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News from July 2023

Van Pelt to officially retire after asked abut absence: ‘It has been an honor of a lifetime to serve the people of the 5th Senate District’

By Chicago City Wire Report | Jul 31, 2023

State Sen. Patricia Van Pelt (D-Chicago) has announced her retirement after being a no-show all legislative session in Springfield.

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Chicago's socialist Mayor Brandon Johnson ditches American flag

By Chicago City Wire Report | Jul 31, 2023

Chicago's Mayor Brandon Johnson has inexplicably stopped displaying the American flag at news conferences and in official social media videos.

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Op-ed: Step one for fixing Illinois schools must be full recognition of a problem

By Mark Glennon | Jul 31, 2023

Most of America now seems to have recognized that something has gone badly wrong in our schools.

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Gia Biagi resigns from CDOT after transformative tenure

By Chicago City Wire | Jul 31, 2023

Chicago Department of Transportation (CDOT) Commissioner Gia Biagi has announced her resignation, effective August 11, 2023.

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CDOT announces major rehabilitation project for Canal Street viaducts

By Chicago City Wire | Jul 31, 2023

The Chicago Department of Transportation (CDOT) will initiate a multi-phase project on August 7 to rehabilitate four viaducts along Canal Street, which serve as a significant corridor into the city's Central Business District and cover parts of...

City of Wheaton Environmental Improvement Commission met May 23

By Angelica Saylo Pilo | Jul 31, 2023

City of Wheaton Environmental Improvement Commission met Tuesday, May 23

City of Waukegan Council met July 3

By Angelica Saylo Pilo | Jul 31, 2023

City of Waukegan Council met Monday, July 3

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Recent Cook County home sales in week ending July 22

By Chicago City Wire | Jul 29, 2023

There were 1,240 reported residential sales in Cook County in the week ending July 22, according to BlockShopper.com.

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Chicago City Wire area weekly mass times

By Chicago City Wire | Jul 29, 2023

The following parishes in the Chicago City Wire coverage area hold weekly mass at these designated times.

City of Prospect Heights Chicago Executive Airport Board of Directors met May 17

By Angelica Saylo Pilo | Jul 28, 2023

City of Prospect Heights Chicago Executive Airport Board of Directors met Wednesday, May 17

City of Wheaton Bicyclist & Pedestrian Commission met May 17

By Angelica Saylo Pilo | Jul 28, 2023

City of Wheaton Bicyclist & Pedestrian Commission met Wednesday, May 17

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Illinois Republican Party on tax dollars spent on undocumented: Johnson ‘has yet to lift a finger to help Chicago’s homeless Americans’

By Chicago City Wire Report | Jul 27, 2023

The Illinois Republican Party is raising concerns over Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson's prioritization of creating programs to assist undocumented immigrants while seemingly neglecting the city's homeless population.

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Chicago native Lipkin accused of knowingly authoring misleading public in Covid origins report

By Chicago City Wire Report | Jul 27, 2023

Columbia University Epidemiology professor W. Ian Lipkin has been accused of misleading the public on the origins of Covid in order to please U.S. intelligence agencies and others.

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Grammy-nominated former Chicago rapper Lil Durk donates $150,000 to Mayor Brandon Johnson's campaign fund

By Chicago City Wire Report | Jul 27, 2023

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson's campaign fund received a $150,000 donation from a company controlled by Chicago-born rapper, Lil Durk, a reputed street gang member, felon and Grammy-award nominee, according to public records.

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Alderman: Rare rejection of settlement surrounding police shooting brings hope of heightened scrutiny of payouts

By W.J. Kennedy | Jul 27, 2023

For Alderman Nicholas Sposato (38th Ward) last week’s City Council rejection of a $2 million settlement in the 2014 police shooting death of Darius Cole-Garrit is a hopeful sign that his colleagues will closely scrutinize future recommended payouts by the city’s Law Department concerning alleged cases of police misconduct

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Number of ACE Amandla Charter School students graduating falling in 2022

By Chicago City Wire | Jul 27, 2023

46.2% of ACE Amandla Charter School students graduated in 2022 after four years of schooling, according to the Illinois Report Card.

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Cops battling exposure to illnesses, unsubstantiated sexual misconduct allegations surrounding illegals housed in their stations

By W.J. Kennedy | Jul 27, 2023

One of the fallouts of having hundreds of illegal immigrants housed in police stations around the city is that the police are exposed to illnesses carried by possibly unvaccinated individuals with inadequate, or no, health care, and to their trash.

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City of Wheaton Environmental Improvement Commission met June 27

By Corazon L. Gonzales | Jul 27, 2023

City of Wheaton Environmental Improvement Commission met 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 27.

City of Wheaton Fine & Cultural Arts Commission met May 16

By Angelica Saylo Pilo | Jul 27, 2023

City of Wheaton Fine & Cultural Arts Commission met Tuesday, May 16

Lake County Board of Health met June 28

By Angelica Saylo Pilo | Jul 27, 2023

Lake County Board of Health met Wednesday, June 28