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“I think it’s virtually impossible for an alderman to be able to fulfill their responsibility to their ward and residents who are in need, particularly now, when they have the sword of Damocles hanging over their head, and that is a federal indictment,” Lightfoot said at an unrelated news conference. “I’ve had that conversation with Ald. Austin. I will continue to be in dialogue with her. But I think it’s very difficult for her to be able to do her job, just as it is the others who are indicted. It’s an extraordinary thing that we have three sitting aldermen indicted.”
Gov. J.B. Pritzker, at a bill-signing event on July 27, 2021, said it was “proper” for the legislature to take another look at the map with the release of more detailed census counts but did not address whether he believed changes were needed in the plan he signed into law. (John J. Kim / Chicago Tribune)
The accelerator, set to be located at 1801 Maple Ave., will provide space for startup companies led by Northwestern personnel in health, life sciences and related fields, according to a news release. The space is intended to be collaborative in nature between the university and the city of Evanston.
“Here, the charges are not based on political logrolling, but rather, on private benefits in the form of jobs, contracts, and payments offered to be paid by a private company in order to influence and reward a legislator in carrying out his official duties,” the motion stated.
“It probably affected some of that, with making sure that that fine line that you don’t reinjure somebody — especially the soft tissue stuff,” he said. “That’s the stuff that scares me and I know it scares a lot of people. You get that soft-tissue (injury), then you’re talking two, three, four weeks. That’s where there’s a balance.”
Lollapalooza, which also took place on Park District property and saw 100,000 people per day descend on Grant Park during the four-day festival in late July and early August, required attendees to show a negative COVID-19 test administered within 72 hours of entrance or proof of vaccination. The average daily number of new COVID-19 cases in Chicago has more than doubled in the weeks since the festival, and the city has since implemented an indoor mask mandate.
The August 2014 murder of her mother, Sheila von Wiese-Mack, 62, made headlines around the world. Relatives said the 62-year-old widow of acclaimed composer James L. Mack had brought their then-teenage daughter to the tropical island in an effort to mend their troubled relationship. Instead, unbeknownst to the victim, her daughter’s boyfriend showed up late in the vacation, about eight hours before the murder.
Ixhelt Gonzalez, 17, of Chicago, who was first named to the U.S. women’s wheelchair basketball team in 2018 when she was just 13, will again represent the team, which won gold in Rio in 2016. She’ll be joined by Zoe Voris, whose hometown is also listed as Chicago on Team USA’s website. And at 16, swimmer Keegan Knott of Lake Villa is one of the youngest U.S. athletes, according to the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee.
Founded in 2015, CoinFlip has carved a niche in the cryptocurrency industry through its network of ATMs, which change cash into bitcoin, selling over $5 million in digital assets per day across 47 states. The average transaction is several hundred dollars, buying a fractional amount of a bitcoin, currently valued at nearly $50,000.
Colorado, Maryland, Nebraska and South Dakota joined the list that now stands at 43 states and two territories where the city is recommending a 10 day quarantine or negative COVID-19 test no more than 72 hours before arrival for unvaccinated travelers. Meanwhile, Washington, D.C., was removed.