Morning Shift Checks In With Senior G.O.A.T Correspondent Tony Sarabia
Tony Sarabia gives us an update on life on the farm so far.
Tony Sarabia gives us an update on life on the farm so far.
According to data released by the city’s law department, Chicago paid out more in police misconduct payouts last year than any year since 2011.
This time of year is usually dubbed “pothole season,” but the winter’s drastic changes in temperature has made it seem worse than ever.
Mosques and Muslim institutions across the country are having tough conversations about increased security during daily prayers after a gunman opened fire on a Muslim congregation in Christchurch, New Zealand, killing 50 worshippers and wounding dozens of others. In Chicago, the local chapter of the Council of American-Islamic Relations urged Muslim communities to “keep vigilant” and “to take increased security precautions.” Illinois leaders weighed in after the attack. Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel released a statement, saying, “An attack on any place of worship is an attack on all places of worship.”Illinois U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin issued his own statement, saying “We must all stand together in solidarity with the Muslim community in America and in opposition to anyone who tries to divide us from our brothers and sisters of every faith.”Morning Shift checks in with local Muslim leaders Kamran Hussain, president of the Muslim Community Center in Morton Grove, and Safaa Zarzour, superintendent of Universal School in Bridgeview, about how they’re approaching security for their institutions.
Morning Shift’s ward-by-ward coverage continues with Wards 6, 39, 46, and 47.
Mayor Emanuel’s biggest priorities before leaving office. Plus free speech on college campuses, and a college admissions scandal.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel has just two months left in office. What is he trying to get done before his last day?On Wednesday, City Council approved two high-profile items left on Mayor Emanuel’s final to-do list: the $6 billion Lincoln Yards development and the $95 million police and fire training academy in West Garfield Park.Morning Shift checks in with David Greising, president and CEO of the Better Government Association; Heather Cherone, managing editor and City Hall reporter at the Daily Line; and WBEZ politics reporter Dan Mihalopoulos, to find out more about Emanuel’s priorities before he leaves office.Later, Chicago architecture sleuth Dennis Rodkin stops by to bring us another installment of “What’s That Building?” We all know the proposed site for the Barack Obama Presidential Center is in Jackson Park, but tucked next to a Walgreen’s in Hoffman Estates, you’ll find a nondescript low rise building that’s currently home to all the documents related to former president Barack Obama’s eight years in office.
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Chicago has sunk about four inches in the last century. And it continues to sink a little bit every year.