At Tuesday’s hearing, Jackson Potter, the teachers union vice president, argued the district must budget more money as it steps up efforts to lobby state and federal officials for more funding, including during the Democratic National Convention in Chicago in August. “We won’t accept austerity when we need expansive, bold fiduciary advocacy,” he said.

Jackson Potter, Vice President of the Chicago Teachers Union: “The question before CPS CEO Pedro Martinez and CPS Board members is whether they will work collaboratively with the CTU to apply for historic amounts of federal support to upgrade and decarbonize aging facilities. Or, will they halt the momentum both parties have built that enabled CPS to win a grant to fund 50 electric school buses?”

“Bally’s is underperforming, and neither the city, nor the police and firefighter’s pension funds that were supposed to be bolstered by its revenue, can afford it.”

A university spokesman declined to specify how the people charged with misdemeanors more than two months after the protest ended were affiliated with the university.

Police from the host city have been supplemented with nearly 4,000 federal agents and local officers from as far away as Miami. That includes about 80 Chicago officers who are manning posts around the Fiserv Forum, staffing checkpoints and conducting foot patrols.

According to the latest figures released by the city of Chicago, 44,874 migrants have been transported to Chicago since Aug. 2022. Of those, nearly 40,000 have arrived by bus and nearly 5,000 have arrived on flights at O’Hare and Midway. “Those buses will continue to roll until we finally secure our border,” Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said.

CPD’s Mass Transit Unit released surveillance images of eight people who were allegedly involved in the attack. So far, police have charged a 16-year-old boy, an 11-year-old girl, a 14-year-old boy, a 15-year-old boy, and another 16-year-old boy.

The measure, introduced in April after incidents in Logan Square where antisemitic materials were left on cars and properties, prohibits leaving any material on private property without permission if it could intimidate, defame, threaten, harm, or incite hate crimes.

The city council has yet to vote on the ordinance, which would expand the Community Commission for Public Safety and Accountability. It would also give that commission negotiating power over contracts with the Fraternal Order of Police. Color of Change Policy Strategist Queen Adesuyi said the goal was to have the referendum on the ballot this November.

Aldermanic privilege is not legally binding and can be overcome by convincing aldermen to ignore it, but it is a powerful tradition.

Illinois National Republican Committeeman Richard Porter’s Tuesday night interaction with Gaetz made the rounds in a social media video that showed him berate the scandal-plagued Gaetz for trying to embarrass former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy during a television interview.

Lathrop residents say they suffered while the Chicago Housing Authority delayed construction and stockpiled cash for years. Even when the next phase is completed, only 300 units at Lathrop will be reserved for public housing residents — a loss of 625 units from 25 years ago, and 101 fewer than the CHA is obligated to produce under a federal court settlement.

No mayor in Illinois is subject to being recalled, although Buffalo Grove and Arlington Heights allow voters to recall members of the northwest suburbs’ village boards.

Health officials around the country have turned to hair salons and barber shops to help combat public health epidemics in the past, from tackling vaccine hesitancy during the COVID-19 pandemic to promoting education about health problems such as HIV, diabetes and high blood pressure. In 2017, an Illinois law required hair stylists, barbers, cosmetologists and certain other professions to receive domestic violence and sexual assault awareness training

“We’re just freshening up the space. Making it a bit more current. There’s a lot of Chicago icons who would be deserving of statues as well. We should be considering that also — Ida B. Wells, DuSable, Harold Washington,” mayoral spokesman Ronnie Reece said when the removal was announced. Reese could not be reached for comment on the reversal.

The rate is up by 2.4 percentage points compared with a year ago and 10.3 points from pre-pandemic days. It has notched record highs for 14 consecutive quarters.

“Chicago’s long-neglected investment in EMS has cost the city lives and income.”