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Back to the kitchen? Mayor’s floor leader rejects latest restaurant industry compromise on subminimum wage

Ald. Carlos Ramirez-Rosa (35th) said the restaurant industry’s latest proposal to raise the minimum wages for tipped workers to $20.54 an hour at Chicago restaurants with more than $3 million in annual revenue is “dead on arrival.”

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Campaign to create funding to reduce homelessness finally launched in City Council

The “Bring Chicago Home” Coalition and its City Council allies introduced a measure to put a referendum on the ballot to allow a revised tax on high-end home sales,

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Delta-8, other mind-altering hemp products would be tightly restricted in Chicago under new proposal.

The substances exploded in popularity after a federal law unintentionally allowed businesses to sell the weed-like substances without regulations.

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Chicago facing 2024 budget shortfall of $538 million — more than a third of it tied to migrant crisis

Mayor Brandon Johnson didn’t take his predecessor’s word for it when Mayor Lori Lightfoot said she’d left the city in great financial shape, with an $85 million shortfall. And it’s a good thing the new mayor was skeptical, his top aides told some City Council members in a budget briefing.

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Blackhawks project, Fulton Market towers get OK from City Council zoning panel

Two of the projects will be at Kinzie and Morgan streets, part of a neighborhood that has seen intense activity from developers.

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Proposed rewrite of Chicago’s hate crime ordinance would create additional category of ‘hate incidents’

The ordinance Ald. Debra Silverstein plans to introduce would create the category of a noncriminal “hate incident,” which Chicagoans could report either by calling the city’s 311 nonemergency number or by using the 311 app.

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Finance Committee OKs $25 million settlement to two men wrongfully convicted of 1993 murder of IIT hoops star

Tyrone Hood would get $17.5 million after spending 22 years in prison. Wayne Washington spent 14 years behind bars and would get $7.5 million. But Ald. Brian Hopkins worried the City Council would be setting an unaffordable precedent.

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Chicago will spend $255.7 million on migrant crisis by year’s end, mayor says

Alderpersons were not told where the tent cities would be located — they were simply asked to identify potential sites in their wards.

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Migrants would move from police stations to big tents in ‘winterized base camps’ under mayor’s new plan

Mayor Brandon Johnson did not rule out budget cuts or tax increases to pay for a burgeoning humanitarian crisis already costing Chicago upwards of $30 million a month. “Sacrifices” will be required from the city, he said, but the cost of not making those sacrifices would be far greater.

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Kansas newspaper's lawyer says police didn't follow warrant in last month's newsroom search

The lawyer for a small Kansas newspaper raided by police last month said he believes officers didn't follow the search warrant's requirements to only seize computers believed directly involved in suspected identity theft

The Independent UK

Stop ‘lawlessness’ outside migrant shelters by changing Welcoming City ordinance, City Council member says

The changes sought by Ald. Ray Lopez would allow any city “agent or agency” to work with federal immigration officers if an individual granted protections under the ordinance has been arrested and accused of a variety of alleged offenses, including gang- and drug-related activities.

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Kansas reporter files federal lawsuit against police chief who raided her newspaper's office

One of the reporters who works at the small Kansas newspaper that was raided by authorities earlier this month filed a federal lawsuit against the police chief Wednesday

The Independent UK

Kansas authorities ordered to destroy electronic copies of newspaper’s files taken during raid

A judge ordered Kansas authorities to destroy all the electronic copies they made of a small newspaper’s files when police raided its office this month

The Independent UK

A judge told Kansas authorities to destroy electronic copies of newspaper's files taken during raid

A judge ordered Kansas authorities to destroy all the electronic copies they made of a small newspaper’s files when police raided its office this month

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Seven shot this morning at Caribbean festival in Boston

City Council President Ed Flynn called for second parade at 1pm on Saturday to be cancelled

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Lexington city leaders lend an ear to noise ordinance modifications

Lexington city leaders are considering changes to the current noise ordinance. A City Council committee this week received a presentation on potential modifications to the ordinance.

Chicago Sun-Times

‘Get out of my house!’ Video shows 98-year-old mother of Kansas newspaper publisher upset amid raid

A video released by the Marion County Record shows Joan Meyer confronting police who raided her home Aug. 11. Meyer died the next day. Her son, the newspaper’s editor, believes the stress of the raid contributed to her death.

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Johnson OKs deal to raise tax on high-end home sales, use funds to combat homelessness

Compromise cuts transfer tax rate for properties sold under $1 million, progressively raises it for sales above $1 million.

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The Independent UK

'Get out of my house!' Video shows 98-year-old mother of Kansas newspaper publisher upset amid raid

Newly released video shows the 98-year-old mother of a Kansas newspaper publisher confronting police officers as they searched her home in a raid that has drawn national scrutiny

The Independent UK

The initial online search spurring a raid on a Kansas paper was legal, a state agency says

A Kansas Department of Revenue spokesperson says the initial online search of a state website that led a central Kansas police chief to raid a local weekly newspaper was legal

The Independent UK

Minneapolis advances measure for minimum wage to Uber and Lyft drivers

Minneapolis City Council members have narrowly passed a measure that would establish a minimum wage for Uber and Lyft drivers

Chicago Sun-Times

Larry Snelling, mayor’s pick for top cop, vows to help both ‘forgotten’ crime victims, disenchanted officers: ‘We have to love them’

Snelling’s appointment by Mayor Brandon Johnson must be confirmed by the City Council. Before that crucial vote, he is expected to be introduced to Chicago residents — and face questions — during at least one public hearing.

Capital & Main

L.A. Housing Department Demands Residential Hotels Stop Renting Rooms to Tourists

After a Capital & Main and ProPublica investigation found that landlords were turning low-cost housing into tourist hotels, the city ordered some building owners to comply with the law.

The Texas Tribune

Texas state troopers are routinely stopping motorists of color in Austin, data shows

More than 8 in 10 people charged by state troopers since they began helping Austin police have been people of color. In Southeast Austin, a neighborhood president calls it “outright racial profiling.”

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All candidates for Tucson City Council Ward 2 complete Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey

All three candidates running in the Nov. 7, 2023, general election for Tucson City Council Ward 2 — Incumbent Paul Cunningham (D), Ernie Shack (R), and M. Pendleton Spicer (Libertarian Party) — completed Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey. These survey responses allow voters to hear directly from candidates about what motivates them to run…

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