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A group of 40 to 50 sheriff’s officers patrol the Mag Mile every day of the week, and have made more than 100 arrests so far this year. So far this year, sheriff’s officers also have recovered more than 20 weapons during arrests on or near the Mag Mile.
“It’s depressing, because this is such a beautiful city and we’re in the heart of it, and we’re proud of it and we love being here,” 20-year resident Kim Cooper said. “I don’t blame this on any certain group of people. I just want help. That’s all. Just help.”
Backed by an influx of taxpayer funds, the Northern Illinois Transit Authority board has voted to expand reduced fare programs for students and Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program recipients.
Thirty-three percent of Illinois students said using violence to stop someone from speaking on campus is acceptable, at least in rare cases, compared with 30 percent nationally.
Wednesday’s victim is the seventh person shot in the Loop this year, up from five at this point last year. One of the 2025 shootings was ruled self-defense. At this point in 2024, eight people had been shot, including two shootings ruled self-defense.
“The Act exempts healthcare professionals from any duty to provide aid-in-dying care, states that a healthcare provider ‘may choose not to engage in aid-in-dying care,’ and provides that ‘only willing healthcare professionals shall provide aid-in-dying care in accordance with the Act,” U.S. District Judge John J. Tharp wrote.
Fourteen lawsuits naming ormer Chicago Police Detective Reynaldo Guevara have now been resolved by paying Chicagoans who had been wrongfully convicted of murder a total of $141.9 million, records show. It cost more than $25.4 million to defend the city, Guevara and the other officers named in those lawsuits, according to records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act.
Jim Dey: “Anyone looking for more proof that Illinois’ child-protection agency has an impossible job it does badly should take a look at the latest state audit outlining its most recent shortcomings.”
For four days, a Chicago man emailed the city’s Office of Inspector General warning that he planned to kill his neighbor. On the fifth day, according to prosecutors, he did. And, incredibly, it happened almost a year after Chicago police failed to arrest him for allegedly shooting another neighbor outside the same South Side two-flat.
Illinois House Republican Leader Tony McCombie said Gov. JB Pritzker can’t keep blaming President Trump for Illinois’ problems. “His new PAC and latest trip to Texas make his priorities clear: national ambition over Illinois families. Instead of trying to buy his way onto the national stage, he should focus on the state he was elected to lead,” McCombie said.
Alderpeople Desmon Yancy, Peter Chico, Matt O’Shea and Silvana Tabares: “Political uncertainty around the mayoral election will dominate the thought process of every potential superintendent candidate and will cloud the recruitment for the role. None of this means qualified candidates will refuse to apply. But many won’t because they will be reluctant to seek one of the most scrutinized leadership roles in America in the middle of a politically tumultuous citywide election in which the outcome is far from certain.”