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Vallas: It’s time for a Chicago nuisance ordinance

By Paul Vallas
05/23/2024
Whether college protest encampments or political convention agitators, Chicago needs a way to penalize the few who disrupt life for the rest of us. A nuisance ordinance would do that.

Chicago crime: Assaults up 7% for year, as women targeted

By Jon Josko, Hilary Gowins
04/11/2024
Assaults were up 7% for the year ended in March. Black Chicagoans were 5 times more likely to be assaulted, with Black women assaulted nearly as often as Black men – a much higher rate than women of other races. There’s a disturbing trend of targeted violence.

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