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City must remake Far South Side to make the most of billions targeted for CTA Red Line extension

Decades of disinvestment have taken a toll on areas surrounding the Red Line extension. It’s time for large-scale city planning and neighborhood rebuilding to start taking center stage.

Chicago Sun-Times

Over protests, city officials confirm Brighton Park tent plan, pending final ‘assessments’

The confirmation comes ahead of a community forum about the proposed base camp site Tuesday evening and after local Ald. Julia Ramirez (12th) released a letter distancing herself from plan.

Chicago Sun-Times

Government-Run Grocery Store Is Predictably Losing Money

The folly of government-run grocery stores is sadly not a historical relic like the USSR.

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How the Chicago Police Department tolerates officers with ties to extremism and what’s being done about it

A new civilian oversight panel is working with Chicago police on a policy that would bar officers from joining hate and extremist groups.

Chicago Sun-Times

Broncos’ updated 53-man roster and depth chart for Packers game

Here's a look at the Broncos' updated 53-man roster and depth chart for Sunday's game against the Packers.

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Chicago police officers with ties to extremist Oath Keepers stay on the force. Some have troubling records.

An investigation by WBEZ, Chicago Sun-Times and the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project found allegations of excessive force, improper searches and racist comments on the job.

Chicago Sun-Times

Mayor Brandon Johnson hints at return of guaranteed income program

A pilot launched under former Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot provided 5,000 residents with $500 a month for a year with no strings attached.

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Mayor Johnson agrees to sweeten police contract, extend it 2 years

The tentative agreement calls for doubling the annual pay raise that rank-and-file police officers were scheduled to receive in 2024 and 2025 — from 2.5% to 5%.

Chicago Sun-Times

Manifestantes atacan a la concejal Julia Ramírez debido a los campamentos planeados para migrantes

Docenas de manifestantes rodearon a la funcionaria cerca de donde la Municipalidad ha propuesto instalar campamentos de invierno para los migrantes recién llegados.

Chicago Sun-Times

Migrant tent protest leader condemns attack against alderperson in Brighton Park as demonstrations go on

The protest, which entered its second day Friday outside the proposed migrant camp site, is the latest development in Mayor Brandon Johnson’s efforts to address the influx of South American asylum-seekers.

Chicago Sun-Times

Black Chicago, let’s check our attitudes on migrants

I cringe when I hear Black folks spew anti-immigrant rhetoric. We know what it’s like to be “otherized” and accused of taking something away from another group.

Chicago Sun-Times

Top mayoral aide defends decision to budget $150 million for migrant crisis — not entire cost of ‘global, national, state crisis’

Budgeted amount only covers half of estimated cost, but top mayoral adviser says, ‘Tell me the alderman who is standing up saying, ‘I want the city [to] pay $400 million or $500 million.’

Chicago Sun-Times

Chicago’s budget deficit may force Mayor Johnson to shift his taxation policy

The mayor and his team filled the 2024 deficit with one-time fixes. Odds are that next year will start with a budget shortfall similar to this year’s, and the available tax fixes are all regressive.

Chicago Sun-Times

Afternoon Edition: The pop-up movement reshaping Chicago’s restaurant scene

Plus: Ald. Ramirez ‘attacked’ by protesters, La Salle Street revamp’s future, and more.

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Protesters attack Ald. Julia Ramirez and an aide over tents for asylum-seekers

Dozens of protesters surround the official near where the city has proposed putting up winter tents for migrants.

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So Mayor Johnson’s NOT going to Mexico?

Eric Adams, mayor of New York, just went to Mexico, Ecuador and Colombia to tell them “New York City is full,” an empty gesture immediately denounced as a “paid vacation.”

Chicago Sun-Times

Johnson’s plan to declare record $434M TIF surplus threatens plans to transform LaSalle Street office buildings into residential use, City Council members say

Alderpersons Bill Conway (34th) and Brendan Reilly (42nd) sounded the alarm about the future of “LaSalle Street Reimagined” during Wednesday’s budget hearing, seeking assurances from city planning officials that developers now fronting huge costs can count on the city to be their partner.

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Chicago's top cop says using police stations as short-term migrant housing is burden for department

Chicago’s new police chief says the city’s use of police stations as temporary housing for thousands of migrants seeking asylum has been a “burden” on the nation’s second-largest police department

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Chicago, don’t go all-electric in new buildings

I have no problem with my electric stove, but it’s too easy for electricity to be knocked out in an outage, a South Shore resident writes.

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Some Chicago migrants could end up in St. Louis amid efforts to boost jobs, stem population loss

Karlos Ramirez of the International Institute of St. Louis visited Chicago this week to explore the possibility of bringing migrants to his city, perhaps thousands of them.

Chicago Sun-Times

Chicago announces first city-run composting program with 15 drop-off sites

Chris Sauve, deputy commissioner for sustainability and policy at DSS, said the plan for the food scrap drop-off was created after talks with officials in cities with similar programs

Chicago Sun-Times

Mayor Johnson cancels trip to Mexico border for look at migrant crisis, will send aides instead

A delegation led by Beatriz Ponce de Leon, deputy mayor of immigrant, migrant and refugee rights, will lead a small delegation to four Texas cities.

Chicago Sun-Times

Chicago’s Department of Environment is back, but needs to get bigger

Resurrecting the department is a wise first step, but it needs enough staff to meet the city’s many challenges at a time of climate change and other environmental concerns.

Chicago Sun-Times

Mayor Johnson is wrong. Bally’s casino won’t secure a ‘fiscally strong and vibrant future’ for Chicago.

It is a shiny, noisy and glitzy distraction that allows the well-connected to get wealthier at the expense of hard-working Chicago families and individuals who will lose their paychecks gambling there.

Chicago Sun-Times

‘Justice begins by condemning these horrific attacks’

Mayor Brandon Johnson presided over a sometimes raucous special City Council meeting on Friday to pass a resolution condemning the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks on Israeli civilians.

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