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Yakciry Nieto, left, and Eliel Valenica Palomino participate in fourth grade math class at Lords Park Elementary School on March 24, 2022, in Elgin. Fourth graders enrolled in the dual language program at Lords Park Elementary would need to sit for state assessments at least three times a year under an Illinois State Board of Education proposal that is facing opposition from educators, including some at Elgin-based Unit School District 46. (Stacey Wescott / Chicago Tribune)
“You can find evidence that in police departments across the country is that when there is pressure to recruit, they loosen up sometimes, and then later, they’ll call a blue-ribbon panel together to say, ‘Hey, what happened here? How do we have this corruption in the particular city or how did we have this misconduct come about?’” Malinowski said. “And oftentimes, when they deconstruct it, they’ll say, ‘Well, some of these folks came in during a period of time when we, admittedly, maybe needed you, but we had to loosen up the standards or weaken backgrounds.’”
It was a psychedelic, tea-like drink called ayahuasca, brewed from two tropical plants, and it produced hallucinations that Wigg, a Chicagoan, compared to “‘Alice in Wonderland’ meets ‘Fantasia.’” On the second of four ceremonial sessions, he said, he met a spirit figure called Mother Ayahuasca who lifted his burden.
A CTA Red Line train sits at the 95th Street station on March 27, 2022, where a man who was allegedly disturbing Red Line riders early Saturday morning was shot and wounded by a CTA employee. The 37-year-old suffered gunshot wounds to the back, abdomen and leg and was taken to University of Chicago Medical Center, where he was listed in critical condition. (Armando L. Sanchez / Chicago Tribune)
Figel, who is the co-chair of the Kyiv Committee of Chicago Sister Cities International, an initiative of a public-private nonprofit organization called World Business Chicago, was referring to a livestream broadcast with leaders, activists, artists, actors and athletes voicing their solidarity with Ukraine.
“We have to make sure that, in particular, low-income residents, who are often the targets of these companies, are not lured into these fraudulent scams,” Lisa Madigan told reporters. “I’m hoping that through my lawsuit today, and with a new law in Illinois, we can put these bad companies out of business for good.”
During the most recent blaze, March 5, Bostic was caught on video surveillance standing over a fire with lighter fluid in his hand. That fire destroyed at least 12 units, left several residents displaced and caused about $1 million in damage, prosecutors said.
A Chicago police officer talks with Cynthia Newell mother of Aaliyah Newell as friends and family gather in the 7200 block of South Vincennes Ave. to remember the 47-year-old on March 25, 2022. Aaliyah Newell, 47, who was found unresponsive on Wednesday night. Police said she suffered blunt force trauma to her head. (Chris Sweda / Chicago Tribune)
Supporters of the ordinance at the rally Saturday included representatives from the Illinois chapter of the National Association of Social Workers, Social Service Workers United, National Lawyers Guild Chicago as well as city alderwomen and co-sponsors of the ordinance Jeanette Taylor, 20th, Maria Hadden, 49th, Sophia King, 4th, and Stephanie Coleman, 16th.
Friends and family grieve while remembering Aaliyah Newell during a vigil in the 7200 block of South Vincennes Ave. on March 25, 2022. Newell, 47, was found unresponsive on Wednesday night. Police said she suffered blunt force trauma to her head. (Chris Sweda / Chicago Tribune)