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One Midwest Town Makes America’s Richest Cities List, And It’s In Illinois
When you look at a list of the wealthiest cities in America and see only places from both coasts and nothing in the Midwest, you start to think. Like "Is the Midwest not on par with the rest of the country when it comes to money?" The Veranda study, a...
Gov. JB Pritzker, Illinois leaders react after Biden drops out of 2024 race ahead of Chicago DNC
Reactions are pouring in Sunday afternoon from Illinois Democrats and Republicans after President Joe Biden announced he is dropping out of the 2024 presidential race.ABC7 Chicago is now streaming 24/7. Click here to watchPresident Joe Biden is leaving the 2024 race after a halting debate performance against Donald Trump led to questions from Democrats about his age, ability to carry out his campaign and whether he could serve a second term.Biden said in a statement posted Sunday that he will "stand down.""I believe it is in the best interest of my party and the country for me to stand down...
Our Chicago: Tornados Touch Down Across The Chicago Area
The numbers are pretty remarkable: The National Weather Service confirmed, more than two dozen tornadoes touched down across the Chicago area last Sunday and Monday.Five of those were here in the city.The tornadoes brought down trees and damaged buildings. Power lines fell onto I-55, shutting down a portion of the expressway for more than two days. In Cedar Lake, Indiana, a woman was killed when a tree fell onto her home. According to the National Weather Service, there is typically an average of 50 tornadoes across Illinois per year.ABC7 Chicago is now streaming 24/7. Click here to watchSo, what happened...
Illinois Has 1, Wisconsin With 2 of Top 40 Best Cities in America
The annual 'Best Cities' rankings from Resonance have been released, and some of the towns that made the list may surprise you, while others are right where you'd expect. Before you see the list of America's Best Cities, how many U.S. towns made the World's Best list?. In their 2024...
Chicago mayor defends shutdown of homeless site
(The Center Square) – The mayor of Chicago says his administration did not close a prominent homeless site in the city because of the upcoming Democratic National Convention. Chicago Department of Family and Support Services Commissioner Brandie Knazze said earlier this month that the City acted proactively by closing the encampment near the Dan Ryan Expressway and Roosevelt Road. Mayor Brandon Johnson said the site was not closed because of...
Suburban Chicago Office Manager Indicted for Alleged $1.8 Million Health Care Fraud Scheme
Source: Administrative Office of the United States Courts, District of Illinois. An office manager from a medical equipment boutique in suburban Chicago has been hit with federal healthcare fraud charges. The indictment alleges Judy Strzelecki, from Downers Grove, Illinois, partook in a fraudulent billing scheme focused on private insurers, capitalizing on services purportedly offered to cancer survivors and women with chronic conditions. Citing a piece from the U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of Illinois, Strzelecki allegedly submitted false insurance claims for items including breast prostheses and compression garments through A Woman's Place LLC, where she served as office manager.
Prom for senior (citizens) takes place on Chicago's South Side
CHICAGO (CBS) — Their high school prom may have been decades ago, but for a moment in time, for some seniors in Roseland, Friday was prom day as some residents showed how they turned back the clock and danced the day away. Feeling good about how you look never gets old."The good part about it is that you're happy."Ninety-five-year-old 95-year Delorse Williams feels 16 all over again. She's reflecting on her high school prom experience…"I remember I got a good kiss, haha," said Williams.Because on Friday, she got to relive it. It's Senior Prom Day at Roseland Place, a senior living facility...
City Club of Chicago: From Legislation to Action – The Impact of Gun Safety Laws in Illinois
July 18, 2024 From Legislation to Action: The Impact of Gun Safety Laws in Illinois – Moderated by G-PAC’s President & CEO Kathleen Sances – Attorney General Kwame Raoul, Senate President Don Harmon, Illinois State Police Director Brendan Kelly City Club event description: Since 2017, Illinois has ushered in five significant gun safety laws, thanks […]
Jennifer Hudson surprises fans at Common's concert for Millennium Park 20th anniversary celebration
Millennium Park is still being celebrated this weekend as the can't miss attraction in Chicago turned 20 years old this week.The city continued its four-day celebration on Saturday, with Chicago music artist Common performing a concert with the Grant Park Orchestra.Jennifer Hudson also made a surprise appearance, delighting fans in the packed crowd.The concert started at 7:30 p.m. at the Jay Pritzker Pavilion. Most reserved spots appeared to be sold out ahead of the show.Lawn seating for the concert was free, and many fans had lined up to get into the venue well before the show got underway. The event...
State Funding for Chicago Public Schools: $1.1 Billion vs. $503 Million – Governor Pritzker Pushes Back Against Mayor Johnson’s Claim
Governor J.B. Pritzker rejects Mayor Brandon Johnson’s claim for $1.1 billion in state aid for Chicago Public Schools, arguing that the true cost to fully fund the district is lower and that it’s not the state’s job to cover local financial mistakes. Pritzker Disputes Chicago’s $1.1 Billion School Aid Claim, Citing Lower Funding Needs According […]
Illinois Attorney General defends gun ban with reference to attempted assassination of former president
(The Center Square) – Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul said the attempted assassination of former President Trump demonstrates why the state’s gun ban should remain in place. U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas wrote that Illinois’ ban is ‘highly suspect because it broadly prohibits common semiautomatic firearms used for lawful purposes.” In a discussion at the City Club of Chicago, Attorney General Raoul questioned whether the text of the Second...
Rain, tornadoes hit Midwest, 215,000 people without power in Illinois
CHICAGO, Illinois: As severe weather raged through the Midwest overnight with relentless rain and tornadoes, hitting the Chicago area especially hard, hundreds of people in a southern Illinois town were evacuated this week as water rolled over the top of a dam. Hundreds of thousands went without electricity, and even...
Microsoft outage causes chaos for many Chicago companies
CHICAGO (CBS) – Much of the world woke up Friday to news of the major software issue that sidelines flights, disrupted healthcare systems and delayed banking.The outage was linked to a cybersecurity firm called Crowdstrike that services Microsoft. While much of the problem seemed to be resolved by the late afternoon, several Chicago companies experienced a lot of grief because of the outages.Those problems included flight cancellations and delays at both major Chicago airports as well as processing permits in places like Naperville. It also led to a very early morning wake-up and a long day for information technology experts...
New Data Shows 87,000 Illinois Residents Flee the State
New data from the Internal Revenue Service shows that in 2022 alone, more than 87,000 Illinoisans – faced with some of the highest taxes in the nation – relocated to other states. This exodus saw nearly $10 billion in income leaving Illinois, significantly impacting the state’s economic landscape....
City Launches West Side Door-Knocking Campaign To Combat Overdose Deaths
AUSTIN —The city is launching a new outreach program on the West Side in response to a spike in overdose-induced deaths at the hands of the city’s opioid epidemic. The program, dubbed the Summer Overdose Safety campaign (or Operation S.O.S), will deploy “trained outreach workers with a goal of covering the nearly 1,300 blocks of the West Side that experienced at least one overdose-related EMS response [in 2023],” according to a press release from the Chicago Department of Public Health.
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