Brandon Johnson spoke with Bears President Kevin Warren in an effort to get the city into conversations about keeping the team in Chicago.
Chicago has seen 244 shootings in 28 days, including 73 over the last week.
Hotels averaged 60 percent occupancy in 2022, a 43 percent jump from the year before.
News in brief for Tuesday, June 6, 2023.
The program grants tax credits to people who use private dollars to fund scholarships that allow students to attend private schools.
Members say they hope to bring the yearly number of murders down to less than 400, the lowest homicide rate since 1965.
Rate increases will cost the state an extra $317 million.
News in brief for Wednesday, May 31.
A new bill would create the Illinois Interagency Task Force on Homelessness and an Office to Prevent and End Homelessness.
News in brief for Friday, May 26.
New requirements go into effect July 1 to give gestating sows more space.
The average Illinois household spends $2,121 a month on the 10 most common household bills, a new report shows.
News in brief for Thursday, May 25.
Alderman approved Johnson's plan to reorganize the City Council by a vote of 41-9.
Proposal would provide free test and professional licensure and credentialing prep courses for Illinois public college students
State Sen. Kimberly Lightford, D-Maywood, said the bill better prepares the state's youth for the future.
"A November 2021 report found that hate crimes in schools increased by 81 percent from 2016 to 2018,” State Rep. Maurice West said.
Newly-elected Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson frequently referred to the issue of homelessness across the city as a "moral crisis."
News in brief for Tuesday, May 23.
The Fraternal Order of Police has been in support of the legislation being enacted.
News in brief for Thursday, May 18.
The program provides an income tax credit to companies that invest in Illinois.
Justices will not block the ban of certain assault-style weapons in the state.
News in brief for Tuesday, May 16.
News in brief for Monday, May 15.
Nationwide, property taxes accounted for 32.2 percent of all state and local tax revenue in fiscal 2020, more than any other tax.
News in brief for Thursday, May 11.
House Bill 2214 would collect data from the cards to better track skimming and fraud.
Proponents say it will create thousands of clean energy jobs, bringing the state closer to goals set in the Climate & Equitable Jobs Act.
State Rep. Will Guzzardi said the tax could raise up to $500 million per year.
More than 26 percent of Americans between ages 65 to 74 were still working in 2020, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Fred Waller, who rose to third in command at CPD before retiring in 2020 after 34 years, will lead the department on a temporary basis.
Kick Off at Proviso West High School on May 6
"We simply have no more shelters, spaces or resources to accommodate an increase of individuals at this level," the mayor wrote in a letter.
While the federal government levies a tax of 18.4 cents on every gallon of gas sold in the U.S., each state adds on its own excise tax.
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the typical retirement-age American spent $52,141 in 2021.
The "Social Equity Criteria Lottery" is the first to be held under a new application process.
Grants worth $30,000 will be awarded to local organizations working to reduce violence.
Kim Foxx, who fought Mayor Lori Lightfoot, police over her handling of high-profile cases, said "it's time" in saying she won't run in 2024.
The Tax Foundation issued the new report "Facts & Figures 2023: How Does Your State Compare."