About 1 percent of Illinois gun owners registered banned weapons before deadline, by My Stateline’s John Clark There's also a question of who will pay for it,” by Crain’s Danny Ecker Will the DNC give the West Side an economic jolt? “It’s still not clear how the seven-month-old Johnson administration will roll out a Daley-esque welcome mat, and what types of projects will be prioritized. Chicago abortion-rights and LGBTQ+ advocates submit permit application to march on day before DNC: “Advocates expressed frustration with the Democratic Party for failing to protect abortion rights and LGBTQ+ rights,” by the Sun-Times’ Phyllis Cha. Have a tip, suggestion, birthday, new job or (gasp!) a complaint? Email to announce $5 million in grants under the Cook County Starting Block Grant initiative. Email Īt GirlForward in Chicago at 10 a.m. If you are Anthony Beale, Playbook would like to hear from you. District Judge John Blakey not to delay the trial, via the Sun-Times’ Jon Seidel. Federal prosecutors on Tuesday urged U.S. Supreme court case is resolved because it could have implications here. His lawyers want the case delayed until an unrelated U.S. George Ryan, hanging in the House chamber.”Ībout the court case: A hearing today could determine whether Madigan’s April trial on corruption charges will be put on hold. “And that’s a special form of hypocrisy to talk about banning portraits while staring at one of former Gov. Spain’s view: “With indictments delivered for former Speaker Madigan and a trial underway coming up this spring, I thought it was very important that we say no portrait of Speaker Madigan should be hung in the House of Representatives until such time that he may be acquitted,” he told WBEZ’s Dave McKinney.ĭon’t hold your breath: Madigan’s successor, Democratic House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch pushed back at the legislation.Ĭalling it 'hypocrisy': “The only person talking about or considering a portrait for former Speaker Madigan is Leader Ryan Spain,” Welch spokeswoman Jaclyn Driscoll told WBEZ. Ryan Spain, a Republican from Peoria, is carrying legislation that calls for taking down any paintings of former House Speaker Michael Madigan from the statehouse in Springfield. Meanwhile: Some newly arrived migrants are sleeping In city buses while waiting for shelter space, by the Block Club’s Quinn Myers, Colin Boyle and Ariel Parrella-Aureli “Covid relief money was supposed to go toward relief for the people of Chicago, not migrants who are migrating to our city.”Īldermen were told during small zoom calls with the mayor - eight aldermen to a call to avoid open meeting requirements. Anthony Beale, who’s butted heads before with Johnson, told NBC 5. “We’re playing a shell game with millions of dollars, while the people of Chicago are hurting,” Ald. The mayor said last year’s budget surplus allowed him to shift the federal American Rescue Plan funds to address migrant issues, but some aldermen disagree. Migrant money matters: Johnson is taking heat from some City Council members for pulling $95 million in Covid-relief funding to help care for asylum seekers. and Chicago suburbs escalate border wars. Here’s our national take: Migrant drop-offs in N.J. Suburban pushback: At least four communities are weighing proposals that would require bus operators to seek approval before they unload people, reports NBC's Daniella Silva.Ībbott did the same thing on the East Coast, sending migrants to New Jersey, which was unprepared to care for them. Weekend drama: Johnson spoke after a long weekend that saw Abbott send 350 migrants to Rockford in an attempt to circumvent Chicago's new rules to fine bus companies that don’t follow procedures for dropping off asylum seekers. Abbott wants to turn local law enforcement into ICE, which actually undermines public safety.” He was referring to Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Pressed on being a welcoming city: Johnson said it simply means “that we are not going to ask local law enforcement to enforce federal immigration laws. Abbott, who has committed to sowing seeds of chaos,” Johnson said, adding that Chicago’s efforts to care for migrants are “not sustainable.” The mayor reiterated previous comments that the federal government should take a coordinated approach to deal with the migrant issue, including getting more asylum seekers through the judicial process. ‘Not sustainable’: “We have a governor, Gov. Greg Abbott, appearing Tuesday night on CNN to address the ongoing migrant crisis. Mayor Brandon Johnson is continuing his attacks on Texas Gov. Getting back into the groove isn't all it's cracked up to be.
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