Good afternoon! It’s Monday, and I got married at City Hall on Halloween right when the teachers strike ended. Here’s what you need to know today. (PS: You can have this delivered to your inbox by subscribing here.)

1. Chicago’s top cop is considering retirement

Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson told reporters today that he is thinking of stepping down.

“I have given 31 years now to this city and almost four as superintendent,” Johnson told reporters at City Hall after a budget hearing. “But, I recognize also that, at some point, it’s time to create a different chapter in your life.”

Johnson also said he is “not concerned” about an inspector general investigation that was sparked after Johnson was found slumped over in his car outside his home last month.

At the time, a police spokesman said Johnson had recently switched medication, but the mayor’s office said Johnson admitted he “had a few drinks” beforehand. [WBEZ]

2. What’s the political fallout from the teachers strike?

It seems like everyone is wondering what the political fallout will be for Mayor Lori Lightfoot and the Chicago Teachers Union.

Lightfoot told the Chicago Tribune that she expects the union will oppose her in the 2023 election, saying, “I have no illusions about what their ultimate agenda is.”

CTU President Jesse Sharkey said it remains to be seen whether the strike will dog Lightfoot like the 2012 strike did with former Mayor Rahm Emanuel. [Chicago Tribune]

Chicago teachers will vote next week over whether to accept or reject a tentative contract agreement with Chicago Public Schools. [Chicago Tribune]

Meanwhile, the Chicago Sun-Times has a fascinating, behind-the-scenes report on how the strike unfolded. “It took a perfect storm of strong personalities, unrealistic expectations, rookie mistakes and cracks in the armor on both sides,” the newspaper reports. [Sun-Times]

3. Impeachment inquiry begins to hit a wall with the White House

Four White House officials today declined to appear before House investigators. The move illustrates a growing quagmire for the inquiry: As the investigation increasingly zeroes in on the White House, it could have a difficult time lining up witnesses.

Among those who declined to testify was John Eisenberg, the top lawyer at the National Security Council. It’s believed that Eisenberg made the call to lock down records about Trump’s July 25 call to Ukraine’s leader. [NPR]

Meanwhile, House impeachment investigators publicly released two deposition transcripts. [New York Times]

Here’s an informative guide to the Trump administration officials who raised red flags about the president’s strategy for Ukraine. [NPR]

And in a separate legal fight, an appeals court ruled that Trump’s accounting firm must turn over his tax records to Manhattan prosecutors. [NPR]

4. The presidential election is one year away

And President Donald Trump remains competitive in six battleground states that Republicans won in 2016, according to an analysis from The New York Times and Siena College.

In a matchup against former Vice President Joe Biden, the poll found that Trump trails in the battleground states but remains within the margin of error. A race between Sen. Bernie Sanders and Trump is a toss-up, while Trump has a slim lead over Sen. Elizabeth Warren. [New York Times]

Meanwhile, the unemployment rate in some key swing states is higher than it was a year ago. [Washington Post]

5. A pot conviction could help you get a job in Illinois’ cannabis industry

A Miami-based cannabis staffing agency is setting up shop in Illinois to help pot companies meet social equity requirements, such as hiring employees with pot offenses on their record, reports the Chicago Sun-Times.

The state law that legalizes recreational marijuana in Illinois on Jan. 1 also gives companies looking to grow and sell pot an incentive to hire workers affected by drug policies. Companies can get a leg up in the application process if most of their workers have been arrested or convicted on weed offenses. [Chicago Sun-Times]

Here’s what else is happening

• ComEd cut ties with a lobbying firm co-owned by a top Chicago alderman as a federal criminal investigation into the power company’s state lobbying activities intensified. [WBEZ]

• A 15-year-old boy remains in custody for the Halloween shooting of a 7-year-old girl in Chicago’s Little Village neighborhood. [Chicago Tribune]

• The Trump administration formally began to leave the Paris climate agreement. [NPR]

• India’s top court accused authorities of failing to tackle Delhi’s toxic smog, which is more than 10 times over safety limits. [BBC]

Oh, and one more thing …

Here’s a cautionary tale for anyone who uses Airbnb. A reporter for the media organization Vice booked a reservation in Chicago over the summer from a couple named Becky and Andrew. About 10 minutes before she was ready to check in, she got a call from a man saying she wouldn’t be able to stay in the place because a previous guest wrecked it, but he offered a different property he managed.

What happened next led her to discover “a nationwide web of deception that appeared to span eight cities and nearly 100 property listings — an undetected scam created by some person or organization that had figured out just how easy it is to exploit Airbnb’s poorly written rules in order to collect thousands of dollars through phony listings, fake reviews, and, when necessary, intimidation.” [Vice]

Tell me something good …

A whole bunch of new, cool looking TV shows are coming out, from HBO’s His Dark Materials to Disney Plus’ The Mandalorian. So I’d like to know what you’re currently watching.

Me? I recently finished The Righteous Gemstones, a comedy on HBO that follows a family of televangelists led by patriarch Eli Gemstone, who’s played by John Goodman. I have a history with the South: I was born in Texas, lived briefly as a kid near St. Louis and have grandparents in Arkansas and Texas. And I have to say, the people who created The Righteous Gemstones did their homework.

What are you currently watching? Feel free to email at therundown@wbez.org or tweet to @whuntah.

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