To Mayor Johnson & the City Council we the #PeoplesUnityPlatform support Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PILOT) agreements with tax-exempt private universities in the FY2025 budget. 🧵 Sign here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

Muriel Jones Handy, Greater Grand Crossing resident shares how taking out officer vacancies, that can not be safely or reasonably filled, could avoid property tax increase and fully fund CDPH and guaranteed income pilot.

1/2 BREAKING: Public health advocates in #Chicago City Hall decry the roughly $170 million in ⁦Mayor Brandon Johnson⁩’s proposed 2025 budget for 1,155 #CPD sworn officer positions that are currently vacant. They call for shifting those funds to programs such as …

BREAKING: Mayor Brandon Johnson's administration awards an operating permit to controversial scrap-metal operation Sims in Pilsen. chicago.suntimes.com/environment/20…

JOIN US TO DEFEND IMMIGRANTS RIGHTS this Monday and Wednesday! Chicago must remain a Sanctuary City!

EMERGENCY ACTION: Members of the City Council are trying to amend the Welcoming City Ordinance and give in to Trump's deportation agenda. Join us at City Hall this week and contact your alderperson to vote NO on these harmful amendments. Read more 👇

Join us to fight back against efforts to let local police cooperate with ICE, risking over-policing in Black & Brown communities. The Welcoming City Ordinance protects immigrant families & keeps local law enforcement independent. 📅 Wed, Jan 15, 8:30 AM 📍 121 N LaSalle, 1st Fl

1/5 A Cook County judge ruled a city committee that reviews and makes recommendations of applications for TIF funds qualifies as a public body and should have been following the requirements of the Open Meetings Act to hold public meetings. Crain's Chicago Business

CHICAGO: War Criminal Yoav Gallant should be behind bars, not at speaking tour!!! Protest his visit to the city tomorrow at 6 PM!!!

It’s time for the Chicago City Council to get creative as we tackle the affordable housing crisis here in the city. There isn’t a one size fits all solution for this problem however, a few of us are thinking of new ways to help solve for the affordable housing issue.

Ald. Byron Sigcho Lopez's chief of staff kicked a Block Club reporter out of a meeting on a controversial bar reopening. Two other reporters stayed. The move could violate the media’s First Amendment rights, experts said. buff.ly/4bhEIar

The Illinois Revenue Alliance urges ILGA to pass progressive revenue solutions to invest in our communities & prevent harmful cuts! Our plan raises $6B by ensuring big corporations & the wealthiest pay their fair share.🔥 Voices from @onenorthside @seiuhciimk @peerillinois

Pilsen metal scrapper Sims Metal Management has yet to finish installing emissions control equipment required by a 2021 court order, the company’s attorney said. buff.ly/K6RcYfV

Come with me on a journey to a mystical land where a king, oops, mayor came across a magic wand that possessed truly awesome powers. This so-called magic wand is a financial tool called tax-increment financing. Here's how TIF works. WTTW - Chicago PBS news.wttw.com/2025/05/08/wtt…

The share of property taxes collected by the city and then claimed by Chicago’s tax-increment finance districts grew 47% between 2019 and 2023, records show That massive growth funneled $5.84B into the special districts designed to spur redevelopment WTTW - Chicago PBS news.wttw.com/2025/05/08/sha…

By selecting the name Leo, the new pope signaled his solidarity with working people and gave a nod to his South Side working class roots. We congratulate Pope Leo XIV, the first American and Chicagoan to be named pope!

🧵1/2: We demand the immediate release of Gladis Yolanda Chavez Pineda (A 208-276-014), a long-time Chicago resident, loving mother and grandmother, and a dedicated community leader, who was unjustly detained during a routine ISAP check-in on June 4, 2025 ocadchi.salsalabs.org/freegladis

Let us get this straight... ChicagoPublicSchools displaced 1,200 custodians to "save $40 million," and NOW, some CPS board members are proposing more than $90 million in interest payments to wealthy bond investors?

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SEIU Local 73 thanks the 12 CPS Board of Education members who stood with the workers and the students in passing Interim CEO Dr. Macqueline King’s balanced budget. seiu73.org/wp-content/upl…