The default speed limit on many Chicago streets is 30 miles an hour, but safety activists argue that it should be lowered, and some members of the City Council.
The default speed limit on Chicago side streets is 30 mph, but lowering it to 25 mph could "go a really long way" toward reducing traffic deaths, which have skyrocketed since the start of the pandemic, city Department of Transportation officials said.
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Calls from Sun-Times reporters Tim Novak and Mitchell Armentrout led to businesses paying $1 million they owed for traffic control services. That's proof that the city could, if it's willing, quickly coordinate a plan to ensure that unpaid bills are taken care of quickly.
The Chicago City Council icon turned felon is entitled to more than $540,000 he paid into a city pension fund and a nearly $2.5 million payout from his campaign fund.