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The City of Chicago’s Memorial Day Weekend Offers Multiple Events and Parades Citywide as the Unofficial Kick-Off to Summer Friday, May 26

By Chicago City Wire Report | May 25, 2023

With many festivals, concerts, athletic events, the opening of beaches and simultaneous events throughout the city and along the lakefront this Memorial Day weekend, the City of Chicago is advising residents and visitors to be aware of street closures, additional crowds, increased traffic and to plan accordingly.

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Various Measures Introduced to and Approved by the Chicago City Council

By Chicago City Wire Report | May 25, 2023

Various Measures Introduced to and Approved by the Chicago City Council

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Community activist Ja'Mal Green on more funding for migrants: 'I’m tired of it'

By Chicago City Wire Report | May 24, 2023

On May 23, local Chicago activist Ja’Mal Green tweeted on the upcoming Chicago city council vote on additional funding for the influx of illegal immigrants coming to the Sanctuary City.

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Mayor Johnson Appoints Garien Gatewood as First-Ever Deputy Mayor of Community Safety

By Chicago City Wire Report | May 24, 2023

On may 19, Mayor Brandon Johnson announced Garien Gatewood will serve as the City of Chicago’s Deputy Mayor of Community Safety.

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City of Chicago Partners with Biden-Harris Administration on New Initiative to Address Homelessness

By Chicago City Wire Report | May 24, 2023

On may 18, Mayor Brandon Johnson; Deputy Mayor of Education, Youth, & Human Services Jennifer Johnson; the Department of Family and Support Services (DFSS); and All Chicago Making Homelessness History announced a partnership with the White House and the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH) to participate in ALL INside, a first-of-its-kind initiative to address unsheltered homelessness.

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Gatewood appointed Deputy Mayor for Community Safety: 'Ultimate goal of lowering jail populations'

By Chicago City Wire Report | May 23, 2023

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has appointed Garien Gatewood to the newly created position of Chicago’s Deputy Mayor of Community Safety.

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Transcript: Mayor Brandon Johnson Gives Inaugural Address

By Chicago City Wire Report | May 23, 2023

Transcript: Mayor Brandon Johnson Gives Inaugural Address

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Mayor Brandon Johnson Signs First Executive Orders

By Chicago City Wire Report | May 23, 2023

Mayor Brandon Johnson on may 15 signed his first executive orders as Mayor of Chicago.

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Ramirez, Tlaib Introduce Bill to Expand Health Care Providers for Veterans

By Chicago City Wire Report | May 23, 2023

On May 25, Congresswoman Delia Ramirez (IL-03) and Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib (MI-12) introduced the Expanding Health Care Providers for Veterans Act to make it easier for the VA and State Veterans Homes to hire foreign employees on H1-B visas when they cannot find a suitable applicant in the United States.

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National Registry: Chicago tops all cities in number of wrongful convictions overturned in 2022 -- again

By Chicago City Wire Report | May 22, 2023

For the fifth straight year, the city of Chicago has led all U.S. cities in the number of criminal exonerations of wrongful convictions, according to the National Registry of Exonerations in 2022.

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Reps. Kelly and Bucshon’s Bipartisan Securing the U.S. Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network Act Unanimously Approved By Energy & Commerce Committee

By Chicago City Wire Report | May 22, 2023

On May 24, the Securing the U.S. Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network Act, introduced by Rep. Robin Kelly (IL-02) and Rep. Larry Bucshon, M.D. (IN-08), was approved by a unanimous vote of the House Energy & Commerce Committee.

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Congresswoman Delia Ramirez, CPC Colleagues Urge Republicans to Put People Over Politics and Pass Clean Debt Ceiling Increase

By Chicago City Wire Report | May 22, 2023

Congresswoman Ramirez led a Congressional Progressive Caucus Special Order Hour convened as an answer to Republican’s cruel demands that hold the nation's economy hostage.

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Representatives García, Hoyle, and Khanna Reintroduce Legislation to Ban Stock Buybacks

By Chicago City Wire Report | May 22, 2023

On May 25, Representatives Jesús "Chuy" García (IL-04), Ro Khanna (CA-17), and Val Hoyle (OR-04) reintroduced the Reward Work Act to ban stock buybacks and increase worker power.

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“Reps. Davis, Moore, Moore, Feenstra, Bacon, and Kamlager-Dove Honor National Foster Care Month with Bipartisan Legislation to Help Foster Youth Find Permanent Families via Adoption”

By Chicago City Wire Report | May 22, 2023

The Adoption Tax Credit helps families offset some of the costs of adoption, especially for children with special needs.

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"The purpose of reparations is to acknowledge the harm committed;" Remedial CPS students get reading comprehensive lesson on "slavery reparations"

By Chicago City Wire Report | May 21, 2023

A Chicago Public Schools reading comprehension lesson seeks to teach remedial Hispanic readers about so-called "slavery reparations."

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South Shore residents sue City of Chicago over plan to use local shuttered high school to house asylum seekers

By Chicago City Wire Report | May 20, 2023

A group of South Shore-area residents are suing the City of Chicago over plans to use a shuttered high school as a respite city for noncitizen immigrants.

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Johnson issues first mayoral executive orders: 'It's my duty to take bold, immediate action to build a better, stronger, safer Chicago'

By Chicago City Wire Report | May 19, 2023

New Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has signed off on his first series of executive orders, including a pair to boost youth employment and establish a new deputy mayor for Immigrant, Migrant, and Refugee Rights.

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Chicago's Johnson on growing migrant influx: 'There's enough room for everyone in the city of Chicago'

By Chicago City Wire Report | May 19, 2023

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson is pointing an accusatory finger at Republican governors across the country for Illinois' growing migrant problems.

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St. Nicholas Cathedral School: ‘Many of our students receive scholarships through the Invest in Kids Act’

By Chicago City Wire Report | May 19, 2023

Parents from St. Nicholas Cathedral School (SNCS) in Chicago recently traveled to the State Capitol to lobby their representatives.

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Plan to place illegal immigrants in old South Shore High School a ‘recipe for disaster’

By Chicago City Wire Report | May 19, 2023

The South Shore community is pushing back against a plan to place 500 illegal immigrants in a living community at South Shore High School.