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Andre Hill’s record in Cook County stretches back more than two decades. Court documents list 35 criminal cases filed against him since 2002, including nine felony cases.
Community activist Jayjuan Young said city leaders could do more and address crime by spending more time in the community. “Let’s be in the community,” Young said. “We should see you at homeless shelters, we should see you at the church, we should know who you are.”
The measure would give Chicago’s police superintendent new powers to declare a curfew at a specific time and place as long as a 12-hour notice is given.
Illinois House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch, speaking about the upcoming legislative session, said, “Everything is going to come down around affordability issues. I think folks are concerned about their homeowners insurance, their car insurance. Anybody happy about their car insurance?”
It is looking at whether a member is responsible for revealing the names of superintendent finalists to the media and how a reporter recently got an internal update that included information about plans to hold a special meeting to raise property taxes.
“To harness the full potential of AI, we must develop a comprehensive ecosystem that addresses workforce development, infrastructure, and broad adoption across various sectors. … This effort is especially critical in underserved communities, where workforce development can drive economic mobility and community stability.”
According to the report, these issues were so widespread that staff at the inspector general’s office spoke with one former student who had faced advances from three teachers: one during her junior year, one in her senior year, and one soon after she graduated.
“Taxes in Illinois on income, sales, real estate and everything else are higher than 47 of the 50 states, with exorbitant property taxes easily the most onerous. But what rarely makes it into the script is a serious conversation about who doesn’t pay property taxes and why that sacred cow should finally be led into the policy barn.”
Insurance agency and brokerage Norvax LLC, with its corporate headquarters in the Merchandise Mart, began laying off 487 employees as part of a “restructuring,” the WARN report showed. Other large-scale layoffs include CVS-owned Oak Street Health, which will begin laying off 219 employees Jan. 9.
Another law that took effect Jan. 1, Senate Bill 119, mandates testing of pregnant patients for prenatal syphilis at the time of first examination and again during the third trimester of pregnancy.
“Rather than making it more affordable for families, Trump is stripping away child care from those just trying to go to work,” Gov. JB Pritzker wrote on social media. “It’s wrong and cruel – we’ll take every step possible to defend Illinoisians.”
District spokesperson Hannah Dillow said the county’s delayed payment of property taxes owed to school systems forced D65 to borrow money “to meet payment obligations to employees and vendors/service partners.” D65 has incurred $27, 500 in “issuance costs,” expects the interest to total $152, 950, and also has “experienced $961,662 … in lost investment income.”
Gary’s greatest asset is its proximity to Chicago, one of the world’s largest urban economies.
In a statement, the Illinois Department of Human Services cast the move as “yet another politically-motivated action by the Trump Administration that confuses families and leaves states with more questions than answers.”
The increase, which the company estimates will add $10-11 to monthly gas bills for typical residential customers in Chicago if approved by the ICC, comes three years after Peoples Gas received a $303 million rate hike in 2023, the largest in state history.
The manager of CPS’ American Indian Education Program submitted applications that overstated the number of enrolled Native American students to increase the amount of grant funding the district received, according to the report.
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