Chicago City Wire

CPS renews $250K contract with San Francisco-based “whiteness” consultant, Glenn Singleton

By LGIS News Service | Mar 4, 2021

Chicago Public Schools (CPS) will once again retain Glenn E. Singleton to teach its white teachers how to better understand their “whiteness,” and to properly teach black students.

Schools closed, but “Safe Passage” workers were still paid $4.3 million in tax dollars this year to man street corners

By LGIS News Service | Mar 1, 2021

Adults paid to stand on street corners around Chicago schools to guarantee “safe passage” for students walking to them have already received $4.3 million this year-- even while those schools have been closed, and their students at home.

Parks closed, but top Chicago Parks’ execs give themselves $187K in raises

By LGIS News Service | Feb 22, 2021

Most of Chicago’s parks have been officially closed for 11 months.

Chicago gets ‘F’ grade on finances, with liabilities equaling $41,000 per taxpayer

By LGIS News Service | Jan 31, 2021

Among the 75 most populous cities in the U.S., Chicago ranks 74th for the state of its finances, chalking up $41,000 in liabilities per taxpayer, according to a Truth in Accounting (TIA) analysis of municipal data released this month.

From Prairie State Wire

Top marginal tax rate in Illinois could reach 54.29% under Biden plan

By LGIS News Service | 4 years ago

Under Democrat Joe Biden’s federal tax plan, the top marginal tax rate in Illinois could hit 54.29 percent, according to a new analysis by the Tax Foundation.

Read Chicago's $1K-per-day contract with the 'Census Cowboy'

By LGIS News Service | Oct 14, 2020

The contract was signed on July 10, 2020, between World Business Chicago, the city's "economic development agency," and Adam Hollingsworth.

Analysis: Cook County retiree households could pay $3,768.27 annually under Pritzker graduated income tax hike plan

By LGIS News Service | Oct 12, 2020

The 751,934 retirees in Cook County could pay as much as $3,768.27 in state income taxes if voters approve Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s graduated tax hike amendment on Nov. 3, according to an analysis by the Chicago City Wire.

Sun-Times investment gives state government unions another tool in their arsenal

By LGIS News Service | Sep 14, 2020

When Illinois public employee unions bought the Chicago Sun-Times in summer 2017, financial analysts questioned the decision.

From North Cook News

Illinois' largest youth football league, TCYFL, cancels fall season

By LGIS News Service | 4 years ago

TCYFL serves more than 48 member communities throughout the Chicagoland and southern Wisconsin area.

Former CPD Chief Gerry McCarthy slams Lightfoot: "Can we call it a riot and get it over with?"

By LGIS News Service | May 30, 2020

Former Chicago Police Chief Garry McCarthy slammed Mayor Lori Lightfoot's response to Saturday night rioting in The Loop, suggesting it has grown out of control because she is treating it like a protest."It’s time to take off the gloves and stop trying to control the crowd and start making arrests," McCarthy said.Can we call it a riot and get it over with?

From Prairie State Wire

Hundreds of ICU beds, nearly 2,000 ventilators not in use in Illinois, tally shows

By LGIS News Service | 4 years ago

Close to 60% of the Illinois’ ventilators and nearly 30% of the state’s intensive care unit beds remain available to treat COVID-19 patients, according to hospital utilization numbers reported by the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH).

From Prairie State Wire

COVID-19 cases in Cook County nursing homes number 809, with 146 deaths

By LGIS News Service | 4 years ago

COVID-19 cases among Cook County nursing home residents numbered 809 as of April 21, 146 of whom died as a result of the virus, according to data from the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH).

Vast majority of coronavirus fatalities in Chicago had underlying conditions

By LGIS News Service | Apr 17, 2020

More than 91% of Chicago residents who have died from COVID-19 had chronic underlying conditions, according to Chicago Department of Public Health data as of April 16.

EXCLUSIVE: Confirmed flu cases in Chicago continue to drop as COVID-19 cases keep climbing

By LGIS News Service | Apr 16, 2020

The number of influenza cases in Chicago has been plummeting in recent weeks, with no flu-related intensive care unit hospitalizations reported during the week ending April 4, the Chicago Department of Public Health reports.

From Prairie State Wire

175 Illinois nursing homes rated ‘much below average’ in federal database

By LGIS News Service | 4 years ago

The number of Illinois nursing homes ranked “much below average” now numbers 175, according to a database managed by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).

From Prairie State Wire

Illinois socialists get behind Sanders, Foxx, Newman in March primaries

By LGIS News Service | 5 years ago

Illinois voters supportive of the United States adopting a socialist economic and political system have been campaigning vigorously for three marquee candidates on the March 17 Democrat primary ballot.

From South Cook News

Far-left Illinois donors prioritize Foxx, Newman in March primaries

By LGIS News Service | 5 years ago

Illinois’ most prolific left-leaning donors are prioritizing two candidates this primary season: Cook County State’s Attorney Kimberly Foxx of Flossmoor and congressional hopeful Marie Newman of Palos Park.

Analysis: Chicago Public Schools' students drop out at 10x rate of peer districts

By LGIS News Service | Oct 22, 2019

Of the 27,733 freshmen who entered a Chicago Public Schools high school in 2015, 2,740, or about ten percent, dropped out before graduating, according to an analysis of district filings by Chicago City Wire.

Group to play billboard-sized video denouncing sexual abuse at OSU before Buckeyes' game at Northwestern

By LGIS News Service | Oct 18, 2019

The Ohio State Accountability Project (OSAP) is setting up a mobile billboard outside of Ryan Field in Evanston, Illinois prior to tonight's NCAA football game.

Analysis: Nearly 1 in 10 City of Chicago property owners didn’t pay 2018 real estate taxes

By LGIS News Service | Oct 4, 2019

The threat of local government seizing and auctioning off one’s property once motivated Illinoisans to promptly pay their real estate taxes. Or else.