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Officials told to figure out which industries are most vulnerable to trade disruptions.
Hooker and three others were convicted in May 2023 of a conspiracy to illegally sway former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan.
The Chicago Public Safety DataHub will track the most recent data on violent crime in Chicago and allow users to compare it to public safety data of other major cities.
President Donald Trump’s administration is proposing a ban on federally funded programs for anyone who can’t show legal status, including babies in the Head Start child care program.
The new interpretation of a 1996 law, which also affects health centers, goes into effect once its published in the Federal Registry, the feds says. Also impacted are adult education programs.
Northwestern University researchers are giving the city 30 recommendations to better prepare for heat waves and potentially save lives.
Anna Gomez, the lone Democratic member of the federal panel, spoke Thursday during the convention of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists.
Lawyers for the 77-year-old McClain asked for probation. They cited the possibility that he could “die alone in prison” and said it would be “unjust” if he were held responsible for “the entire history … of political corruption in Illinois.”
The settlements would broadside an already severely cash-strapped City Hall, which ended last year with a zero balance in its operating checkbook.
The judge said his decision to prevent Trump’s order from taking effect anywhere in the U.S. was “not a close call.”
Tuesday’s incident unleashed panic in a community with many immigrants living in fear of raids and deportations and ahead of two popular festivals.
The lawsuit, filed by 66 cities, challenges President Donald Trump’s administration initiatives that seek to withhold federal funding from cities that prohibit their police officers and other employees from enforcing federal civil immigration laws.
There are lessons for Democrats from Zohran Mamdani’s strategy of tapping into the frustrations of working-class families and disaffected young people, former political strategist and longtime Chicagoan David Axelrod says.
The city is always working to bring Pullman Innovations into compliance, “but they never get there,” one environmental group reported. The smell is “unbearable,” the 10th Ward alderperson said.
Jobs for young people have grown by 40% under Mayor Brandon Johnson, who pitched the program as a key anti-violence initiative.
Austin accepted home improvement materials such as sump pumps and kitchen cabinets as kickbacks from a developer overseeing a $50 million project in her 34th Ward, prosecutors say. She allegedly then took action to benefit the developer and others.
HUD accused Chicago of violating residents’ civil rights by allowing City Council members to use their veto power to block low-income housing.
Walter Burnett, the City Council’s dean and Zoning Committee chair, plans to step down from the Council regardless of whether he gets the CHA post.
Should two-thirds City Council approval be needed for future borrowing? One mayoral critic thinks so
Southwest Side Ald. Marty Quinn (13th) wants to raise the threshold for approving City Hall borrowing from a simple majority, or 26 votes, to a two-thirds majority, or 34 votes. That would allow 17 members to block future borrowing.
Though Burke is out of prison, he’s still within the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Prisons. When that ends, he’s expected to begin serving a year of supervised release.