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The Chicago Public Schools Board of Education on Wednesday approved a plan to start the 2021-2022 school year about a week early.
"This has nothing to do with the Village of Bridgeview. It just happened to be something between two people."
Seeking to boost the number of affordable housing units available for lower-income Chicagoans, Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Wednesday proposed new requirements for developers who get city subsidies, purchase city land, or require a zoning change for their projects.
Innovative Express also gave the vaccine to other companies, and when the city pulled the remaining doses from the clinic, employees from those companies found themselves caught in the mess.
The contract also states, "Excess vaccines will be offered to CPS employees in accordance with the order of subgroups." There is no mention of non-CPS workers getting vaccines.
Beale has introduced a proposal to end the ticketing of drivers going 6 mph to 9 mph over the limit, and to resume ticketing only drivers exceeding the speed limit by 10 mph or more.
Activists turned out Wednesday in front of the Grand Motel in the South Side's Washington Heights neighborhood, in support of a little girl who was sexually assaulted there last October.
"I salute our heroes everywhere and every time zone, fighting with us so we don't have to fight alone. You are a gift that keeps giving so we can keep living."
Changes have been made to keep everyone safe, including a new touchless entering system. Fans don't even have to hand over their phones or keys before going through metal detectors.
Police on Wednesday said a developmentally disabled man had been located after going missing from the Belmont Cragin area the day before.
Fire Department officials said the victims were injured in a fire on the 6600 block of West 63rd Street.
"Remember, only a third of adults have been vaccinated, so we're not anywhere near herd immunity yet."
The mayor echoed the worries of her Public Health Commissioner, Dr. Allison Arwady, who one day earlier said key virus metrics in Chicago are headed "in the wrong direction."
Chicago police said officers responded to reports of a vicious animal on the 6400 block of North Newgard Avenue around 12:10 p.m., and notified Chicago Animal Care and Control.
The Taste of Chicago, the Air & Water Show, and other popular summer festivals were canceled last year as part of the city's efforts to curb the spread of the virus.
