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Few Puerto Rican evacuees in Chicago have benefited from FEMA shelter program
In the wake of Hurricane Maria, critics say poor administration hampered the Transitional Shelter Assistance (TSA) program in Illinois, creating confusion and missed opportunities for survivors looking for housing.

• Solitary confinement of juveniles on the rise in Cook County
• Community benefits coalition wants to include all the players, not just Obama Foundation
• Private schools, poised to grow in Illinois, move into closed Chicago public schools
• Proposed labor watchdog would give city’s worker protection laws some teeth
• In police oversight proposal, mayoral ally cribs off wrong model
• Voting could soon be easier at all Illinois jails
• U. of C. police shooting came at time of increased stops, continued disparities

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