The independent monitor’s first report finds that the Chicago Police Department is behind in implementing required reforms on use of force, accountability and community engagement.
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Countywide income tax could provide ‘revenue that grows with the real economy’
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Unlike the one-time solutions Mayor Lori Lightfoot offered in her budget proposal, a local income tax could help stabilize Chicago’s finances long-term.
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There’s some progress in Lightfoot’s Chicago budget plan, despite progressive backlash
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Lori Lightfoot is not actually Rahm 2.0, and demonizing her risks isolating progressive voices vital to the Chicago’s future.
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Lightfoot’s only option to ease perpetual budget deficits may be city income tax
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To win support from voters and the City Council, the mayor will have to address budget shortfalls while reducing regressive taxation and responding to demands for better services and economic development in long-neglected communities.
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EXPLAINER: This is how the Chicago teachers contract talks broke down
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Despite common ground with Mayor Lori Lightfoot, disagreement on Chicago Public Schools’ financial position and who manages control over staffing decisions is pushing the teachers union to strike.
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Miguel Perez Jr. is back but thousands of deported veterans remain ‘in exile’
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For years, Immigration and Customs Enforcement has failed to follow its own policies by deporting veterans who may be eligible for citizenship.
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Lessons from Chicago’s Black Arts Movement
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The remarkable flowering of the arts reflecting the Black Power movement of the 1960s and ‘70s was guided by a philosophy of self-determination.
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How the new head of the Chicago Housing Authority can forge a new direction for the agency
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With the city facing a budget crisis, the CHA may be best positioned to address Chicago’s affordable housing crisis.
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Fourth Illinois site joins national Underground Railroad registry
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The Jan and Aagje Ton Farm on the far South Side joins Quinn Chapel AME Church, the Crete Congregational Church and the I & M Canal Headquarters in Lockport.
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Questions still loom on Lincoln Yards and TIF
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Family-supporting jobs could be threatened in a longtime manufacturing district, while many issues remain unresolved following the dismissal of a lawsuit challenging the Lincoln Yards TIF district.
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The real scandal behind Leon Finney’s downfall
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The Woodlawn developer continued to land millions in public housing contracts despite his decades-long record of self-dealing and mismanagement.