With schools shuttered, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot blames union leaders for ‘chaotic conduct’
The mayor told WBEZ that the union’s temporary push for remote learning is arbitrary and unreliable. Union leaders say it’s not safe to return.
The mayor told WBEZ that the union’s temporary push for remote learning is arbitrary and unreliable. Union leaders say it’s not safe to return.
The mitigations aimed at indoor businesses and their patrons come in a response to an “alarming rise” in COVID-19 cases nationally and locally, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot said Tuesday.
The requirement goes into effect Jan. 3.
The botched raid of Anjanette Young’s home had set off a political firestorm for Lightfoot’s administration.
The city council approved allowing betting in five major parks across the city, despite some opposition saying the city is selling short the revenue it could collect.
Young was left naked for 10 minutes while police raided the wrong home. One alderman said she hoped the settlement would prompt change among Chicago police.
While the Asian American community may see its first slim-majority-ward in the proposed maps, efforts to consolidate Englewood appear to once again fail.
The move gives the Latino Caucus months of negotiating room as it pushes for more majority-Latino wards.
The proposed map will continue to get debated through the new year, and there remains the possibility voters may ultimately get to decide how Chicago wards are drawn.
Negotiations between the Black and Latino caucuses continue, but will Chicago aldermen get behind a map the public hasn’t yet seen?