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Danisha Crawford and her daughter Grace Taggett, 3, gaze at their reflection in a holiday decoration during a Christmas tree lighting ceremony to conclude My Block My Hood My City’s fourth annual “Be a Part of the Light” event on Dec. 4, 2021, in Washington Park. (Chris Sweda / Chicago Tribune)
“It was kind of hard at the beginning, but then I started realizing it was something out of my control,” Jenkins said. “Mentally, I got past that and said, ‘Look, if I can’t do this physically, I’m going to get better mentally in the playbook and schemes and games against people we’re playing with and just keep on doing that.’ And that’s how I got over it mentally.”
Of the six new casinos authorized in the 2019 law, only one has opened for business. State Rep. Bob Rita, a Democrat from south suburban Blue Island who sponsored the 2019 gambling legislation that created the new casino licenses, said that while it’s taken longer than some had hoped to get to this point, he’s pleased that communities that have been seeking these development projects for decades are finally getting them.
Of the six new casinos authorized in the 2019 law, only one has opened for business. State Rep. Bob Rita, a Democrat from south suburban Blue Island who sponsored the 2019 gambling legislation that created the new casino licenses, said that while it’s taken longer than some had hoped to get to this point, he’s pleased that communities that have been seeking these development projects for decades are finally getting them.
Affordable housing has been a key flashpoint in city politics for decades. Recently, the Northwest Side has seen a number of disputes over affordable housing. Ald. John Arena, 45th, faced significant criticism over an affordable housing development in Jefferson Park.
“It was a little bit of a struggle, just trying to adjust to everything,” Westbrook said. “But once we get into the swing of things we have no choice but to adapt. We have no other choice. Missing Azzi was hard, now missing Paige is going to be really difficult for us. But we’re going to be just fine, it’s something we have to do, we have no choice.”
“I think after that power play, just kind of took the wind out of our sails,” King said. “The way we were going, we just didn’t have that extra jam to maybe have a pushback. You know, empty-netter, they score another one. That’s how it happens.
Rep. Katie Stuart (D-Edwardsville), left, and Sen. Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant (D-Shorewood) on the Illinois House floor at the State Capitol in Springfield on Jan. 29, 2020. Stuart sponsored the “dark money” measure. (E. Jason Wambsgans / Chicago Tribune)
Travelers check in at the Southwest Airlines counter as the Thanksgiving Day holiday approaches Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2021, at Denver International Airport in Denver. Southwest Airlines says travel was strong over Thanksgiving and that momentum is carrying into December. The airline said Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2021 that as a result, it’s offering a better forecast for fourth-quarter revenue — although the current quarter will still be weaker than the same period in 2019, before the pandemic hit. (David Zalubowski/AP)
FILE – President Joe Biden talks about the newly approved COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 5-11 from the South Court Auditorium on the White House complex in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2021. A federal judge has blocked President Joe Biden’s administration from enforcing a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for employees of federal contractors, the latest in a string of victories for Republican-led states pushing back against Biden’s pandemic policies. (Susan Walsh/AP)