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• Rep. Marie Newman said Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is ‘deeply broken. I hope she gets help’ Rep. Marie Newman, D-Ill., on the July “At the Virtual Table” show, told the Chicago Sun-Times Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., is “deeply broken.” | ScreenshotNewman, an Illinois Democrat, make the comment about Greene, a Georgia Republican, on the Chicago Sun-Times “At the Virtual Table” show WASHINGTON — Rep. Marie Newman, D-Ill. — a target of the incendiary Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., — who has been attacking her because of her transgender child, told the Chicago Sun-Times that Greene…
• Compromise on civilian oversight gave mayor final say on superintendent, policy — but it won’t ever come to that, alderman says Ald. Roderick Sawyer (6th) speaks in support of a proposal for civilian oversight of the Chicago Police Department during a Chicago City Council meeting Wednesday at City Hall. | Ashlee Rezin/Sun-TimesAld. Roderick Sawyer, among the Council’s prime backers of civilian oversight, predicted if things are so dire a no-confidence vote is needed, “that person is pretty much out the door anyway” and might even be fired before aldermen weigh in. A seven-member civilian oversight commission will not have the final…
• New Blackhawks centerpiece Seth Jones willing to earn Chicago’s favor patiently New Blackhawks defenseman Seth Jones was introduced on a Chicago River cruise Saturday. | Ben Pope/Sun-Times“I just want to prove every single night that I’m going to work hard for this team,” Jones said Saturday, one day after his blockbuster trade to the Hawks. The early afternoon sun baked Seth Jones as he sat atop a tour boat Saturday, cruising east on the Chicago River. His casual black T-shirt and athletic shorts hardly implied he’d agreed less than 24 hours…
• 1 killed, 13 shot Monday in Chicago One person was killed, and thirteen others were wounded in shootings July 19, 2021, in Chicago. | Tyler LaRiviere/Sun-TimesA 38-year-old man was fatally shot in the 100 block of North Morgan Street. One person was killed, and thirteen others were shot Monday in Chicago, including a man who was fatally shot in the West Town neighborhood. Just after 1 a.m., the 38-year-old was standing on the sidewalk in the 100 block of North Morgan Street when someone in a silver…
• After 2 mass shootings, North Lawndale community marches with CPD Resident, activists, and Chicago police brass march down Douglas Boulevard on Friday in North Lawndale; the neighborhood was the site of two mass shootings earlier in the week. | Anthony Vazquez/Sun-TimesA Lawndale resident called the rally “beautiful,” and said it’s exactly what the community needs to move forward. Top officials with the Chicago Police Department joined residents in North Lawndale Friday for a rally and peace walk just days after two mass shootings, minutes apart, shook the West Side neighborhood.…
• A Chicago teen was on hand when an anti-violence mural was painted in Lawndale. A day later he was a victim of a mass shooting A new mural in North Lawndale celebrates “Real talk. Real love. Real hope.” | Brian Rich/Sun-TimesThe READI Chicago program tries to get high-risk Lawndale residents out of danger with therapy and job training, but the threat of violence still looms large in the lives of participants. Over a few days last week, the promise and peril of life in Chicago’s most violent neighborhoods came into stark relief for participants and staff of the READI Chicago program. Tuesday, with cheerful officers…
• Severe thunderstorm warning issued for Chicago, Evanston and Cicero The National Weather Service issued a severe thunderstorm warning July 24, 2021, for Chicago, Evanston and Cicero, Illinois. | Sun-Times file photoThe warning, which includes Chicago, Evanston and Cicero, Illinois, is expected to last until 5:30 p.m. The National Weather Service issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Chicago and neighboring suburbs Saturday. The warning, which includes Chicago, Evanston and Cicero, Illinois, is expected to last until 5:30 p.m., officials said. Storms could bring with them winds up to 60 MPH…
• South Side murals recall first African American sports superstar, Marshall ‘Major’ Taylor The “Major” Taylor Trail Mural, a series of paintings stretching 400 feet on a pedestrian bridge over the Little Calumet River, was done by Chicago artist Bernard Williams. | Brian Rich / Sun-TimesThe first African American to win a cycling world championship, “Major” Taylor has deep ties to Chicago. He’s remembered by local bicycling fanatics, trail keepers and muralist Bernard Williams, who aim to tell his story and keep his legacy alive. He was the first African American sports hero…
• Rep. Marie Newman on her transgender daughter’s coming out and being a target of Marjorie Taylor Greene U.S. Rep. Marie Newman speaks to a few hundred people at the Thompson Center on July 8. | Tyler LaRiviere/Sun-TimesNewman’s daughter Evie came out in 2015 after a serious bout with depression, Newman recalled Thursday on the Chicago Sun-Times’ show “At the Virtual Table.”  U.S. Rep. Marie Newman won her congressional seat in Illinois’ 3rd District last year as a progressive advocate for health care, human rights and small businesses. Now, the southwest suburban first-year lawmaker and her transgender daughter…
• Alderman wants to lift ban on sports betting in Chicago The BetRivers Sportsbook, the first brick-and-mortar sportsbook approved by the Illinois Gaming Board, opened in March 2020 in Des Plaines. Such operations are banned in Chicago, but the City Council could vote to change that, if an ordinance introduced by Ald. Walter Burnett on Wednesday is approved. | Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Sun-TimesThe Cubs’ partnership with DraftKings could put Major League Baseball’s first stadium sportsbook at Wrigley Field. But first, the City Council must lift the ban on sports betting in Chicago.…