Good morning, Chicago.
After a brief dry reprieve yesterday from Saturday’s torrential rains and what were likely tornadoes, the Chicago area is expected to see thunderstorms today and tomorrow. Follow along here for the latest weather updates.
And in case you missed it, after months of debate, the City Council on Friday finally adopted a compromise on the renaming of Chicago’s iconic roadway and landed on Jean Baptiste Point DuSable Lake Shore Drive. What do you think of the soon-to-be new name? Let me know.
— Nicole Stock, audience editor
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Legislation headed to Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s desk could set the stage for a wave of annual real estate tax increases across Illinois by giving local taxing bodies the ability to make up for refunds they’ve issued due to erroneous property over-assessments by shifting those costs onto the rest of their taxpayers.
State bill and new scholarship provide more support for immigrant students in Illinois
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Pride Without Prejudice marches in Chicago to protest racism, violence against LGBTQ community
A gay pride march was held Sunday in Chicago that organizers said was meant to focus on political protest, in contrast to the more commercialized and well-known Pride Parade. The march was intended to revive the grassroots protest movement of the Stonewall protest in New York City in 1969, which the Pride Parade is meant to commemorate.
“We want to take Pride back to its roots, which was (to) protest against police brutality, racism and war,” said Andy Thayer, co-founder of the Gay Liberation Network. “It was truly a people’s uprising, as opposed to a parade of bar floats and banks and politicians.”
Several former players and staff members connected to the 2009-10 Chicago Blackhawks have addressed in recent days whether the team knew at the time about sexual assault allegations by two former players against former video coach Bradley Aldrich.
Chicago Public Schools’ universal pre-K ‘strangling’ private day care centers, owners say
Child care centers across Chicago relied on state and federal funding to stay afloat during the coronavirus pandemic as enrollment plunged. Now, with restrictions lifted and parents returning to work, the need for child care continues to grow.
But even before the pandemic, some private child care centers, often owned by women and people of color, have seen eroding enrollment.
Hot beef summer? Portillo’s debuts Italian beef pool float, giardiniera swimwear
If it’s not summer in Chicago to you without poolside giardiniera, then your hot beef summer dreams just came true.
Chicago-based Portillo’s just announced a new line of giardiniera-inspired merch, including an Italian beef pool float that looks like it’s topped with the hot pickled pepper condiment. Complete your look with giardiniera print swimwear available as a one-piece swimsuit or swim trunks.