Chicago now requires COVID-19 vaccination, ID for public venues

By Dylan Sharkey

01/03/2022

Planning an evening out in Chicago? You now need proof of COVID-19 vaccination and a photo ID to get in most places.

TAGS: Chicago, COVID-19, vaccine mandate

Chicago’s speed cameras ticket 8X faster after limit drops to 6 mph

By Patrick Andriesen

01/03/2022

Chicago’s speed cameras in 10 months churned out nearly as many tickets as the prior 3 years combined, handing every city household 2.2 tickets. The 8-fold spike came immediately after the city started ticketing at 6 mph over the limit.

TAGS: Chicago, Lori Lightfoot, speed cameras

Vaccination proof, ID required to enter Chicago restaurants, bars, gyms

By Patrick Andriesen

12/21/2021

Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s new mandate will require Chicagoans ages 5 and older to prove they received a COVID-19 vaccination and to show a photo ID before entering restaurants, bars and gyms starting Jan. 3.

TAGS: Chicago, COVID-19, vaccine mandate

Lightfoot’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate upheld for Chicago firefighters, city workers

By Patrick Andriesen

12/20/2021

The ruling upholding Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s vaccination mandate for city workers, except police, sets a precedent ahead of arbitration between the city and more than 20 Chicago labor unions.

TAGS: Chicago, COVID-19, Lori Lightfoot, vaccine mandate

Lightfoot trying to save Chicago youngsters from kids’ meal soda pop

By Patrick Andriesen

12/17/2021

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot wants to require Chicago restaurants to first offer a selection of government-approved healthy drink options for kids’ meals. Restaurants would be barred from advertising sugary beverage options.

TAGS: CPS: Chicago Public Schools, Lori Lightfoot, soda

Chicago’s test to hand $500 a month to low-income families stalls

By Patrick Andriesen

12/14/2021

Quick relief was promised for select needy families in Chicago, but it now looks like it will be summer before any of the $500-a-month checks are issued. Mayor Lori Lightfoot said the delay is to prevent abuse.

TAGS: Chicago, UBI: Universal Basic Income

Chicago city leader with ties to Daley indicted for embezzlement

By Patrick Andriesen

12/13/2021

A Chicago city administrator responsible for accountability faces charges of falsifying bank loans, lying to regulators and taking a $130,000 personal loan he never repaid while on the bank’s board.

TAGS: Chicago Department of Streets and Sanitation, Richard Daley, William M. Maho

Chicago aldermen call timeout on sports betting over casino worries

By Dylan Sharkey

12/09/2021

Aldermen are worried sports betting taxes will yield chump change while damaging the prospects for new casinos in Chicago. They are calling for a delay in the action.

TAGS: casino, Chicago, sports betting

Chicago police union wins hearing in fight against forced COVID-19 vaccines

By Francesco Rahe

12/07/2021

Chicago’s mayor wanted police either vaccinated against COVID-19 or regularly tested, but the pushback from their union has received two recent legal advances.

TAGS: COVID-19, CPD: Chicago Police Department, FOP: Fraternal Order of Police, vaccine mandate

23 Chicago labor unions sue to block Lightfoot’s vaccination mandate

By Patrick Andriesen

11/12/2021

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot is being challenged by 23 labor unions over her Dec. 31 vaccination deadline. They claimed she is infringing on union members’ collective bargaining rights.

TAGS: COVID-19, Lori Lightfoot, vaccine mandate

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Chicago now requires COVID-19 vaccination, ID for public venues

Chicago’s speed cameras ticket 8X faster after limit drops to 6 mph

Vaccination proof, ID required to enter Chicago restaurants, bars, gyms

Lightfoot’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate upheld for Chicago firefighters, city workers

Lightfoot trying to save Chicago youngsters from kids’ meal soda pop

Chicago’s test to hand $500 a month to low-income families stalls

Chicago city leader with ties to Daley indicted for embezzlement

Chicago aldermen call timeout on sports betting over casino worries

Chicago police union wins hearing in fight against forced COVID-19 vaccines

23 Chicago labor unions sue to block Lightfoot’s vaccination mandate

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