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“If the Mayor and Superintendent can boast about this program in public, they can release the public records that explain how it works and let us see whether it disproportionately harms people of color,” said Ariana Bushweller, an ACLU attorney in a news release. “It is unfortunate that we have to ask a court for this basic information.”
Terrill Swift at his home in Lisle on Tuesday, February 28, 2017. Swift was exonerated for a murder and sexual assault he did not commit, yet his mugshot continues to appear on several websites portraying him as a criminal, including mugshots.com. (Stacey Wescott / Chicago Tribune)
It’s important to get a new version of the ordinance in place quickly to require banks that acquire rental properties to offer renters either a lease to stay or moving assistance, Housing Department policy director Daniel Hertz said, noting foreclosures could again spike as the financial impact of COVID-19 hits renters harder in coming months.
A Toyota Tundra, driven by a 48-year-old man who was the lone occupant, was headed north on Sacramento Avenue, according to Kellie Bartoli, a police spokeswoman. The boy was hit as he traveled east on the sidewalk to the north of the intersection of North Sacramento and West Chase avenues, officials said. It wasn’t immediately clear if the boy was in the crosswalk or the sidewalk when he was hit.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and most experts are not recommending that people who received Johnson & Johnson vaccines, or any other vaccine, get booster shots. Still, a number of individuals who got Johnson & Johnson shots are starting to wonder if a booster might be a good idea, given the rapid spread of the delta variant, a handful of experts who’ve publicly recommended it and what they’re seeing in other countries.
Northwest Mosquito Abatement Assistant Director and Entomologist Patrick Irwin explains how one type of mosquito trap is meant to catch culex pipiens, a species of mosquito that can carry the West Nile virus, on July 14, 2021, at the Northwest Mosquito Abatement lab in Wheeling, Illinois. (Erin Hooley / Chicago Tribune)
Miles Thompson’s family and friends gathered at his home in Northbrook on July 12, 2021. Seated are Thompson’s father Marc Thompson, from left, his stepmother Sonya Anderson, his mother Laurie Cooper, his stepfather Michael Cooper and family friend, Vickey Jefferson. Standing are Thompson’s friend Brandon Jefferson, from left, his brothers Jonah Thompson and Andrew Cooper and sister Jaida Cooper. (Armando L. Sanchez / Chicago Tribune)
Red and yellow police tape surrounded several parked cars — Cooper’s among them — in the crowded parking lot Wednesday afternoon, as patrons walked to and from a CVS pharmacy, a Leona’s pizzeria, a grocery store and several other businesses. Police, including at least one evidence investigator, milled around the crime scene as curious passersby looked on.
For Biden, it offered a chance for a group of Democrats and Republicans to gather round the table in public support of the $1.2 trillion package, even as debate continues in Washington, D.C., over how to bankroll it. For Pritzker, it’s an opportunity to show he’s got the ear of the White House after battling Republican predecessor Donald Trump.
Following those 2017 allegations, the nonprofit theater’s board of directors hired an independent investigator to conduct an inquiry into Halberstam’s conduct. Upon its conclusion in the fall of 2017, the board of directors said that the investigator had found that Halberstam “has made inappropriate and insensitive comments in the workplace,” but that “the investigation did not support a finding of other inappropriate sexual behavior.” As a result, it said, Halberstam would participate in “compliance training and executive coaching sessions,” but would remain at the theater. He also apologized for offense caused.