Happy Monday! Temperatures are expected to finally warm up this week — and I can’t wait to go on walks without slipping on ice. Here’s what you need to know today.

1. What Chicago can learn from New York City’s migrant shelter limits

New York City implemented a 60-day limit last fall for migrants staying at city shelters — and New Yorkers are warning Chicagoans to “expect utter chaos” when the limit goes into effect here.

“Be aware that this move is gonna throw away that tiny bit of stability that the families have had since coming here,” Mammad Mahmoodi, who runs a nonprofit in Manhattan, told the Chicago Sun-Times. “These are children who started school and are making friends — all those small things are ‘poof,’ out the window.”

New York officials believe the policy is working as intended, motivating people to find housing independently or to find support outside the city — including by traveling to other cities, such as Chicago. But many are winding up on the street.

Around 14,500 migrants are currently spread throughout Chicago’s 28 shelters. The first shelter evictions had been set to begin Tuesday but have been delayed twice because of the extreme cold. The shelter-stay deadline is now Feb. 1. [Chicago Sun-Times]

2. Chicago’s FBI boss is preparing for threats in an election year that brings the Democratic National Convention to the city

Robert W. “Wes” Wheeler Jr. is making in-house changes so his team can more quickly respond to developing threats and crises as the DNC comes to Chicago and the Republican National Convention goes to nearby Milwaukee.

Both events will be in the summer, when violence in Chicago tends to increase.

In an interview with Jon Seidel at the Chicago Sun-Times, Wheeler said threats could range from a “lone actor with a sharp object to a complex, coordinated attack that involves some of the worst weapons of mass destruction that you could have a nightmare about.”

He added that good relationships with other law enforcement agencies tend to be the “No. 1 factor in having some success.” The agency will be working closely with the Secret Service and the Chicago Police Department during the DNC. [Chicago Sun-Times]

3. Illinois is considering a child tax credit

Congress is nearing a January deadline to expand the national child tax credit, but Illinois lawmakers say they’re pushing forward on a state-level credit that would give working and low-income families financial relief regardless of what happens in Washington, D.C., my colleague Lisa Kurian Philip writes for WBEZ.

State Sen. Mike Simmons introduced a bill in the state Senate last year that would award parents a credit of up to $700 per child. A similar bill introduced in the state House of Representatives has been gaining sponsors this month.

A recent analysis by the Illinois Economic Policy Institute found the proposal would slash childhood poverty in the state by 7.6%. According to the Annie E. Casey Foundation, 15.7% of Illinois children live in poverty.

Proposals to implement a child tax credit in Illinois have previously come up against resistance because of their price tag. Researchers estimate the $700 credit would cost the state $1 billion a year. [WBEZ]

4. Illinois home-based child care providers want better wages and benefits

More than 15,000 home-based daycare providers are part of Illinois’ Child Care Assistance Program, which provides free or affordable child care for low-income families throughout the state.

The providers, represented by SEIU Healthcare Illinois, are in contract negotiations with the state over retirement benefits, training and pay. The state currently pays between $22 to $48 a day per child, depending on license status, geographic location and the child’s age.

Providers say after accounting for expenses, these caretakers make close to — or less than — minimum wage. And although workers have previously asked for a contract that includes a state-funded retirement program like the one California is launching for its family child care providers, there is no such plan in place in Illinois. [WBEZ]

5. Billions of cicadas will buzz this spring

Two cicada broods are expected to erupt in states from Illinois to Virginia from late April through June, NPR reports.

The last time the two broods emerged simultaneously was in 1803. Floyd Shockley, an entomologist and the collections manager for the Department of Entomology at the National Museum of Natural History, says their surfacing makes for an “extremely rare, once-in-a-lifetime event.”

The last time the Northern Illinois Brood emerged 17 years ago “they were out in such abundant numbers that Chicagoans were having to remove them with shovels, to clear sidewalks and roads,” Shockley said. [NPR]

Here’s what else is happening

• The U.S. military ended its rescue search for Navy SEALS lost during a mission to raid a ship with Iranian weapons. [AP]

• Dexter Scott King, son of Martin Luther King Jr., died of cancer at 62. [AP]

• Chicago’s City Council will delay a resolution calling for a cease-fire in Gaza after a request from 28 alderpersons. [WBEZ]

• The Chicago Bears are closing in on a deal with Shane Waldron to become the team’s offensive coordinator. [Chicago Sun-Times]

Oh, and one more thing …

A new novel tells the story of the woman behind the Museum of Science and Industry’s iconic fairy castle, Block Club Chicago reports.

Local author Kathleen Rooney wrote From Dust to Stardust based on the life of silent movie actress Colleen Moore, who created the castle inside the MSI.

The miniature castle includes items like 2,000-year-old statues and inch-sized books signed by prominent authors.

The museum will hold a discussion and booksigning on Saturday, along with an artisan marketplace and screening of one of Moore’s films. [Block Club Chicago]

Tell me something good …

It’s Restaurant Week in Chicago, which is motivating me to try some new places — especially if they serve sushi or tacos. What are your favorite restaurants and what should I order?

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