The proposal, based on a unanimous recommendation by the Chicago Board of Ethics, now heads to a final vote at the City Council meeting set for June 12.
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Key City Panel Advances Plan to Ban Lobbyists From Giving Campaign Cash to Mayors
Jun 6, 2024 0 Comments60 Chicago Parks to Offer Free Public Internet Access, Officials Say Wi-Fi is ‘Truly a Human Right’
Jun 6, 2024 0 CommentsRosa Escareño, Chicago Park District general superintendent and CEO, announced an $8 million investment in broadband infrastructure that will provide free, public internet service at 60 of the city’s parks on the South and West sides.
‘Our Officers Will Be Ready’: Chicago Police Detail Protest Response and Safety Plans Ahead of DNC
Jun 6, 2024 0 CommentsThe Chicago Police Department held an open training session at McCormick Place, where police demonstrated for media the different measures and strategies the department is planning to deploy during the August convention.
Pay $2M to Family of Man Killed by CPD Officer in 2014, City Lawyers Recommend
Jun 6, 2024 0 CommentsRonald “Ronnieman” Johnson, 25, was shot and killed by Officer George Hernandez in the early morning hours of Oct. 12, 2014, near 53rd Street and King Drive.
Dwindling Number of D-Day Veterans Mark Anniversary With Plea to Recall WWII Lessons in Today's Wars
Jun 6, 2024 0 CommentsAs young soldiers, they waded ashore in Normandy through gunfire to battle the Nazis. On Thursday, a dwindling number of World War II veterans were joined by a new generation of leaders to honor the dead, the living and the fight for democracy in moving commemorations on and around those same beaches where they landed exactly 80 years ago on D-Day.
Chicago Spent More Than 1 Million Overtime Hours on ‘Scarecrow’ Police Shifts Since 2022 Before Abandoning the Approach
Jun 6, 2024 0 CommentsWith rising overtime costing the city more each year, records show the Chicago Police Department paid a high price for overtime for shifts meant to curb violence before ending its strategic deployment initiative. The city did not explain how it judged the effectiveness of the plan it recently ended.
Pay $50M to 4 Men Who Each Spent Nearly 20 Years in Prison for Double Murder They Didn’t Commit, City Lawyers Recommend
Jun 6, 2024 0 CommentsThe City Council’s Finance Committee is set to consider the proposed settlement, which calls for taxpayers to pay $21 million and the city’s insurance company to pay $29 million.
Chicago Tonight: Black Voices, June 5, 2024 - Full Show
Jun 5, 2024 0 CommentsEvanston’s groundbreaking reparations program is facing a legal challenge. And Major League Baseball makes a historic move by adding Negro Leagues stats to its records.
Negro Leagues Stats Now Part of MLB Records: ‘A Wonderful, Long Overdue Acknowledgement’
Jun 5, 2024 0 CommentsMore than 2,300 Negro Leagues players from 1920 to 1948 were added to the online database — a historical correction that’s four years in the making. It was announced in December 2020 that the MLB would be “correcting a longtime oversight.”
Evanston’s Groundbreaking Reparations Program Faces Class Action Lawsuit
Jun 5, 2024 0 CommentsEvanston’s program is aimed at addressing housing discrimination and segregation that took place in the northern suburb from 1919 to 1969.
Living Near Violence Can Negatively Impact Academic Performance. A New Study Looks at What Schools Can Do to Mitigate That
Jun 5, 2024 0 Comments“There’s no silver bullet here,” study author David Johnson said. “But there is some really solid evidence that the work that schools are doing matters. And I think that’s really exciting and important.”
Analysis: Democrats Tap Gaming Cash Cow to Help Fill Illinois Budget Gap
Jun 5, 2024 0 CommentsSports wagering and video gambling have developed into two of the most robust markets in the nation; Illinois’ sportsbooks collectively have the fourth-largest handle among all states, while Illinois’ video gambling industry is by far the largest of any state.
Judge Blocks Illinois Law That Would Have Banned Newly Slated Candidates From Ballot
Jun 5, 2024 0 CommentsA Sangamon County judge blocked the Illinois State Board of Elections from enforcing a new law that would have prevented certain General Assembly candidates who didn’t run in the March primary from getting on the November ballot. The move doesn’t void the bill in its entirety, but rather blocks it only for this year’s general election for the 14 named plaintiffs in the case.
Pritzker Signs $53.1B State Budget, the Largest in Illinois History
Jun 5, 2024 0 CommentsDeclaring it a spending plan that’s “balanced, fiscally responsible, pro-family, cuts taxes on workers and opens up doors of opportunity,” Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Wednesday signed Illinois’ next state budget into law.
Rod Blagojevich, Ryan Dempster and Triumph the Insult Comic Dog Walk Into a Bar: Reviewing a Strange Night in Chicago Comedy
Jun 5, 2024 0 CommentsTriumph the Insult Comic Dog hosted a “Jeopardy!”-style game show in Chicago this week with celebrity contestants, including ex-Cubs pitcher Ryan Dempster, actor Samm Levine and ex-governor Rod Blagojevich.
Lawyers for Ex-Ald. Ed Burke Ask Federal Judge to Toss His Racketeering Conviction
Jun 5, 2024 0 CommentsAfter the three-hour hearing, U.S. District Court Judge Virginia Kendall declined to issue a ruling immediately, instead promising a written order “shortly.”
‘No Schoolers’: How Illinois’ Hands-Off Approach to Homeschooling Leaves Children at Risk
Jun 5, 2024 0 CommentsAt 9 years old, L.J. started missing school. His parents said they would homeschool him. It took two years — during which he was beaten and denied food — for anyone to notice he wasn’t learning.