Chicago mayor calls for cease-fire in Gaza amid Council debate on resolution
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson is calling for a cease-fire in Gaza after the deaths of 25,000 Palestinians.
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Some on City Council call for mayor to nix migrant evictions: 'Policy poses a significant threat to the health and safety of new arrivals'
Over a dozen alderpersons from around the city signed their appeal in a letter to Mayor Brandon Johnson. They’re also calling for better handling of the migrant influx.
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Alders Urge Mayor to Drop Sixty-Day Shelter Limit for Asylum Seekers – South Side Weekly
A letter signed by a broad group of alderpersons criticized the city’s handling of the influx of migrants and called on Johnson to appoint a chief homelessness officer.
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Aldermen sign letter urging Johnson to scrap 60-day migrant shelter policy
More than a dozen Chicago aldermen on Thursday called on Mayor Brandon Johnson to scrap his 60-day shelter limit policy for migrants, the latest sign the City Council’s recent streak of independence has swelled with the city’s controversial responses to the humanitarian crisis. Johnson allies such as Aldermen Daniel La Spata and Byron Sigcho-Lopez are among the 16 aldermen who joined migrant ...
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Emails reveal Johnson administration knew about unsanitary conditions in Chicago migrant shelter weeks before five-year-old died
The brutal conditions facing migrants are being allowed to occur with the deliberate aim of discouraging asylum seekers from coming to or staying in Chicago.
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Even after Burke conviction, some on Chicago City Council still resist banning outside income
Downtown Ald. Brendan Reilly noted an outright ban would force his colleague, Ald. Anthony Napolitano, to stop coaching a youth hockey league, for which Napolitano is paid a stipend of roughly $6,500 a year.
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City eyeing "right-sizing" migrant shelters due to budget constraints
Ald. Andre Vasquez (40th), chair of the City Council’s Committee on Immigrant and Refugee Rights, said Deputy Chief of Staff Cristina Pacione-Zayas told him late last month of the city’s plan to, as she put it, “right-size” the migrant shelter system without offering details.
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Four Green Hill School inmates charged for prison riot; eighth riot charged at facility in 2023
Four Green Hill School inmates are facing felony charges in Lewis County Superior Court for allegedly attacking another inmate at the Chehalis facility in November.
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Chicago to use warming buses for migrants during winter storm
Chicago to use warming buses for migrants during winter storm
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City Council ethics package could face uphill fight without Johnson in the lead
In the wake of former Ald. Edward Burke’s blockbuster racketeering conviction, his onetime colleagues on the Chicago City Council are faced with a choice: whether to hold themselves to tougher ethical standards. They’re largely weighing that decision without input from Mayor Brandon Johnson, who, unlike his predecessor, is taking a hands-off approach to anti-corruption reforms. The fresh ...
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