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After nearly a year of construction, the Illinois Department of Transportation said the reversible lanes will be open by 5 a.m. Monday, weather permitting.
Control over curriculum, teacher planning time and teacher evaluations are major sticking points nine months into talks between the Chicago Teachers Union and Chicago Public Schools officials.
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Mr. Jiménez spent much of the late ‘60s and early ‘70s fighting gentrification in Lincoln Park, allying with other organizations in Chicago to uplift minority and low-income communities, and rallying for an independent Puerto Rico. He died Friday.
Gates quickly apologized for her comment, which she made at a meeting of hundreds of union members this week.
The funding agreement ensures the $1.97 billion grant cannot be clawed back by a new presidential administration, Chicago Transit Authority President Dorval Carter said.
Medinah casino is hampered by lack of amenities and on-site parking, city’s chief financial officer said.
The money would go to the estate of Lakisel Thomas, a working mom who was crossing a street in Englewood to pick up lunch for her son when she was struck by a vehicle fleeing police in February 2021.
The city says Bally’s can now resume the teardown of the Chicago Tribune’s former printing plant on Friday.
Jon Burge, Ronald Watts and Reynaldo Guevara — former police officials implicated in scores of wrongful conviction cases — continue to haunt Chicago taxpayers.
Two people were robbed aboard CTA Red Line trains on Dec. 29. Jemaal Muhammad is charged with two felony counts of robbery, one felony count of aggravated robbery and one misdemeanor count of theft, Chicago police said.
Allen Oscar Woods, 39, of Hammond, Indiana, was wanted in the Dec. 27 death of his ex-wife, Tiffany Woods.
“We hope that this will be more than a clinic,” Mayor Brandon Johnson said Wednesday at the Roseland East 115th Street Health Hub, but “a gathering space that will foster health and wellness.”
The funding comes through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and allocates $244 million for Cook County, $96 million for suburban Cicero and $89 million for downstate St. Clair County.
Ald. Ray Lopez and Ald. Silvana Tabares hope to revive exceptions to Chicago’s Welcoming City Ordinance. Chicago police would be allowed to work with feds when encountering people arrested and accused of crimes related to gangs, drugs, prostitution — and loitering.
An already contentious relationship still can be salvaged if a mayor and governor who need each other to solve their respective budget troubles start communicating frequently and privately, instead of taking public shots at one another.
“I never broke a nail. He never touched me, but his demeanor worried me,” said Charlotta Pritchett, who called the police to help her boyfriend Timothy Glaze, who she said was having a mental health crisis.
The group approached passengers riding on the Red Line late at night Dec. 20 and Dec. 29 between the Cermak and 95th Street stops and demanded their property, Chicago police said.
Around 3:30 a.m. Tuesday an SUV made a left turn in front of a semi-truck in the 6700 block of South Western Avenue. The semi hit the SUV and then skidded into a bus shelter, injuring a 66-year-old man. The SUV driver was also hurt, and she was cited.
The Recycle Coach app contains hyper-local waste management information, a “what is and isn’t recyclable” database and other educational content. The aim is to cut contamination at recycling centers, raise diversion from landfills and slash emissions.
As concerns over avian influenza have grown after a Louisiana man died from it earlier this week, there have been calls to ban or restrict owning farm animals in the city — most recently from Ald. Ray Lopez.
Mr. Maurer, cigar in mouth, dog leash in hand, could cut a striking figure. He was with the Chicago Police Department from 1964 to 2005, rising to chief of patrol and earning the respect of his troops.