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The Center Square: Chicago mayor floats idea of sending migrants to suburbs
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson says the city of Chicago has had conversations with suburban leaders in Cook and other counties about the possibility of moving migrants into their communities.
Thousands of migrant families have arrived in Chicago over the past year. City officials have placed many in police stations, YMCAs and Daley College.
Chicago Tribune: Prosecutors begin playing Tim Mapes’ 2021 grand jury testimony in Madigan probe, offering rare glimpse into normally secret proceedings
Tim Mapes was just minutes into his grand jury testimony in Chicago’s federal courthouse two years ago when a prosecutor warned that even though Mapes had been granted immunity, he could still be prosecuted for lying.
“You understand you are under oath and you are obligated to tell the truth,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Amarjeet Bhachu said near the beginning of the March 31, 2021, inquiry. “So if you tell the truth, you’re in good shape, if you lie there’s a prosecution for perjury potentially in your future. Do you understand that?”
Chicago Sun-Times: Preckwinkle’s pick slated by Cook County Democratic Party to replace Kim Foxx
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle’s pick to replace outgoing State’s Attorney Kim Foxx received a key seal of approval Tuesday as the Cook County Democratic Party voted to slate Clayton Harris III in next year’s primary election.
The formal party backing promises to power Harris’ campaign with money and political foot soldiers in the scramble to replace Foxx, another Preckwinkle protege who announced in April that she wouldn’t seek a third term.
Fox 32: Biden declares federal disaster in response to Cook County storms
President Joe Biden delivered some federal help to Chicago-area flood victims on Tuesday, signing a disaster declaration for Cook County to help people whose property was flooded during last month’s massive rainstorm.
The flood relief is needed after an epic downpour over the Fourth of July holiday weekend, with up to nine inches of rain falling in some parts of the Chicago area. The storm flooded thousands of homes and businesses and destroyed property.
WTTW: Outrage Over Allison Arwady’s Firing Puts a Spotlight on Brandon Johnson’s Public Health Agenda
For nearly three and a half years, Chicago Department of Public Health Commissioner Dr. Allison Arwady spent at least an hour in front of livestreaming cameras in a makeshift studio at City Hall every week, fielding question after question about COVID-19 as it upended the lives of Chicagoans.
But on Tuesday, Chicago residents concerned about a late summer uptick in the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations who tuned into the regular weekly question-and-answer session found a terse message: “#AskDrArwady has been canceled.”
WGN: Politics taking main stage at Illinois State Fair
The Illinois State Fair is underway in Springfield.
REO Speedwagon kick off a night of entertainment at the Illinois State Fairgrounds on Tuesday, but over the next two days, the stage will belong to the state’s political parties.
The Pantagraph: Gun industry group challenges new Illinois firearms marketing restrictions
A gun trade association has filed a federal lawsuit challenging a new Illinois law that restricts how gun dealers and manufacturers market their products.
The Connecticut-based National Shooting Sports Foundation filed the suit in the Southern District of Illinois on Monday, just two days after Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed it into law.