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6 days ago · Jimmy Carter, the Peanut Farmer Who Became the 39th US President, Has Died at 100. The longest-lived American president died on Sunday, more than a year after entering hospice care, at his home in the small town of Plains, Georgia, where he and his wife, Rosalynn, who died at 96 in November 2023, spent most of their lives, The Carter Center said.
Chicago’s 2025 Budget Takes Effect, Forcing Chicagoans to Dig …
3 days ago · The city’s spending plan relies on tax and fees hikes of $165.5 million, including a 2% increase in the tax levied on software licenses, cloud services and other digital goods as well as a 1.25% increase on subscriptions to streaming and cable television services.
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2 days ago · Which new state laws you should know about in the new year. Remembering President Jimmy Carter. And how avian flu is affecting local wildlife.
Week in Review: From CPS to Donald Trump, Looking Back at the …
5 days ago · We look back at the biggest stories of the year. Michael Madigan’s landmark corruption trial. The city gets a budget — eventually. And the CPS CEO gets a pink slip.
Judge Won’t Allow Chicagoans Who Sued CPD for Targeting …
5 days ago · Chicago Police Department Headquarters, 3510 S. Michigan Ave. (Michael Izquierdo / WTTW News) Five Chicagoans who accused the Chicago Police Department of targeting Black and Latino drivers with a massive campaign of traffic stops will not be allowed to intervene in the federal effort to require CPD to change the way it trains, supervises and disciplines officers, a …
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Aug 2, 2024 · It’s Tuesday, Chicago. Bundle up and start your day right with these local stories from WTTW News. Kim Foxx, left, and new Cook County State's Attorney Eileen O'Neill Burke, right.
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Chicago City Council Narrowly OKs Johnson’s $17.1B Budget That …
Dec 16, 2024 · The budget, which takes effect Jan. 1, 2025, does not include a property tax hike, even though Johnson insisted for a month and a half that was the only way to avoid what he called draconian cuts to city services and thousands of layoffs while staunching the flow of red ink threatening to consume Chicago’s finances.
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Aug 2, 2024 · Local and federal officials had been racing to finalize funding for the Red Line Extension before the end of the Biden administration. The $1.9 billion in federal transit grant money will help fulfill a decades-old promise to extend the heavily used train line past 95th Street, down to 130th Street.
Future of Chicago-Area Public Transit Hangs in Balance as State ...
Oct 14, 2024 · The Chicago area’s public transit system is approaching the precipice of a $730 million fiscal cliff in just over a year’s time. A group of lawmakers and advocates don’t just want to plug the transit agencies’ budget hole — they’re looking to funnel $1.5 billion in additional state funding each year to create a sustainable, world-class public transportation system.