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Gov. J.B. Pritzker holds a press conference at South Elgin High School announcing Illinois K-12 school districts will receive $7 billion in federal funding to support students as they return to the classroom after distance and hybrid learning due to COVID-19, on Wednesday, March 31, 2021 in South Elgin. (Stacey Wescott / Chicago Tribune)
Lightfoot said the city will give up to $1.5 million for one project in each of seven planning regions. At a news conference announcing the program, Lightfoot said the money will go toward upgrading vacant city-owned lots, playground or library improvements, among other ideas.
“He didn’t just teach them kids, he tried to make a way for them,” she said, explaining that he had helped some dancers land jobs and occasionally helped them with school, if needed. “He had it for them. So, dance teacher, I mean, he was just Vee … he wasn’t Lewis’ dance teacher, he was part of the family.”
“I know we’ve done really great work first and foremost doing everything we could from the minute that the pandemic hit our shores to make sure we are saving people’s lives. No easy decisions, not one, but I’m proud of the work we’ve done in partnership with a lot of different organizations and individuals across the city,” Lightfoot said. “The reality is, I’m the mayor. I’m the target, people are unhappy, people are angry, and criticism comes with the job. But what I do is I make sure I live my values every single day.”
Hoyer voiced optimism about the current state of the Cubs, who’ve been at or near .500 for weeks, while offering no thoughts on the likelihood of retaining impending free agents Kris Bryant, Javier Baez or Anthony Rizzo. There are no ongoing contract conversations with the three, Hoyer said, and he still is unsure of how the trade deadline will play out for the Cubs.
Earlier in Thursday’s news conference, city Treasurer Melissa Conyears-Ervin defended Lightfoot’s interview criteria and invoked the words of legendary Black journalist and anti-lynching activist Ida B. Wells, who settled in Chicago in the 1890s. “The way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them,” Conyears-Ervin said, quoting Wells.
Among them was Adesso Investments Inc., which Panico formed in Nevada in 2010 and issues loans to businesses and private individuals, according to the charges filed earlier this month. Another, Carillini Capital LLC, was registered in Illinois in 2009 and used primarily to purchase a company that leases ambulances to a business in South Carolina, the charges stated.
The children were with Price on a court-ordered visitation, according to The Associated Press. After being unable to contact them, their mother, Mary Nielsen — a resident of Rock Falls — called police, requesting they check on the children. Despite multiple wellness visits to the house late Saturday and Sunday morning, police did not enter the home, according to a statement from Bellevue police.
A ceremony will be held at Ara Pace, or “Place of Peace,” outside Village Hall, 1400 S. Ravinia Ave., at 11 a.m. May 31. The observance will include a wreath-laying ceremony, addresses by community veterans and a reading of the names of 55 veterans added to the village’s granite memorial wall, according to a village spokeswoman. The event will also be accessible on the village’s YouTube.
The CTA pledged to accelerate improvements to more than 125 of its 145 rail stations, nearly 90% of the system’s rail stations, according to a news release, with each station to be repainted and power washed this year at a minimum. Nearly a third of the identified stations in the “Refresh & Renew” program announced Wednesday will undergo more extensive maintenance, including upgraded lighting, concrete repairs and improved amenities such as trash bins and benches.