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Chicago Tribune: Editorial: Exit Ald. Ed Burke, pursued by the feds
The long-running Ed Burke show — featuring some 50 years of entertaining performances in colorful costumes — has come to an end.
The beleaguered 14th Ward alderman, staring down charges of racketeering, bribery and attempted extortion, declined to file the required petitions by Monday’s 5 p.m. deadline for candidates running in Chicago’s municipal elections in February.
The Center Square: Illinois to pay off remaining unemployment insurance loan balance
The state of Illinois intends to pay off the remaining $1.36 billion unemployment insurance loan balance and replenish the fund for the future.
The agreement will save taxpayers an estimated $20 million in interest costs that would be due next September.
Chicago Sun-Times: As new federal judge takes over court-ordered reforms, CPD faces blistering criticism over its efforts so far
Judge Robert Dow offered a modest directive in 2019 as he set in motion a federal consent decree ordering the Chicago Police Department to make sweeping reforms in the wake of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald’s death at the hands of a patrol officer.
“Let us begin,” he wrote.