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The Center Square: As costs mount, Chicago extends eviction dates for migrants in shelters
Taxpayer costs to care for migrants amount to $1.5 million a day, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson said, and now those who faced eviction from city shelters will be able to stay until March.
Johnson has extended the 60-day stay deadline at the city’s homeless shelters twice due to weather concerns. Close to 2,000 migrants would have been forced out of the shelters Thursday had the deadline remained in place. Johnson said the policy was intended to clear shelter space and speed up connecting migrants to permanent housing.
Chicago Sun-Times: Formula One in Chicago? Series applies for race trademarks
The Formula One racing franchise has filed for trademarks indicating it could be seeking a race in Chicago, less than a year after NASCAR held its first street race in Grant Park.
F1 applied for variations of the trademark “Formula 1 Chicago Grand Prix” and “Grand Prix Chicago” on Jan. 19, according to U.S. patent office records.
The Chicago Tribune: DNC host committee seeks representatives from Chicago’s 77 community areas
Chicago’s host committee for this summer’s Democratic National Convention is seeking representatives from each of city’s 77 community areas to spearhead recruiting and volunteering efforts for the convention.
These 77 neighborhood ambassadors will each be responsible for recruiting at least 50 volunteers from their neighborhoods to help with a variety of tasks before and during the Aug. 19-22 convention, as well as hosting neighborhood events and serving as liaisons between convention organizers and community groups.
WTTW: First Installment of 2023 Cook County Property Tax Bills Arrives On Time
Cook County property owners can now pay the first installment of their 2023 property taxes online, as bills head to their mailboxes, officials said.
For the first time since 2021, Cook County officials are sending out the bills on time, which means property owners must pay as scheduled, no later than March 1.
Daily Herald: New fares, new zones, machines selling tickets: Here’s what Metra’s major changes mean
Thursday marks an epic shift in how Metra does business.
Chicago Sun-Times: Madigan’s ex-chief of staff should get up to 5 years in prison for lies ‘calculated to thwart’ probe into former boss, feds say
Federal prosecutors asked a judge Monday to sentence former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan’s longtime chief of staff to as many as five years in prison for lying to a grand jury as investigators began to close in on Madigan.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Julia Schwartz argued in a court memo that the lies told by Tim Mapes “were calculated to thwart the government’s sprawling investigation of a series of unlawful schemes calculated to corrupt the government of this state at the highest levels.”
Capitol News: State partners with Google to launch new portal for children’s mental health resources
For years, parents and providers have criticized what they see as a disorganized system for finding children mental health care in Illinois. State leaders are hoping a new partnership will change that.
The Illinois Department of Human Services is partnering with Google to launch a new centralized portal for children’s mental health care, state officials announced Monday.