“The University’s refusal to announce and implement this agreement must be seen against the backdrop of the escalating US-Israeli genocide and scholasticide in Gaza — in which this University administration is materially and ideologically complicit,” reads the website of the Faculty and Staff for Justice in Palestine.

The project is now set to receive $27.25 million in TIF funding, up from $27 million approved last year, city planning officials said, making up 31 percent of the project’s total cost. Sixteen apartments will be reserved as affordable housing, up from 14 in the previous plan.

The district said a budget reduction of $13.2 million is needed now, but an additional $15 million may also be reduced by 2027. The superintendent said no schools will close for the upcoming school year. District 65 mom Melissa Denton said, “You have to look at all children. And, if you do harm to one, you do harm to all.”

“This area is the economic engine for the city of Chicago. It just is. And there’s also hard data that was showing the vacancy rate was going in the wrong direction. And then from talking to the business owners, there was fear,” Sheriff Tom Dart said. “And so, this was very critical. It was at a crisis point.”

This follows Amazon Teamsters at two New York City facilities announcing Friday that they had authorized strikes.

City officials did not immediately say whether Sean Harden will serve as president of the board. But he might only be able to continue serving after a new partly elected board takes over in January if he is appointed to lead the board. That’s because according to property records, Harden appears to own an apartment in the same part of the South Side’s school board District 6 as Jessica Biggs, who won the Nov. 5 election for District 6.

“To this point, Johnson hasn’t asked city workers, most of whom are represented by unions who’ve refused to make any concessions in this moment of crisis, to contribute to a solution. Instead, Johnson has put the entire burden on businesses and ordinary Chicagoans, who already are maxed out on taxes, fees and fines. Instead of trimming unnecessary or highly discretionary spending, he has called for more speed cameras.”

Chicago’s city council is set to vote on a package of ordinances setting the municipal budget for 2025. A late start, the mayor’s failure to provide detailed information requested by alderpeople, and a unanimous city council rejection of the mayor’s initial proposed tax levy all highlight the need for change in Chicago’s budget process.

Sidestepping chief portfolio officer Alfonso Carmona’s recommendation to absorb five schools, Board Vice President Mary Gardner asked for more details on the option of absorbing all seven Acero campuses, which the district estimates would cost between $21 million and $28 million.

A toddler is among those injured.

“The criminal justice system is a multifaceted and multibillion-dollar enterprise, and city, county and state agencies are all involved. Yet, only the police are under a federal consent decree that measures success by the number of police shootings and complaints and the public’s confidence in the Chicago Police Department, while disregarding the impact it is having on crime.”