Chicago City Wire

Cardinal Cupich prepares to fire employees, bar church volunteers who refuse COVID-19 jab

By LGIS News Service | Sep 29, 2021

Chicago Cardinal Blase Cupich was once a strong defender of decisions of conscience. Today, he's among the city's most vehement opponents of them.

"Racial Equity 101:” Preckwinkle announces mandated re-education curriculum for new Cook County employees

By LGIS News Service | Sep 28, 2021

White Cook County employees will be required to acknowledge they are racist, that they behave in a biased way towards blacks and are responsible for blacks having lower average incomes than whites, according to Board President Toni Preckwinkle’s new mandated “racial equity” curriculum obtained by Chicago City Wire.

From Prairie State Wire

Illinois’ non-teaching public employee jobs down 6.9% in wake of pandemic

By LGIS News Service | 4 years ago

The size of Illinois’ combined local and state government workforces declined 6.9% from July 2019 to July 2021, representing the fifth largest gap in public-employee job recovery during the pandemic, a Pew Charitable Trusts study concluded.

From Chambana Sun

UIUC reports largest freshman class ever with 8,303 new students

By LGIS News Service | 4 years ago

The size of the freshman class at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign numbered 8,303 this fall, including 5,835 new students – or 70% of the total – from around the state, UIUC reports.

Jamie Shapiro, Cook County judge who took 11 year old from un-covid vaxxed mother, raged against the Chicago Machine before he became part of it

By LGIS News Service | Aug 30, 2021

Back in his hometown of Ossining, NY, Jamie Shapiro's father was 7-0 running for judge. Undefeated. Here in his adopted city of Chicago, by age 59, Shapiro himself was still winless.

DePaul College Prep H.S. to mandate students to take Covid vaccine

By LGIS News Service | Aug 25, 2021

Chicago's DePaul College Prep H.S. told parents Wednesday night that the school is now requiring its students to get a Covid vaccine jab if they want to attend the north side school.

Analysis: Through mid-June, City of Chicago setting carjacking record

By LGIS News Service | Jun 25, 2021

Victims have already reported 692 carjackings to City of Chicago police through June 16-- up 65 percent from 2020 and 497 percent from 2015, according to an analysis of incident reports by 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 | 5 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 | 5 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 | 5 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.