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A panel will review the city’s policies, procedures and training related to hate crimes and violence against trans women of color. Nearly two-thirds of all trans people killed by gunfire are Black trans women, who make up 13% of the trans population.
Defense attorneys claim a witness lied when he said Keller robbed and killed music and game store owner Ollie Jones on the South Side in 1991.
The Chicago Public Schools CEO says the board’s actions “unlawfully infringe on and interfere” with his authority as the “sole” representative of the board in negotiations with the teachers union.
The 24-year-old has been living around the Chicago area, currently residing in Harwood Heights, for nearly three years after he got an opportunity to leave Ukraine after Russia’s invasion turned into war.
Roosevelt University announced it will start offering a free tuition program this month, the Roosevelt Pledge. In September, the University of Illinois Chicago announced its plans to launch its own version, UIC Aspire, next fall.
Residentes exigen durante posadas que se tomen medidas sobre propiedades vacías o descuidadas de CHA
Las protestas anuales en las viviendas Lathrop Homes comenzaron en 2013, pero se han extendido a lo largo de los años a otras propiedades de CHA como la que se llevó a cabo el sábado en Logan Square.
The annual protests at Lathrop Homes started in 2013 but have extended to other CHA properties.
On social media, people frustrated with rising out-of-pocket costs and denials of service use Brian Thompson’s assassination in New York to demand that health insurers prioritize people over profits.
Joseph Mapp has worked as director of reentry at Precious Blood Ministry of Reconciliation for three years and has served on the Illinois Coalition for Higher Education in Prison since 2022.
The girl and an 18-year-old male were shot by someone in a gray sedan as they walked late Thursday morning in the 7400 block of South Yates Boulevard, Chicago police said.