller nonprofits that address criminal justice, environmental and gender justice issues. Some of the groups funded by Libra have also been involved in protests against Israel’s response to the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas.
The Region 1 Planning Council announced the results of the April 2024 Trustee Land Program, which placed more than 250 tax-delinquent properties on the auction block. Twenty-six of the properties had houses attached.
The parade was supposed to take off at Noon from Cemark Road from Damen Avenue in Heart of Chicago, and it was supposed to traverse a 1.2 mile route, ending at Marshall Boulevard in Little Village, just south of Douglass Park. Instead, a large fight in the area of the parade led police to issue a cancelation notice.
“One of the poorest areas in downstate Illinois — and any part of Illinois — is the 62523 ZIP code in central Decatur. It has a median household income of $12,663. Yet it recorded $715,577 in retail lottery ticket sales, an average of $807 for each of the 886 people living in the neighborhood.”
“Progressives are FAR left. They don’t believe in capitalism or the Republic.”
The changes, part of the decade-long Delivering for America plan, would have local mail sent from Springfield to St. Louis, Missouri, to be sorted and processed. The processed mail would then return over state lines back to the inbox in Illinois.
To put the figure into context, the total base tax receipts for the state of Illinois last year were $50.7 billion.
Under the controversial agreement, the school will admit five Palestinian students each year, support two Palestinian faculty members annually, create special housing for Muslim students, and add students to Committees to review purchases from Israeli businesses. The resigning committee members criticized NU President Michael Schill’s failure to seek advice from the committee regarding the agreement.
A series of lawsuits have been filed against the city in recent months by the Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression, the Anti-War Coalition, and Students for a Democratic Society at the University of Illinois — some of which have voiced support for the anti-Israel encampment at the University of Chicago.
The proposed bill, brought forward by Illinois Sen. Rachel Ventura, would allow municipalities and counties to charge semi trucks carrying goods from an intermodal yard in Illinois between 50 cents and $8.
This came after the UChicago United for Palestine protesters clashed with a group waving American flags. The Maroon reported the UChicago United for Palestine group set up wooden and plastic shields and locked arms as they faced the counter-protesters.
State Rep. Abdelnasser Rashid is the first Palestinian-American in the House. “I can speak personally that when I saw the students put themselves at risk to fight for genocide I was incredibly moved,” he said. “And it redoubled my commitment and rejuvenated my energy to fight against the genocide.”
Jim Dey: “Calling complaints like those from (Urbana Mayor Diane Marlin and Champaign Mayor Deb Feinen) ‘preposterous,’ Pritzker said it is ‘clear that opponents of eliminating the grocery tax do not share’ his vision of ‘providing relief, wherever possible, for Illinois families.'”
Seven people were taken without issue, and transported to the McLean County Jail for criminal trespass to state property.
Speaking to former Fox News host Dan Bongino and Thinker co-founder Evita Duffy-Alfonso, Robson talked about his nuanced views on the ongoing protests and addressed the encampment, saying “The reason I am so categorically against this encampment and the encampments at many other schools is because, frankly, it has only a tangential connection to the conflict.”
The city recorded 37 homicides in April, a 30 percent drop from April of last year. Overall, police say homicides are down 12 percent so far this year. Additionally, more of the homicides that are occurring are resulting in charges. Through April, police reported a “clearance rate” of more than 76 percent, the department’s highest since 2015.
Located just blocks away from Guaranteed Rate Field, the proposed shelter would be located in a building near Canal Street and Pershing Road. “This is just insane, it doesn’t make any sense,” said resident Michelle Gusich. “Keep them downtown. I don’t know—this is not our problem.”
The plan took its first steps toward concrete action in November when Mayor Brandon Johnson’s 2024 budget included $15.9 million to double non-police emergency response and another $5.2 million to reopen two of the 14 city-run mental health centers closed by past mayors. Nearly six months later, the clinics have yet to reopen.
Mac LeBuhn, former adviser and counsel in the Chicago mayor’s office: “Until the public trusts its elected officials, big-ticket efforts such as the Bears stadium will probably suffer the same fate as the Bring Chicago Home initiative. No matter your views on the merits of those proposals, the fact that the public doesn’t trust its leaders to execute on big initiatives is a problem for us all.”
“The revelation, unsurprising as it is, of a mayor who thinks a thriving city economy relies on the public sector — or in this case a public-private partnership, to put it euphemistically — to make multibillion-dollar investments in return for a few thousand permanent jobs (if that’s even the correct number) puts on display a lack of understanding of what generates genuinely productive business activity.”
Sexual assault allegations have been an ongoing issue for Chicago Public Schools, which has seen a 12 percent increase in complaints during the 2023-24 academic year compared with the year prior. CPS Deputy Inspector General Amber Nesbitt, who heads the district’s sexual allegations unit, said that in the first two months of the year, the unit had already received 92 complaints, averaging out to three cases per school day.
“The challenges facing the Postal Service are urgent and severe, but (Postmaster General Louis) DeJoy has only added to them by slowing and reducing services for the millions of Americans who depend on them. New leadership on the board of governors is an essential first step for saving one of our nation’s most trusted institutions.”
Taking office following an administration that seemed intent on running down Illinois’ reputation, Gov. J.B. Pritzker has made competing on the economic development front a top priority. The strategy is paying off.
Loop Alliance President Michael Edwards is boldly shouting from the rooftops after a new “State of the Loop” quarterly report outlines how pedestrian activity on State Street during workweek hours is now back at pre-pandemic levels while weekend foot traffic is far outpacing 2019 numbers.
“They actively want to understand other cultures,” said Michael Boyd, who is also board chairman of the Economic Alliance of Kankakee County. Boyd was part of the group that made the trip to China — paid for by Gotion.
The Edwardsville Community Unit School District #7 confirmed that Patrick Shelton’s current contract allots him the 21 school weeks, as well as 25 vacation days and four personal days. Shelton was first hired by the district in 2021, signing a three-year contract at the time.
A detailed look at the Tier 2 pension problem and Michael Madigan, by Mary Williams Walsh, a former New York Times reporter (who wasn’t part of the cesspool there).
The victims are the first people shot in Lakeview this year.
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