When the weather is as nice as it has been, many Chicagoans flock to their local park. But on the Northwest Side, neighborhood groups have been in conflict with unhoused residents sheltering in parks. Recently, a long-standing tent encampment was removed from Legion Park after several fires broke out over several months.
The board calls attention to a new bill proposed in Springfield that would ban cities from ticketing or arresting unhoused people for engaging in basic survival activities. This legislation, while well intentioned, is not necessary, the board says. Instead, Chicago should focus on enforcing its own laws regarding open fires, unsafe/unpermitted structures and park closing hours.
Also today, the board weighs in on a financial scandal at a Catholic parish in Evanston and the question it raises about oversight from the archdiocese.
In commentary, Chicago Public Schools civics teacher and union member Froylan Jimenez writes about why he will be going to work on May 1. Christian Miller writes about why he is running to be the next lieutenant governor of Illinois alongside JB Pritzker. And three education advocates express support for college readiness indicators.
Today is Tax Day. After you file, take a gander at Jeff MacNelly’s cartoon, first published in the Tribune 50 years ago today.
The uncomfortable tension here is that this bill prioritizes the rights of unsheltered individuals without equally addressing the effects on other people who use public spaces.
Plus a return to normalcy in Europe and catching up with Sinead O'Connor. View in browser | nytimes.com Continue reading the main story May 18, 2021 Your Tuesday Evening Briefing By Remy Tumin and Jade-Snow Joachim Good evening. Here's the latest. The New York Times 1. Gaza is facing a full-blown humanitarian catastrophe. The nine-day battle between Hamas militants and the Israeli military has damaged 17 hospitals and clinics. Destroyed sewage systems sent fetid wastewater through the streets. A desalination plant providing water to 250,000 people is offline. The only laboratory in Gaza that processes coronavirus tests was damaged by an Israeli airstrike. The Times created a day-by-day reconstruction of the violence with maps, death tolls and satellite images. There are subtle signs that Israel and Hamas may be edging toward a cease-fire, with Egypt and the U.N. working to "restore calm, " according to a person involved in the talks. All E.U. member states ex...
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