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San Antonio schools superintendent Pedro Martinez, selected by Mayor Lori Lightfoot to be the next CEO of Chicago Public Schools, speaks to media outside his former high school, Benito Juarez Academy, in Chicago on Sept. 15, 2021. (Antonio Perez / Chicago Tribune)
In January 2020, IRS agents went to the two-flat listed as the return address in Pierce’s applications. In a trash can behind the building, they found “discarded handwritten notes listing the names of deceased persons” as well as the manner in which they died, such as “shot,” “stabbed,” or “fall,” the complaint alleged.
“I can only hope it will encourage more people to get vaccinated against influenza,” Korpics said. “Influenza, like COVID, is a preventable illness due to our ability to vaccinate. As a physician, it is incredibly sad to see patients who come to the hospital and die from influenza or COVID, which could have been prevented by the vaccine.”
Two other announced Republicans, former state Sen. Paul Schimpf of Waterloo and Petersburg venture capitalist Jesse Sullivan, have said they are vaccinated and encourage vaccines. But both men have criticized statewide vaccination or masking mandates from the governor, saying such decisions should be made at the local level.
Alma Hill, the sister of Tamara Clayton, who is pictured with her daughter Jayla Shelton, was shot and killed on an expressway in February 2019. Hill is pushing for more high-definition cameras on expressways to prevent what happened to her sister from occurring again. Legislation called the Tamara Clayton Expressway Act was enacted Jan. 1, 2020 to fund the initiative, and installation of some 200 cameras began in August and will be ongoing into next year. Alma Hill at her Monee home on July 17, 2020. (Todd Panagopoulos / Chicago Tribune)
The officer was standing in the street in the first block of West Ida B. Wells Drive, between South State and Clark streets, when he was hit by a Dodge Charger around 2:20 a.m., according to Chicago police said. The driver of the Charger “failed to stop and struck the officer,” according to a police media notification.
The $20,000 fee is sizable compared with what the Fire pay to use Soldier Field. According to the lease agreement between the Fire and the Chicago Park District, which operates the iconic lakefront venue, the Fire pay a base fee of $10,000 per match (excluding expenses) with an annual increase of 3%, according to a copy of the document acquired via FOIA.
Joliet Township High School District 204, which has two main campuses, is testing about 1,300 of its 6,800 students, with mandatory testing for student-athletes and kids participating in certain activities, such as band or choir, said Chris Olson, director of human resources. The district began testing summer school students months ago, and its fall students Sept. 7, which was its fourth week of school.
“The biggest crime that has been committed to our community has been disinvestment,” Coleman said. “We are worthy, we are excellent, and I don’t care what anyone says. … We deserve every opportunity, every resource, every festival … every job fair as (much as) any other community that’s thriving in the city of Chicago. And we have to start with us first.”
Only 9,400 students and 6,200 staff members have signed up for the testing program, which is voluntary except for unvaccinated staff members and unvaccinated or half-vaccinated student-athletes during their sports seasons. CPS has not released attendance numbers for this school year, but the district hoped to welcome back more than 300,000 students on Aug. 30.