Johnson, local leaders attending Jesse Jackson's 82nd birthday celebration
The civil rights icon is turning 82 years old on Sunday.
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The civil rights icon is turning 82 years old on Sunday.
Mayor Brandon Johnson and other local leaders will be in attendance.
Pilsen was set to open Chicago's newest migrant shelter with another 10 busloads of asylum seekers expected to arrive in the city on Tuesday. This comes as Mayor Brandon Johnson and Gov. JB Pritzker put pressure on the White House for help. CBS 2's Sara Machi took a look at the new shelter on South Halsted and the mounting tension between political leaders.
Last summer, the mayor's signature approved giving over $10 million more to ShotSpotter.
During a news conference, Mayor Johnson said he has been in touch with the White House and state officials for nearly 20 weeks – asking for aid and help with coordination.
Pilsen was set to open Chicago's newest migrant shelter with another 10 busloads of asylum seekers expected to arrive in the city on Tuesday. This comes as Mayor Brandon Johnson and Gov. JB Pritzker put pressure on the White House for help. CBS 2's Sara Machi took a look at the new shelter on South Halsted and the mounting tension between political leaders.
Late Wednesday night, we were there as adults and small children stepped off one of the buses, and greeted with blankets.
In 2023, more than 24,000 young people were employed through the program – an increase of 19 percent from last year.
The White House unveiled new efforts to curb gun violence.
City officials have said the priority for the base camps would be to relocate migrants who have been sleeping on the floors of police stations.
The City Council is now expected to approve a plan to phase out the lower minimum wage for tipped workers over five years, instead of just two.
It's a continued effort to combat homelessness and provide critical support to Chicago's most vulnerable residents.
If it passes, it will lead to a ballot referendum allowing voters to decide whether to restructure the real estate transfer tax - a one-time tax paid when an estate changes ownership.
Once the city makes repairs to the building's heating and air conditioning systems, the city plans to house up to about 550 migrants there as soon as next month.
Mayor Brandon Johnson will attend a ceremony to rename Blackstone Avenue in honor of Officer Preston.
On Friday afternoon, Mayor Brandon Johnson's team rolled out details of the plan to members of City Council.
The extension would stretch the Red Line from 95th Street to the Far South Side, with stops planned at 103rd, 111th, 116th, and 130th Streets.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is now offering to help Chicago Police figure out how the shooting happened.
Of the new officers, 83% were people of color and nearly one-third were women.
"Twenty-four thousand young people working, that is a public safety plan," Johnson said after recently marking his first 100 days in office.
Crain’s Chicago Political Reporter Leigh Giangreco joins CBS 2’s Brad Edwards to break down the top stories of the week.
The move allows for federal funding to help with storm recovery efforts.
Those kits also included a little surprise: A "note of inspiration" handwritten by volunteers with the message that someone is rooting for each student's success.
Dr. Arwady said in a social media post that she was not even allowed to say goodbye to her staff.
Since the beginning Johnson has said he wanted to fill in the role of superintendent with a veteran of the Chicago Police Department.
Corie Walsh, 38, faces 3 counts of first-degree murder after a 2-year-old was found unresponsive inside a Frankfort home Tuesday and later died at a hospital.
The owner of a pet resort in northwest suburban Wheeling has been charged after the death of a dog that was left inside a hot van.
A burglary was reported at a gas station in northwest suburban Wheeling, Illinois, early Friday morning.
Strong hiring last month was driven by gains in education and in leisure and hospitality, with the nation's jobless rate remaining steady at 4.1%.
A judge indicated the Lindsay Clancy murder trial would end in a mistrial Friday, then gave the defense a one-hour delay to make a plea to the state's highest court.
The Homeland Security and Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act set aside $140 million to give controllers a 3.8% pay raise, but they have so far only received the 1% raise given to all government employees.
Thomas Ross allegedly tried to get his campaign manager to plant cocaine and Adderall on his opponent, federal prosecutors in Missouri said.
One official in California said that scanning individual ballots for every voter in the state would take roughly 43 years based on the Postal Service's estimates.
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson released his 2027 budget forecast on Thursday and said the city's financial hole is not as deep as once feared.
The Pentagon will begin requiring male service members ages 30 and older to get screened for testosterone deficiency, after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth called for the change over the summer.
Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul filed a lawsuit Thursday against ABC Plumbing, Heating, Cooling & Electric Inc., alleging deceptive business practices.
Cook County homeowners are again facing a sharper increase in property taxes this year than businesses, the Office of Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas announced Monday.
Contracted linemen from out of state sat idle in a Griffith church parking lot for hours without work orders from NIPSCO, as residents in Northwest Indiana approach two weeks without power.
A law firm has filed a class action lawsuit against NIPSCO, alleging the utility's failure to manage trees and vegetation has left thousands of Northwest Indiana residents without power for up to two weeks.
Dozens of cases of E. coli and salmonella in multiple states are linked to an alfalfa grower in Minnesota, health officials say.
Cardinal Blase Cupich and a group of Catholic nuns have joined a federal lawsuit challenging Illinois' Medical Aid in Dying law, which is set to take effect in just over a week.
Flies have been everywhere this summer in the Chicago area, and some of them bite. But why is this happening?
Prime Healthcare is drawing criticism after announcing it will stop obstetrics services at three Chicago-area hospitals.
The Chicago Department of Public Health on Tuesday announced two human cases and one death from the West Nile virus in the city this year, and one of those two people has died.
The Jackson Chance Foundation supports the lives of families with babies in the NICU by removing the financial burden of finding parking near hospitals.
A new Whole Foods Market is coming to Chicago's Old Town neighborhood.
More than 100 Black-owned businesses were showcased at Soldier Field Sunday for Black on the Block.
A Wisconsin prosecutor says he will not file election bribery charges against billionaire Elon Musk even though the state's bipartisan elections commission said he likely broke state law.
An expert blames Illinois lawmakers and "internecine political problems" for the failure to seal a deal for a new stadium within the state for the Chicago Bears.
Real estate investment and development firm Concord Capital has acquired nine apartment buildings on Elaine Place, a single-block residential street in Chicago's East Lakeview community.
The stage was set and the air was humid as rapper Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, took the stage for the first of two Chicago concerts at Soldier Field Thursday night.
James Fulton Engstrom, now a healthy teenager, was born without a pulse in 2010 — and his survival is the miracle the Catholic Church credited to Fulton Sheen's intercession, clearing the way for beatification.
The Met's decision to highlight the work by designer John Galliano sparked widespread controversy due to his history of antisemitic and racist comments.
The Edgewater Music Festival was under way this weekend on Chicago's north lakefront.
People around the world, including Chicago, continued to gather Wednesday to pay tribute to the late Dolly Parton.
Actor, poet, and musician Saul Williams joins CBS News Chicago.
A burglary was reported at a gas station in northwest suburban Wheeling, Illinois, early Friday morning.
The heat wave continues in Chicago.
Safety is top of mind for city officials ahead of one of Chicago's busiest weekends of the summer.
Hot and humid of Friday with highs in the 90s.
Corie Walsh, 38, faces 3 counts of first-degree murder after a 2-year-old was found unresponsive inside a Frankfort home Tuesday and later died at a hospital.
The owner of a pet resort in northwest suburban Wheeling has been charged after the death of a dog that was left inside a hot van.
Safety is top of mind for city officials ahead of one of Chicago's busiest weekends of the summer.
A burglary was reported at a gas station in northwest suburban Wheeling, Illinois, early Friday morning.
Strong hiring last month was driven by gains in education and in leisure and hospitality, with the nation's jobless rate remaining steady at 4.1%.
Back in 2023, ISP got a $10 million grant from the Illinois Secretary of State's Illinois Vehicle Hijacking and Motor Vehicle Theft Prevention and Insurance Verification Council.
Two years before dozens of decomposing bodies were found inside the South Chicago Chapel funeral home, police in nearby Evergreen Park found two bodies in the owners' minivan outside their home.
Hundreds of people are suing the Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center, where they say they were sexually abused by staff. For the first time, survivors detailed their experience exclusively to CBS News Chicago.
Why has the family that runs South Chicago Chapel, where 56 decomposing bodies were found this month, never faced criminal charges, despite a history of mishandling human remains?
Red flags about a family behind two funeral homes and crematories shut down by the state for mishandling bodies were missed in part because two different agencies regulate the death industry in Illinois.
Pete Crow-Armstrong hit his 39th homer, Kevin Gausman threw seven sharp innings and the Chicago Cubs beat the Milwaukee Brewers 2-1 on Thursday night.
Chicago (78-62) dropped nine games behind Milwaukee in the NL Central. It also remained one game back of Philadelphia for the top NL wild card.
The White Sox had several chances to score in the eighth, but came up empty.
Advocate Children's Hospital flipped the script this week, having four pediatric patients sign autographs for Cubs baseball players before a game at Wrigley Field.
Sean Burke (8-6) allowed one hit and walked four with six strikeouts in 5 2/3 scoreless innings for the win after walking a career-high eight in just three innings in his last start.
Corie Walsh, 38, faces 3 counts of first-degree murder after a 2-year-old was found unresponsive inside a Frankfort home Tuesday and later died at a hospital.
The owner of a pet resort in northwest suburban Wheeling has been charged after the death of a dog that was left inside a hot van.
A man was killed in a shooting in Chicago's South Shore neighborhood Thursday night, police said.
Thomas Ross allegedly tried to get his campaign manager to plant cocaine and Adderall on his opponent, federal prosecutors in Missouri said.
A chiropractor from Batavia, Illinois, pleaded guilty Thursday to felony counts related to secretly videotaping patients, including children, as they took off their clothes in his office.
