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Here's a map of violent crime in Chicago over the last five years (left) and a map of mayoral election results by precint (right).
The areas hit hardest by violence voted for Brandon Johnson, who campaigned hard on alternatives to policing, instead of tough-on-crime Paul Vallas.
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Several hundred Black men organized by pastors are marching in downtown Chicago in response to the violence that erupted as large groups of young people gathered last weekend.
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🚨NEW CHICAGO ANIMAL🚨
There’s a family of foxes in Millennium Park! And they are simply too cute. Several pups and a papa fox running around the Lurie Garden Monday, per photographer u/garebearmassacre on Reddit.
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CHICAGO IS THE FASTEST CITY IN THE WOLRD!
A new world record was just set at the Chicago Marathon. Kelvin Kiptum ran with an unofficial pace of 4:36 per mile. Amazing!!
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Pritzker pushing back on Sox Stadium:
“The idea of taking taxpayers dollars and subsidizing the building of a stadium … does not seem like [it] should have higher priority,” he said. “These are private businesses.”
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Wadea Al-Fayoume, 6, was stabbed to death Saturday in an anti-Palestinian hate crime outside Chicago.
His short, white casket sat in front of the room as mourners filled Mosque Foundation for his funeral today. His father prayed just feet away.
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Vice President Kamala Harris just spoke at the scene of the Highland Park mass shooting.
“We have to take this stuff seriously, as seriously as you are because you have been forced to take this seriously,” she said.
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Zoom in on this incredible new map of Chicago's Loop!
It took almost two months for artist Tanager George (ig/citiesillustrated) to make this drawing with our skyline in 3D & the downtown El weaving past buildings. Windows on buildings, bushes on each street, crazy details.
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BREAKING: Chicago City Council passes cease-fire resolution.
Chicago becomes the largest American city to call for a Gaza cease-fire after a monthslong debate & a tense meeting where spectators were cleared out. Huge win for local pro-Palestine groups and progressive aldermen.
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A secret third Wacker
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This NASCAR Chicago Street Race frankly could not look cooler. Here’s a thread of race vids.
First, holy Chicago skyline.
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The Dom's employee who grabbed top-shelf liquor upon sudden, unexpected layoff — legend
Frantic scene outside Dom’s Market in Lakeview as the grocer shuts down with little notice.
Employees were seen walking out with bags full of top-shelf liquor.
“It was sudden … I went to the liquor department, grabbed a bottle and said ‘let’s chug’”
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Here's footage from the CTA Brown Line video game through the Loop and over the Chicago River🚃
Just learned that there is a Japanese PS3 train sim where you drive the Brown line
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Chicago, through the lens of a 1998 Game Boy Camera (by u/Chubbs1525)
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You saw the viral video of a young couple getting beaten up in downtown Chicago. Here's what you didn't see (thread).
Lenora Dennis witnessed the attack unfold. Police wouldn't help, she told me, so she had to take matters into her own hands... (1/11)
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Imam Omar Suleiman likened the death of Wadea Al-Fayoume, the 6-year-old Palestinian boy killed in a hate crime stabbing, to Emmet Till’s.
Wadea has much in common with children born in Gaza, he said before the boy’s funeral.
“Let the world see what they have done to the boy.”
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Standing over the grave of Wadea Al-Fayoume, Imam Omar Suleiman says the emptiness mourners feel after the Palestinian 6-year-old’s hate crime death should push them to end violence in Gaza.
“This graveyard is a reminder,” he said. “It’s a reminder for all the children in Gaza.”
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Sad news: 104-year-old Dorothy Hoffner died unexpectedly one week after setting the record to become the world's oldest skydiver.
"She was just indefatigable. She just kept going."
The lifelong Chicagoan’s obituary & jump here:
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The Big Idea: We should all take our lunch break
Underwhelming: Eclipse (still cool!)
Overwhelming: Seeing thousands of people take the time out of their day to go outside in perfect beautiful idyllic downtown Chicago to share silly little glasses and stare into the sun (very cool!)
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This would create thousands of good union construction jobs
Forget the Bears new stadium. While we're talking about lakefront attractions, can we all agree that Navy Pier should just be replaced with a gigantic Chicago style hotdog?
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Hundreds of empty lawn chairs, strollers and trolleys lining the abandoned Highland Park parade route. Drinks, blankets, balloons left behind. Eerie and surreal.
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NEW: The weapon the Highland Park mass shooter used was a Smith & Wesson M&P 15 semi-automatic rifle.
The gun costs $812 on the Smith & Wesson website, which advertises it as "engineered for a wide variety of recreational, sport shooting and professional applications."
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Mayor Lori Lightfoot and Chicago & Illinois’ transportation departments just announced the permanent closure of DuSable Lake Shore Drive.
Except, of course, they didn’t really do that.
Fake accounts posing as (previously verified) government accounts did & 100k+ people saw.
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Illinois Secretary of State said 'omg look my Jordan's got soaked😝🤪☔️'
Thank you Illinois for making me so proud to live here and work for you!
#Pride2023
🏳️🌈🏳️🌈 (Jordan’s got soaked 🌧️🌧️)
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Dozens of Illinois sheriff's departments say they will not enforce a new state law banning assault weapons. The sheriffs say they believe the ban is unconstitutional.
Here's a thread of their statements. Adams, Bond, Brown and Bureau Counties first:
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The 22 y/o seemed concussed. Dennis decided to go to the police station before the hospital.
When they got there, a desk cop told Dennis that the attack was happening because (progressive) Brandon Johnson was elected mayor. He hasn't started yet, doesn't till May 15. (8/11)
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🚨FOX NEWS UPDATE🚨
Chicago’s Millennium Park foxes are “doing quite well” downtown, an ecologist told me. They like hunting small animals, playing & apparently posing in front of skyscrapers. New cute pics from
@mandophotos
. For
@chicagotribune
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wake up babe, new Chicago fox in Millennium Park pic just dropped
Regal papa fox! Again from the same talented photographer, u/garebearmassacre. I missed this one when I posted the others.
🚨NEW CHICAGO ANIMAL🚨
There’s a family of foxes in Millennium Park! And they are simply too cute. Several pups and a papa fox running around the Lurie Garden Monday, per photographer u/garebearmassacre on Reddit.
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“It hasn’t affected me at all," a sunscreen-smeared man heading towards Huntington Beach's waves with an orange surf board told me. "Besides that I can’t go to a bar and have a drink and really kick it with the boys."
My latest for the
@latimes
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Pastor
@CharlieDates
told me he understands the fears, but pointed out the young people out last weekend were just a fraction of the kids in "the greatest city in the world."
"That fear has to turn into action. We got to believe.” For
@chicagotribune
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The buildings here + the new DuSable Park are going to be a huge, stunning addition to Chicago's skyline.
Massive foundation mat pour undertaking at 400 N Lake Shore this morning
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One big thing that changed this election: The age of voters.
Here's a great graphic from
@ClaireMalon
that compares turnout from February with turnout today by age. This mattered in a close race.
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Here's a map showing how much state tax money each Illinois county receives for each $1 it pays.
Cook County gets just under $1 paid per $1 spent. But the Chicagoland suburbs get just $.60 while the southernmost counties get $2.88 (per SIU
@PSimonInstitute
's 2021 study).
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@LOUSDAD2000
I'm a part of the "media" and I covered this alongside almost every major media outlet in our city.
What "the media" covers isn't reflected on Twitter — only what people share is. Imo essential to also check local news sites directly if you want to hear about what's going on.
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As a fifth (yes, five) police car passed the fight that was spilling into the street, she got in front of the cruiser & gestured for help, she said.
“And the police officer locked eyes with me, cut a pass right around me, and kept going,” Dennis, of Englewood, told me. (6/11)
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Book bans in Illinois.
The Yorkville School District 115 board voted to ban Brian Stevenson's "Just Mercy" from a high school English class. They said it was "too controversial."
The book focuses on two wrongly convicted Black men on death row. Story🔗:
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First look at Chicago Mayor election turnout by age:
Young people have turned out hard so far for the Brandon Johnson v Paul Vallas runoff (left). Compare it with age group turnout at the same point on Election Day (9 am) in February (right).
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That made Dennis feel like desk officer didn't love Chicago or respect the election results much, she said. A detective patiently took down a police report. They got an ambulance. Dennis brought them shoes in the hospital.
The whole response, she said, was a "disaster." (9/11)
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So what does this lifelong Chicagoan want to see now?
For everyone to put “egos,” “preconceived notions,” “campaign slogans” and “puffed-up rhetoric” to the side. It's time for solutions, she said.
“We need to do real investigative thinking into what these kids need.” (10/11)
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NEW: Highland Park mass shooter told family he would “kill everyone” in September 2019, authorities say. Police responded and took knives and a sword from his home and reported him to state police.
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A jump in the turnout of young people likely played a big role in Brandon Johnson winning the race for Chicago Mayor.
There were 22,235 more voters age 18-34 who voted in this election compared with February. Johnson is winning by 15,822 votes with 99%+ in. From Johnson HQ:
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Illinois Democrats:
- took a record number of IL Assembly seats
- flipped DuPage County board chair for the first time in 75+ years
- won what had looked like close US House races
- coasted to keep Governor, AG & Secretary of State.
Today’s Tribune front page: “The Blue Wall”
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One of my fondest Chicago memories is going to an empty Sox game like this.
I was on a date. We weaseled into the lower level, sat middle. A drunk townie yelled “Aye, take her down to the front!”
So we took first row seats. $8 tickets. Cubs could never.
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Please don’t use the word “doxxing” in stories y’all. Most people don’t know what it means, and it has little meaning left for the people who are familiar with it. If someone exposed another’s sensitive identifying personal information, write that they did that and how.
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There’s a man climbing the 42-story, 588-foot-tall Accenture Tower in downtown Chicago right now.
Here is a thread of all the video’s people have taken of him as he’s climbed past their window:
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How much is robbery up in your Chicago neighborhood?
Here's how much robbery victimizations have jumped in 2023 compared with the same time in 2022 — it's up 44.2% across the city with big jumps in the NW, West, SW and near South Sides.
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She and others nearby called police for help. That help didn't come, she said.
The visitor couples' phones were stolen. Their shoes were taken too. The attack lasted over 10 minutes, Dennis told me — far longer than the 20 second video clip that's gotten 15 million views. (3/11)
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LIVE: 104-year-old Dorothy Hoffner from Chicago is about to break the world record for oldest skydiver.
She’s just about to get into the plane here in Ottawa, IL. Follow along!
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FOIA returned. Red Bull's advertisement where a race car sat on a CTA train cost $61,790.59, records show.
Red Bull had to deposit twice as much. $14k was rail operations, $24k was set up labor, $4k for right of entry. And it cost's $12k to rent a 6-car train for 8 hours.
Somebody FOIA that CTA Red Bull contract! I just gotta’ know the going rate to put a product on a flat car on the brown line…..
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Mayor Brandon Johnson plans to "cut the tape" to make Chicago development faster & cheaper.
He announced 100 sought changes to the slow bureaucratic process intended to spur housing. One flashy one: eliminating Chicago's minimum parking requirements.
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Chicago set a record for most early votes cast in one day today: 30,044.
That brings the vote total to 292,591 votes. Was 164,708 at this point in 2019. 161,869 in 2015. Here’s the line down the street to vote at the Loop
@ChicagoElection
super site tonight.
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Police are investigating the allegations of inaction made by Dennis & others, the Chicago Police Department said Wednesday.
Meanwhile, other large meetups are being planned in Chicago & a suburb again for Saturday, Hopkins & police said. (11/11)
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Not to be dramatic but this is the end of the world for people who bike to the Loop down Milwaukee and Halsted
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I've got news! I'm now a City Hall reporter for
@chicagotribune
.
I'll be covering local politics with a focus on the City Council starting next week. I'm excited and am feeling lucky I get to work with the Trib's incredible City Hall team to try to make Chicago a little better.
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Dennis had been walking out of Macy's when the couple was attacked. It erupted seemingly out of nowhere, she said.
She heard the woman, 20, scream. She saw the man, 22, get stomped on, kicked and punched.
“It just turned into a total chaotic melee." So, of course... (2/11)
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That's when Dennis decided she had to confront the crowd of ~80 teens herself, she said. They ran off. Some came back & hit the 22 y/o again.
They needed to get out of there, ASAP. She got the couple into Macy's for cover. Then, they ran barefoot to her car. Where next?.. (7/11)
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Hopkins called the police response "inadequate" and said the department was in "disarray."
Dennis had her own feelings: “It makes me feel scared. It terrifies me that people are either asleep at the wheel or that they’re willfully blind."
But her story isn't done yet... (5/11)
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@MartinPiper
@AOC
Yes — the violent crime victimization chart is adjusted for population density.
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Police were certainly busy that night.
An alderman told me the crowd attacked 2 CTA buses & some drivers. Some tried to break into the Art Institute of Chicago. Two people were shot.
Police were short-staffed & leaderless, Ald. Hopkins said. (4/11)
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Coming this summer: A ticket for your car, if you park in Chicago's downtown bike & bus lanes.
The city's "Safe Streets" pilot is on track to launch this summer and bring automated ticketing to many illegally parked drivers. With
@srfreish
:
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Rev. Jesse Jackson is here at Chicago City Hall today to show support for the Gaza ceasefire resolution that is finally up for a City Council vote.
Aldermen expect a tight vote and a contentious meeting.
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One more thing to add: The crime data is organized by "police beat." So, not perfect, but that's as granular as I could quickly get. Police don't store data by voting precinct, of course, so not a perfect match but small enough to show something.
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This story is so important. It describes how someone can have such massive violent power in Illinois & how someone who police knew made violent threats got an assault weapon. Read it, read local.
From Trib reporters
@crepeau
@MidnoirCowboy
& Anne Sweeney:
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I've got news! I'm now a
@chicagotribune
staff reporter. I love this city and this paper, I'm thrilled to be staying here and I'm so grateful that I get to keep working for Chicago. Excited for all that's ahead :)
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The White Sox, Bears, Cubs & Red Stars running into each other while trying to get millions in taxpayer money for stadiums:
The Chicago Cubs are seeking $30 million in public dollars to beef up security around Wrigley Field.
Lakeview Ald. Bennett Lawson supports the project to install bollards around the park.
@CrainsChicago
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Chicago is denying DNC protest permits, instead offering a 2-block Grant Park route far from the convention.
But protesters say even without permits they'll "make life miserable" for Democrats with huge pro-Palestinian, other marches. For
@chicagotribune
:
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The boy died yesterday. His lips were purple when his parents sought help. Favorite Staffing workers told them, roughly, "It's probably because of the cold," per police.
Today, Chicago Fire hospitalized 5 more migrant shelter residents with fevers. Ages 1, 4, 8, 9 & 18.
Mayor Brandon Johnson’s reax to claims shelter where migrant boy died is unsafe: “They’re just dropping off ppl anywhere. Do you understand how raggedy and how evil that is … then you want to hold us accountable for something that’s happening down at the border? It’s sickening.”
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Underwhelming: Eclipse (still cool!)
Overwhelming: Seeing thousands of people take the time out of their day to go outside in perfect beautiful idyllic downtown Chicago to share silly little glasses and stare into the sun (very cool!)
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Illinois will have its first Gen-Z state representatives when Nabeela Syed and Brad Fritts are sworn in next week.
Here's a story on how the 23-year-olds won and what they plan to do now, written by this 23-year-old for
@chicagotribune
:
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The shooter still hasn’t been apprehended, sheriff deputy said. A lot of nearby parades have been cancelled, and cops from all over Chicago have been pulled to the Highland Park scene.
“Could this happen again? We don’t know what his intentions are at this point,” deputy said.
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Might be a little cuter than Chonkosaurus. “The women working there said that there were 7 fox pups recently born there,” photographer wrote. Here’s the Reddit link:
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The assault weapon Crimo used to murder 7 people and shoot 45 was legally purchased in Illinois after state police knew he told family he would “kill everyone.”
NEW: Highland Park mass shooter told family he would “kill everyone” in September 2019, authorities say. Police responded and took knives and a sword from his home and reported him to state police.
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Brandon Johnson has taken the lead in the race for Chicago Mayor. He is ahead of Paul Vallas by .22% — 1,111 votes.
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Finally, a price tag: The White Sox want around $1 billion in public money to build their proposed new stadium.
That's on top of an expected $500 million subsidy for infrastructure from a city TIF district that covers the site,
@jus10chi
reports:
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*reverts to NC politics mode for a second*
Jeff Jackson has been a star an NC politics for nearly a decade. He's worked up the ranks of the General Assembly, & now he's going to DC. I wouldn't be surprised to see him make noise there & soon return to the ballot under Senator.
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More info on maps:
On left, data per CPD, "victimizations" for "all violent crime" since 1/1/2018, more red = more victimizations.
On right, orange is Johnson-led precincts, teal is Vallas-led precincts, graphic by
@rumormill
&
@ClaireMalon
, more here:
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Sources (the bartender) tell me a Sam Adms costs $7, a class of wine runs $7.50 and a Jack & Coke costs $8.50 at Darren Bailey’s watch party.
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In 2019, the Highland Park mass shooter tried to kill himself with a machete & threatened to "kill everyone," cops say.
Weeks later, his dad, Robert Crimo Jr., signed to give him legal permission to buy guns.
Here's what Crimo Jr. wore to jail to begin a 60-day sentence today:
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Ald. Martin told me he was "wait and see" when CTA President Dorval Carter testified to City Council in December.
Now, he has seen enough. With CTA adding few trains after big promises, Martin is calling for Carter to be fired.
Why is the CTA struggling to hire when NYC, DC, and SF have met or exceeded their pre-pandemic staffing levels?
Current leadership is failing Chicago riders.
Mayor Johnson and Governor Pritzker should appoint a new board and a new president should lead the CTA to recovery. (3)
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Little addition for all you map nerds. Here's the scale included with the "all violent crime victimizations" map (left). I'm also including a map for homicides and non-fatal shooting victimizations, also since 2018 (right). It's consistent.
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The thousands of pro-Palestine protestors in Chicago are locked-in on Joe Biden.
One speaker called for mass protests at the 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago. Another told the crowd to not vote for Biden.
“Joe Biden, you can’t hide. We charge you with genocide.”
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Thousands of protestors are marching in downtown Chicago right now to call for an end to US aid to Israel and Israel’s seize on Gaza.
The people at the front are carrying small caskets wrapped in Palestinian flags to bring attention to children killed by Israeli bombs in Gaza.
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@MyDigitalSoul
Was hard to get a clear count while I was writing on deadline. I'd say it was around 500, the police I spoke with thought maybe more. And when they were starting the march, it was really nasty outside, so this was a big turnout.
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The 136 unionized workers at Chicago's iconic Signature Room are demanding the restaurant's owners pay up after an abrupt closure.
Workers are owed 60 days pay & benefits, they argued at a Hancock Center rally today. They're suing.
"What do we want? Justice" "We'll be back"
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Chicago Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson's lead over Paul Vallas has grown from 2.9% to 4.3% as more mail-in ballots have arrived.
Turnout rose to 38.7% — higher than February 2023, February 2019 and April 2019. But lower than the Rahm Emanuel v. Chuy Garcia 2015 runoff (41.1%).
Paul Vallas will speak but not concede tonight, per
@hanksanders_
. He's down nearly 3% now to Brandon Johnson. Here's where things stand:
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🌎🏆WORLD RECORD🏆🌎 — Dorothy Hoffner became the oldest skydiver ever today.
"Age is just a number," the 104-year-old said after she jumped at Skydive Chicago Airport. Here’s her epic jump and free fall in slow-mo:
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Heads up, Chicago YIMBY's: Big pro-density move from Johnson here.
City Council would need to agree to cut parking minimums. The plan names "higher density zoning" as an item, also nods to expanding Chicago's ADU pilot. Goal, it says is build "faster," "everywhere" & "together."
Mayor Brandon Johnson plans to "cut the tape" to make Chicago development faster & cheaper.
He announced 100 sought changes to the slow bureaucratic process intended to spur housing. One flashy one: eliminating Chicago's minimum parking requirements.
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THREAD: A mass shooter shot up a Chicago vigil last Halloween. 14 people were shot, 1 fatally.
What's happened since?
Victims told me they've gotten little support. Their wounds still hurt, bills are stacked & they face trauma every day. Here's what that looks like (1/12):
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Today’s my first day on the
@chicagotribune
politics team. I’ll be covering the union amendment and races for US Senate, Attorney General and Secretary of State (& more).
Follow along for Illinois politics!
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I just spoke with a man with blood on his legs outside the Highland Park parade route. He said he volunteered as a medic for the parade and did CPR a wounded person. He told me multiple people seemed dead.
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott to resume sending busloads of migrants to Chicago Monday.
"We simply have no more shelters, spaces or resources," Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot wrote in letter to Abbott asking him to halt the plans. For
@chicagotribune
:
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"It’s time to find your masks," UChicago Med's epidemiologist told me. "If you’re going to the grocery store or if you’re going to go wait in line at the DMV, I’d be wearing a mask right now — and I am.”
COVID-19 up in Chicago. For
@chicagotribune
:
Chicago is at a "medium" COVID-19 risk level for the first time since last January.
Hospitalizations have continued to rise steadily for months. COVID-19 deaths, hospital bed use and ER visits have also steadily risen. Only 12.6% of the city is fully vaccinated.
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Who is trying to keep ShotSpotter in Chicago?
The aldermen leading neighborhoods hardest hit by gun violence overwhelmingly want ShotSpotter in their wards. In the 17 top shooting victimization wards, 14 alders want to keep the tech. For
@chicagotribune
:
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Losing my mind over this, inspired by Lori Lightfoot's choice words.
And yes — you'll be able to buy it on a T-shirt soon. Thank not just the Italian Americans, but also
@royalpratt
, who got it together for his new Lightfoot book, The City is Up for Grabs. Design by
@chgohoods
.
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