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Heartbreaking details shed light on the last hours of 5-year-old boy’s life at Pilsen migrant shelter

Jean Carlos Martinez Rivero died Sunday afternoon after suffering a medical episode at the migrant shelter on Cermak Road and Halsted Street where the family was staying, according to police. Autopsy results were still pending Thursday afternoon.

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Activists, public housing residents push to oust CHA leadership

Activists say more than 200,000 people are on the waiting list for public housing and they want Mayor Brandon Johnson to replace the CHA board and its CEO.

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Alderperson’s manhandling allegation caps ‘s- - - show’ City Council meeting

Ald. Ray Lopez is calling for Mayor Brandon Johnson’s floor leader to resign after an alleged “manhandling” of one of their colleagues, putting an ugly exclamation mark on a raucous council meeting.

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As migrant crisis grows will faith groups step up and offer unused buildings?

Religious organizations own substantial properties that sit empty or little used. Why aren’t they being opened to shelter people arriving in Chicago?

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Small steps, slight delay for key parts of Johnson’s progressive agenda

Eliminating the subminimum wage for tipped workers has been teed up for a final vote on Friday. The City Council also created a working group to study reopening shuttered mental health clinics and held a hearing on a plan to create a dedicated fund to combat homelessness.

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At Pilsen community meeting on migrants, residents call for relief from spiking property taxes

Some are happy to offer a ladder to new arrivals. Others decry the lack of services for locals. About 400 migrants could move into an area shelter as soon as Tuesday.

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Newest migrant arrivals, others excluded from speed up of work authorization

The Biden administration’s announcement last week included only Venezuelans arriving before August. Thousands more from Venezuela have since arrived, and many others are from different countries in Central and South America.

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Congestion, chaos from Mexican Independence Day crowds must be addressed, City Council members say

A downtown parade or festival would help Chicago avoid sporadic, ad hoc celebrations citywide that jammed streets and caused all sorts of problems.

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Century-old church in Pilsen to get hearing on landmark status: ‘A treasure for the community’

Preservationists say the designation would save St. Adalbert Church from being demolished by the Archdiocese of Chicago, which closed the church in 2019. The hearing is on Monday.

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Housing plan for migrants proposed by group of Latino City Council members

The plan, backed by Ald. Byron Sigcho-Lopez (25th) and others, includes finding unused buildings that, with community approval, could be temporary shelters — and the first step on the road to permanent housing for migrants and homeless people.

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Workers’ rights groups protest restaurant industry convention at McCormick Place

Demonstrators rallied outside the National Restaurant Association gathering at McCormick Place, demanding the City Council raise tipped workers’ minimum pay.

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Mayor Brandon Johnson assures asylum-seekers Chicago will embrace them

The new mayor met with several immigrants staying at the 12th District police station, telling them he was ‘grateful’ they were here and assuring them that ‘we are going to do everything we can to make this home for you.’

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The 1,200 beds unused amid migrant housing crisis, Wrigley Field’s light issues and more in your Chicago news roundup

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More than 1,200 beds from McCormick Place COVID-19 temporary hospital go unused amid migrant housing crisis

The city kept 126 beds but isn’t using them. The state has 1,125 more beds from the makeshift hospital but says the city hasn’t asked for them. And the city is missing out on $30 million from Springfield to support migrants.

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ComEd verdicts jolt Illinois political world — sparking strong reactions from Republicans (and a few Democrats)

“This guilty on all charges verdict has proven what Republicans have already known. We need real ethics reform,” Illinois House Republican Leader Tony McCombie said at a news conference in Springfield after the verdict.

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Paul Vallas outspent Brandon Johnson nearly 2-to-1 in losing mayoral bid

CHICAGO — Former Chicago Public Schools CEO Paul Vallas outspent Cook County Commissioner Brandon Johnson by a nearly 2-to-1 margin leading up to Vallas losing in April in the race to become Chicago’s next mayor.

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Little Village Discount Mall vendors get city help to set up at new location

About 40 vendors were forced to leave the mall on West 26th Street at the end of March, and had been looking for a new location. On Friday, they announced they’d found one — and had a commitment from the city to help.

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Little Village Discount Mall vendors demand time to relocate: ‘What’s at stake here is the livelihood of our community’

Dozens of vendors rallied and formed a car caravan to deliver a letter to the mall’s owner, John Novak, demanding a solution other than eviction.

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14 runoffs — maybe more — likely in City Council races

Three of those runoffs would involve incumbents appointed by Mayor Lori Lightfoot over the last year.

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Former prosecutor Bill Conway wins aldermanic race in newly drawn Fulton Market, West Loop ward

Across the city’s West Side, freshmen and longtime City Council members awaited results an hour and half after polls closed.

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New affordable housing opens in Pilsen

Casa Durango hopes to eventually house 53 families at two locations, part of an effort to stem gentrification in the area.

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Vendors told to leave Little Village Discount Mall will ‘exhaust every resource and method’ to stay, local alderman says

The Little Village Shopping Plaza, which includes the Discount Mall, is in the midst of transformation by its new owner, who has told some of the shop owners at the neighborhood icon to leave. They plan to stay.

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A rise in after-school shootings, Black Restaurant Week kicks off and more in your Chicago news roundup

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Incumbent City Council members in 25th, 29th wards challenged over records on public safety

Byron Sigcho-Lopez (25th) and Chris Taliaferro (29th) aren’t keeping their constituents safe, their challengers say. The data tell a more complex story.

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CPD’s suicide problem, the latest on the mayor’s race and more in your Chicago news roundup

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