A child in New York died after contracting measles, the first such death in the state in more than 30 years, officials said.
The U.S. has reported the most measles cases since 1991. https://t.co/r1u521II0H
Chicago Mag / Trib ran a concise, balanced piece on our city's recent Complete Streets wars by Grace Perry. Things we like:
• It notes MAGA-friendly politics behind weekly Archer protests.
• It cites a nickname we coined in January: "Megaphone Lady"!
https://t.co/WpxvMlPAvV
watch this and tell me you don’t feel any anger towards the dem establishment. we are living through a fascist powergrab and this man is going to be the governor of the most populous state in the us. dems slotted him after their previous pick was outed as a sex pest.
City Council’s Budget Accountability Coalition fires its first salvo in the upcoming budget battle, sending a letter today to @ChicagosMayor taking a hard no on a property tax hike or corporate head tax. Group of 29 alders calls for more efficiencies. @abc7chicago
🚨 BREAKING: In a major loss for voters, the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 to allow the Trump administration to initiate voter roll purges using a flawed database involving Americans' private data.
The ruling will disproportionately impact naturalized citizens who've been wrongly flagged in the system.
Microsoft has filed a patent for ads that could interrupt games after boss fights, cutscenes, quests and multiplayer rounds
Players would receive credits granting temporary game access, while watching an ad would award another credit to let them resume
@PaulVallas Seems the people who support the project the most are Senators Duckworth and Durbin and Sec. of Transportation Duffy. Rail improvements are desperately needed, where else is better to build?
@david2chicago@HeatherCherone@melodymercadotv@wttw “James Wyper, Stonepeak’s senior managing director, told a City Council committee that the firm believed the Trump administration’s ongoing mass deportation effort was “abhorrent” and was actively trying to sell Omni Air.”
The 100 wealthiest Americans now hold an estimated $5.5 trillion in net worth, which exceeds the $4.3 trillion combined total held by the entire bottom half of the U.S. population (roughly 66 million household), per CBS
@gatekeepchicago@cornoisseur That’s always the “answer”. We could audit to better our services and justify any “cuts”. Why not think of more ways to improve city revenue?