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Migrant tent protest leader condemns attack against alderperson in Brighton Park as demonstrations go on

The protest, which entered its second day Friday outside the proposed migrant camp site, is the latest development in Mayor Brandon Johnson’s efforts to address the influx of South American asylum-seekers.

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Black Chicago, let’s check our attitudes on migrants

I cringe when I hear Black folks spew anti-immigrant rhetoric. We know what it’s like to be “otherized” and accused of taking something away from another group.

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Top mayoral aide defends decision to budget $150 million for migrant crisis — not entire cost of ‘global, national, state crisis’

Budgeted amount only covers half of estimated cost, but top mayoral adviser says, ‘Tell me the alderman who is standing up saying, ‘I want the city [to] pay $400 million or $500 million.’

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Chicago’s budget deficit may force Mayor Johnson to shift his taxation policy

The mayor and his team filled the 2024 deficit with one-time fixes. Odds are that next year will start with a budget shortfall similar to this year’s, and the available tax fixes are all regressive.

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Afternoon Edition: The pop-up movement reshaping Chicago’s restaurant scene

Plus: Ald. Ramirez ‘attacked’ by protesters, La Salle Street revamp’s future, and more.

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Protesters attack Ald. Julia Ramirez and an aide over tents for asylum-seekers

Dozens of protesters surround the official near where the city has proposed putting up winter tents for migrants.

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So Mayor Johnson’s NOT going to Mexico?

Eric Adams, mayor of New York, just went to Mexico, Ecuador and Colombia to tell them “New York City is full,” an empty gesture immediately denounced as a “paid vacation.”

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Johnson’s plan to declare record $434M TIF surplus threatens plans to transform LaSalle Street office buildings into residential use, City Council members say

Alderpersons Bill Conway (34th) and Brendan Reilly (42nd) sounded the alarm about the future of “LaSalle Street Reimagined” during Wednesday’s budget hearing, seeking assurances from city planning officials that developers now fronting huge costs can count on the city to be their partner.

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Chicago's top cop says using police stations as short-term migrant housing is burden for department

Chicago’s new police chief says the city’s use of police stations as temporary housing for thousands of migrants seeking asylum has been a “burden” on the nation’s second-largest police department

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Chicago, don’t go all-electric in new buildings

I have no problem with my electric stove, but it’s too easy for electricity to be knocked out in an outage, a South Shore resident writes.

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Some Chicago migrants could end up in St. Louis amid efforts to boost jobs, stem population loss

Karlos Ramirez of the International Institute of St. Louis visited Chicago this week to explore the possibility of bringing migrants to his city, perhaps thousands of them.

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Chicago announces first city-run composting program with 15 drop-off sites

Chris Sauve, deputy commissioner for sustainability and policy at DSS, said the plan for the food scrap drop-off was created after talks with officials in cities with similar programs

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Mayor Johnson cancels trip to Mexico border for look at migrant crisis, will send aides instead

A delegation led by Beatriz Ponce de Leon, deputy mayor of immigrant, migrant and refugee rights, will lead a small delegation to four Texas cities.

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Chicago’s Department of Environment is back, but needs to get bigger

Resurrecting the department is a wise first step, but it needs enough staff to meet the city’s many challenges at a time of climate change and other environmental concerns.

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Mayor Johnson is wrong. Bally’s casino won’t secure a ‘fiscally strong and vibrant future’ for Chicago.

It is a shiny, noisy and glitzy distraction that allows the well-connected to get wealthier at the expense of hard-working Chicago families and individuals who will lose their paychecks gambling there.

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‘Justice begins by condemning these horrific attacks’

Mayor Brandon Johnson presided over a sometimes raucous special City Council meeting on Friday to pass a resolution condemning the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks on Israeli civilians.

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Mayor Johnson accepts reality: State won’t consider more money for migrants until 2024

That should end City Hall’s lobbying via news media for more money this fall and lower the temperature a little, Rich Miller writes.

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City Council approves Israel solidarity resolution after fiery, tense session in which protesters were cleared from chambers

Mayor Brandon Johnson cleared the room of the public around an hour into the special session to pass Ald. Debra Silverstein’s (50th) resolution to condemn Hamas, which opponents said lacked the nuance to also condemn Israeli treatment of Palestinians.

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Migrants sleeping outside Chicago police stations brace for winter: ‘We aren’t prepared’

With room for only dozens inside at each police station, hundreds, like the Leal family, are sleeping outside. Some have been able to get tents but many have not, putting them at risk of hypothermia or other illness, advocates say.

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Brandon Johnson’s budgeted amount for migrant crisis, $150 million, will only last six months, his floor leader says

If Springfield doesn’t step up and cover half of Chicago’s costs and “operate its own shelters,” Ald. Carlos Ramirez-Rosa warned that a supplemental appropriation may be required in mid-year.

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Broncos’ updated 53-man roster and depth chart for Chiefs game

Here's a look at the Broncos' updated 53-man roster and depth chart for Thursday's game against the Chiefs.

Chicago Sun-Times

Mayor Johnson’s ‘people’s budget’ promises a lot — but can it deliver?

There are things to potentially like in the mayor’s first budget. But there is an all-important issue on which the upcoming City Council budget hearings must shed considerable light: Does it all add up?

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City Council sets special meeting for Friday on Israel solidarity resolution

Citing security risks, Ald. Brian Hopkins tried to restrict public comment to virtual participation and close the public seating galleries. Mayor Brandon Johnson ruled that motion out of order, saying the public has the right to speak in person.

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Mayor Johnson proposes Chicago Department of Environment

Unlike the former department scrapped by Rahm Emanuel, the new City Hall addition would not enforce pollution laws.

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Catholic Charities flights lead to surging number of migrants at O’Hare

The nonprofit group in San Antonio, Texas, continues to send migrants, Chicago officials say, despite their insistence that the city is at capacity.

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