Chicago Weekly Crime Tracker – Wirepoints
May 14, 2024
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Weekly crime statistics from the Chicago Police Department: Report through 5/12/2024.
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Prior to his election, Johnson was a Chicago Teachers Union organizer, and the CTU had serious clashes with Lightfoot and Arwady over the reopening of schools during the pandemic. The union forced several delays in the resumption of in-person classes and twice refused the city’s directives to return to classrooms. Now, large pieces of Johnson’s progressive agenda — like reopening the mental health clinics — will run through the public health department.
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May 11, 2024
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Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson recently traveled to Springfield with a big wish list, including $1 billion in extra funding for Chicago Public Schools. Among the reasons his demand should be categorically rejected: the growing rate of CPS teachers simply not showing up to school.
Negligence or something more? Gov. Pritzker’s $827 million in taxpayer subsidies for Rivian. – Wirepoints
May 10, 2024
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Gov. J.B. Pritzker recently promised electric car maker Rivian $827 million in taxpayer subsidies when he shouldn’t have given the company a penny. The question is, was it negligence or something more?
Well, the CTU always claimed to have lots of scientific-n-medical ‘non-misinformation’ support for their advocacy of keeping schools closed.
Fired this apparently fairly qualified woman, with whom they disagreed. We’ll see who they pick…..