Disinvestment in Black and Latino Chicago neighborhoods is rooted in policy. Here’s how these communities continue to be negatively impacted.

Wealth inequality, which has led to major disparities for Black and Latino Chicagoans, exists because of policies that prioritize white wealth. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

Chicago woman, 22, shot on Dan Ryan

A woman driving on the Dan Ryan was shot early Saturday, state police said. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

‘The best college town we can be’: In Carbondale, cannabis-adjacent businesses see big uptick in demand

With the legalization of the recreational cannabis industry in Illinois, the cannabis accessory industry has seen an uptick in Carbondale. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

Rally at site of 2016 Freedom Square Occupation

Black-led groups rally for a defund police effort at the site of 2016 Freedom Square Occupation across from Homan Square. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

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Police in Bali arrest DuPage County man wanted in an investment fraud case brought in Chicago, saying he escaped on bogus passport

Authorities on the Indonesian resort island of Bali have arrested an American fugitive accused of investment fraud in Chicago federal court. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

Mayor Lori Lightfoot has Christopher Columbus statues removed from Chicago parks overnight

Mayor Lori Lightfoot ordered the statues of Christopher Columbus removed from Chicago’s Grant and Arrigo parks overnight, in part to avoid another high-profile confrontation between police and protesters like one that happened last week. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

Decomposed body discovered in South Shore apartment

The decomposed body of a woman or girl was discovered late Thursday inside an apartment in the South Shore neighborhood. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

Elementary schools may be safer to reopen, doctors say

Research indicates that children under age 10 might be less likely to get COVID-19 or transmit it. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

Man shot to death near CTA Howard Street station in Evanston, 2nd man wounded

A man was shot to death and another man wounded in an attack in Evanston near the Howard Street CTA station early Thursday, police said. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

Person fatally shot near Howard CTA station

Evanston police investigate a fatal shooting outside the Howard Street CTA station. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

Girl, 3, shot in head while riding in back seat of father’s SUV; Chicago police say they have ‘long way to go’ in investigation

A 3-year-old girl is in serious condition after she was shot in the head as she rode in the back seat of her father’s SUV early Wednesday in the South Shore neighborhood, Chicago police said. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

Calumet Fisheries ‘ambassador’ Carlos Rosas dies at 41 of COVID-19

‘A big part of the spirit of Calumet Fisheries went to heaven’ Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

Two men fatally shot in the West Pullman neighborhood overnight, in separate shootings less than two miles apart

Two men were fatally shot and another wounded within an hour in the West Pullman neighborhood overnight in separate attacks less than two miles apart. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

Students push back against in-person bar and medical college exams amid coronavirus fears: ‘We’re forced to choose between our livelihoods and our lives’

Students push back against in-person bar exams and Medical College Admission Test amid coronavirus fears: ‘We’re forced to choose between our livelihoods and our lives’ Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

14 people shot in exchange of gunfire at funeral in Gresham neighborhood on South Side, authorities say

Fourteen people were shot early Tuesday evening in the Gresham neighborhood on Chicago’s South Side and one person was in custody, authorities said. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

Mayor Lori Lightfoot reaches deal on affordable housing in Woodlawn amid concerns over gentrification around Obama Presidential Center

The city of Chicago would require new apartment developments in Woodlawn near the proposed Obama Presidential Center to include more affordable housing units for low-income residents as part of a compromise reached between Mayor Lori Lightfoot and a group of community activists supported by freshman Ald. Jeanette Taylor. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press…

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