CTA homicide, shootings, rape and aggravated battery are up from last year, per Chicago Police Department reports. Other categories — including larceny, aggravated assault and robbery — are not. CTA officials say some assault figures could be skewed by aggressive reporting practices in Chicago.

“Let’s make it more expensive to visit Chicago so we can attract more visitors.” Under the plan, a new 1.5 percent surcharge will be added to hotel stays at larger properties, with the money funneled into tourism marketing efforts run by Choose Chicago.

Seven juveniles, ages 13 to 16, were each charged with misdemeanor reckless conduct. One of those teens, a 15-year-old boy, also had an outstanding warrant. Another 16-year-old boy faces more serious charges, including three felony counts of aggravated assault of a peace officer. A private security group, the Community Intelligence Unit, observed multiple fights and said one teen was beaten unconscious.

Chicago Public Schools dedicated its 19^th annual “Teachers for Social Justice” curriculum fair to encouraging teachers to use their positions to promote radical left-wing concepts around race, gender, and international relations.

The pension commission that Mayor Brandon Johnson created shortly after taking office disbanded without releasing a single report after Gov. JB Pritzker signed a police pension sweetener that, over time, will make Chicago’s pension crisis $11 billion worse. Now, the Johnson administration has asked EY, the consulting firm that recommended $1.4 billion in savings and revenue-generation options for the city to consider, to start climbing the mountain of unfunded pension debt.

Chicago leaders have discussed following Manhattan’s lead in tolling roads to ease traffic. But a Chicago-style version of New York’s policy might look very different.