Ald. Maria Hadden, whose ward covers Rogers Park and much of Loyola University’s campus, has been the subject of several reports regarding remarks she made following the death of Sheridan Gorman. Since then, the alderwoman said she, her family and office have been receiving threats of violence, “including racist, misogynistic, and homophobic language.”

Facing backlash, the student newspaper edited the post to remove the term “illegal immigrant.” The newspaper refers to Medina as a “Rogers Park Resident.” The newspaper added in an editor’s note, “No human’s existence is illegal, and we quickly changed our wording to reflect that.”

“As I prepare to send my oldest son off to college this fall, I can’t stop thinking about the Gorman family,” he said. “What I want for my child is what I want for every single child, every single person in this city, that is to be safe and to live out their purpose without fear.”

At Chicago Public Schools, teachers can use AI in the classroom as long as it follows the district’s guidebook, which allows AI’s use as a supplemental classroom resource to personalize lessons and support student work — but not as the primary mode of education.

Mayor Brandon Johnson’s Jan. 31 executive order gave CPD brass 30 days to develop a policy directing officers to document suspected misconduct or criminal violations by ICE and Border Patrol agents and identify those responsible. But Johnson said Tuesday that a new policy is not necessary, despite that provision of the executive order and CPD’s acknowledgement that a new policy had been drafted but not finalized.

Republicans, including gubernatorial candidate Darren Bailey, have criticized Gov. J.B. Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson for their “sanctuary city” policies, but those Democrats are firing back, arguing that failures at the national level helped lead to the tragedy. “It is the job of the federal government to go after immigration enforcement,” Pritzker said.

Saying it appears likely the city’s sick leave ordinance would disrupt airlines’ ability to function, a federal judge has rejected Chicago City Hall’s attempt to ground a lawsuit from the airlines challenging the city’s ability to force them to abide by the city’s stringent paid time off rules.

Commissioner Debra Parker failed to report that her daughter, Lovie Diggs, lived in a four-bedroom home on the city’s South Side for which Parker has received subsidies since 2007, nor did she report Diggs’s income as a CHA contractor. Diggs owns a cleaning company that has received more than $1 million from CHA contracts, records show. Parker also failed to report other earnings from her fiancé (with whom she lived), gambling and her job at another housing authority.

Following a nearly two-month investigation into the defacement of the Republicans of Wheeling Township building, police have made two arrests. Brock McNerney, 72, and Moisette McNerney, 69, of the 1200 block of E. Clarendon Avenue, Arlington Heights, were taken into custody Monday without incident, according to the Arlington Heights Police Department.

“The insidious effect of local media’s near blackout of the story is not just defining deviancy down but ignoring it altogether. It’s a “shut up and take it” message by the media to the residents of Chicago – and even to the family of a young girl attending her dream school shot dead by a criminal illegal who should never have been in the city in the first place.”

While Mayor Brandon Johnson said he hasn’t spoken with Sheridan Gorman’s family yet, he plans to do so. “Once again, I believe that we’re all grieving the loss of Sheridan and other folks who have lost their lives because of senseless violence,” he said. “And let’s just be very clear, between the Safe-T Act and the welcoming city ordinance, the welcoming city ordinance was passed 40 years ago by the first Black mayor in the history of Chicago, and the Safety Act was passed under the governor at that time, who was a Republican.”

Hours before these incidents, Mayor Brandon Johnson defended his approach to fighting crime on the CTA: “We are moving to strategically deploy additional safety resources to our trains and buses, including additional patrol hours by our CPD officers and a new partnership with the Cook County Sheriff’s Office. As we have sought to address persistent rates of violence on the CTA, we are directing the full force of government towards ensuring Chicagoans can feel safe during their commute.”