The state of Illinois will also get $19.3 million from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to support housing and basic services for thousands of Central and South American migrants.
Libraries in Morton Grove, Park Ridge, Gurnee and Wilmette have reported receiving threats with the Glencoe Public Library closing its doors citing a building emergency.
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In Chicago, a total of five people were killed and at least 33 wounded in a rash of shootings across the city, coming one year after a shooter took seven lives at a Fourth of July parade in Highland Park, Illinois, near Chicago.
The two-part event at Eden United Church of Christ kicks off Saturday. The goal, said pastor Jacki Belile, is to "connect heart to heart" through art, dialogue and food.
In just its second meeting since 2021, the Committee on Immigration and Refugee Rights also heard the city's plans to move migrants out of police stations and into more stable housing, keeping alderpeople better informed.
When he became Burlington’s mayor in 1980, Bernie Sanders was a socialist outsider who had to face down a hostile political establishment. His successful mayoralty may contain lessons for Chicago’s new progressive mayor, Brandon Johnson.
Neighbors are donating to the family of 43-year-old Ron Mendoza, who died following the crash at Pulaski Road and Wrightwood Avenue: "We will miss his light, and incredible energy every day," one friend said.
Tenants withheld rent this winter after the heat problems. Fishman won't acknowledge the rent strike and is wrongly charging late fees for unpaid rent, the tenants' lawyer said.
A charter school plans to open an upper campus on the Northwest Side in the fall, but parents and public school activists feel blindsided by the expansion.
The Chicago Park District is expected to vote this week on a "provisional" permit for Riot Fest in September. The issue has divided West Siders as more neighbors and groups support the festival.