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Daley Center security staff officers Al Faulkner, left, and Steve Holmes raise the pride flag at the start of Cook County’s Pride Month ceremony at Daley Plaza on June 1, 2021. The rainbow flag will fly in Daley Plaza during the entire month of June for the first time ever. (Antonio Perez / Chicago Tribune)
“When the students found out the next day, they had brought in counselors,” Hess said. “And when the children started speaking up about ‘they are sad,’ ‘this is my family,’ ‘I don’t want the school to close,’ etc., I had to walk out because it broke my heart. I didn’t want to have the children see me cry. I wanted them to know it was going to be OK, and when one door closes another opens.”
Officers were called to the 4700 block of South Ada Street in the Back of the Yards neighborhood about 2:15 a.m., police said. Three males had been standing outside when someone in a gray SUV began shooting at them, before driving off north on 47th Street, according to police.
Illinois is in line to receive $8.1 billion in relief from President Joe Biden’s American Rescue Plan, but the latest proposal calls for spending only a portion of that, with $1 billion to be used for infrastructure projects. The other $1.5 billion would be used for programs such as business relief, violence prevention and affordable housing, said Rep. Greg Harris, a Democratic majority leader from Chicago.
Danielle Freed, 35, and Megan Kirby, 29, said getting from the parking lot to their flight when they left Chicago was simple. But now that they had returned from a trip to Key West, Fla., figuring out which shuttle would get them back to the parking lot was confusing.
“I was just down there yesterday and saw so many more Black faces, young Black people, ” said Jo MaMa. “I was like, ‘I don’t know who you are — and usually, if you’re gay in this town, I know you.’ But aside from that, to see so many strangers of all colors, walking around, going to lunch, having drinks was really cool.”
The law would apply to both public and private colleges and universities. It would prohibit college athletes from promoting sports betting, alcohol, tobacco, marijuana, vaping products, adult entertainment or any other product “considered to be inconsistent with the values of a postsecondary institution” or which would bring “embarrassment, scandal or ridicule” to a college or university.
On Sunday, Buckner told the Tribune he felt the background checks on Police Board speakers were “a horrible abuse of power.” He noted how the bill’s passage comes at an important time, especially for communities of color, as sweeping criminal justice reform legislation — the abolition of the cash bail system, the elimination of the requirement to sign sworn affidavits when filing complaints against cops, among other measures — soon goes into effect in Illinois.
Stripped of politicians and candy tossing, the event took on a solemn feel that moved both spectators and participants. Naperville native Patti Brown, whose brother, John Luebke, was killed in Vietnam, said she was touched by the turnout as she rode the parade route with other Gold Star families whose relatives died in service to their country.
Illinois is in line to receive $8.1 billion in relief from President Joe Biden’s American Rescue Plan, but the latest budget proposal calls for spending only a portion of that, with $1 billion to be used for infrastructure projects. The other $1.5 billion would be used for programs such as business relief, violence prevention and affordable housing, Rep. Greg Harris of Chicago, the House Democratic majority leader, said during a committee hearing Monday before the spending plan was sent to the House floor on a party-line vote.