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Mayor Brandon Johnson Promises More Help For Migrants And Homeless — But Offers Few Specifics

The mayor offered no timetable for moving migrants from police stations and said he has not decided whether to change the leadership of the CTA.

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Dolly Parton Sending Free Books To Illinois Kids 5 And Under As Imagination Library Partners With State

The legendary country singer's Imagination Library sends free books to 1 in 10 children aged 5 and under in the United States.

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Democratic National Convention Will Show Chicago Is ‘Best City’ In The US, Officials Vow

Officials promised to feature Chicago small businesses and use local workers for the 2024 convention, which is expected to be a $150 million economic boon for the city.

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Developers Can Tap Into $40 Million In State Cash To Prep Industrial ‘Megasites’ For Projects

The funds will pay for infrastructure, rehab, cleanup and other work to build on large industrial sites.

Roseland, Pullman

Cash Bail Stays Put For Now As Illinois Supreme Court Won’t Hear SAFE-T Arguments Until March

In the meantime, that provision of the law is not in force.

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Cash Bail Is Sticking Around For Now As Attorney General Takes SAFE-T Act Fight To State Supreme Court

Gov. JB Pritzker expects the top state court to make a ruling "in the next few months."

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End Of Cash Bail Will Move Forward In Chicago Despite Downstate Judge’s Ruling, Officials Say

All state counties, including Cook County, will abolish cash bail Jan. 1, as the case makes it way up the court system, a spokesperson for the Illinois Attorney General's Office said.

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Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker Declares Victory In Governor’s Race, Easily Defeating Republican Darren Bailey

The race was called early for Pritzker. Bailey had repeatedly criticized Chicago, Illinois' largest city, as a "hellhole."

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Immigrants From Texas Need Winter Clothes, Coats, Shoes And Supplies. Here’s How You Can Donate

Residents can donate essentials, buy items off online wish lists or register to volunteer at shelter partners to support migrants.

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Pritzker Declares State Of Emergency To Fast Track Housing, Medical Care And More For Texas Migrants Bused To Chicago

About 500 migrants have arrived in Chicago since the end of August, and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott shows no sign of stopping his "political stunt," local officials said.

Downtown

Texas Governor Is ‘Sowing Chaos’ By Sending Migrants To Chicago Without Helping Local Officials, Pritzker Says

Governors typically collaborate across states, but Abbott's administration is refusing to reply when Illinois asks about migrants, Gov. JB Pritzker said: "This is all a political game for Gov. Abbott — and, frankly, it's cruel."

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Pritzker To Face Trump-Backed Darren Bailey In Illinois Gov’s Race

Pritzker painted the election as a fight for the soul of Illinois, calling Bailey an "extremist." Bailey criticized Pritzker's COVID-19 policies.

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Auburn Park, A $35 Million Metra Station, Is Moving Forward: ‘Auburn Gresham Is On The Move’

The Auburn Park Metra station will run along the Rock Island Line. Construction is expected to wrap in 2024.

Englewood, Chatham, Auburn Gresham

More License Plate Readers Coming To DuSable Lake Shore Drive To Crack Down On Shootings, Carjackings

Ald. Brian Hopkins said he hopes the additional cameras will help the Chicago Police Department solve crimes as they are short thousands of officers.

Downtown

Illinois Leaders Slam Texas Gov. Abbott For Invoking Chicago Crime After 19 Kids Slain In Grade School

The tactic — trying to deflect from a mass shooting or scandal by referencing Chicago — is one that's been repeatedly used by high-level Republicans in recent years.

Citywide

Illinois Bans Ghost Guns, Becoming 1st Midwestern State To Outlaw The Untraceable Weapons

Governor JB Pritzker signed a law Wednesday prohibiting Illinoisans from owning, distributing, selling or creating untraceable, unregistered guns.

Englewood, Chatham, Auburn Gresham

More Black, Latino Chicagoans Are Dying Of Heroin, Fentanyl Overdoses. A State Plan Will Expand Strategies To Tackle The Crisis

The plan will boost programs proven to work, like the West Side Heroin and Opioid Task Force, which has taught more than 6,000 people how to use Narcan to reverse potentially deadly overdoses.

Austin, Garfield Park, North Lawndale

Illinois’ Mask Mandate Is Ending Feb. 28. Here Are The New Rules

Chicago officials announced they'll also lift the city's mask and vaccine card mandates at the end of February if local metrics decline.

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Illinois Hospitals ‘Completely Overwhelmed’ By Unvaccinated COVID-19 Patients, Officials Say

More than 90 percent of people in intensive care units with COVID are unvaccinated and nearly 100 percent of those needing ventilators haven't gotten their shots, health officials said.

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Pritzker Vows To Shut Down ‘Fly-By-Night’ Pop-Up COVID Testing Sites, Calling Them An ‘Enormous Problem’

Pritzker said he has referred the issue of questionable pop-up sites to the state attorney general's office to investigate.

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