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An elderly man warms his hands by the fire he created across the street from a homeless encampment under a major interstate freeway Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2024, in Chicago. Millions of Americans face below-zero temperatures as storms bring a blast of Arctic air, snow and ice. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Judge blocks Trump admin changes that could have forced 170,000 families into homelessness

HUD's funding changes would have significantly increased the homeless population of every state across the country, with homelessness numbers in cities like Chicago sharply increasing, according to projections.

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Chicago US pools close, go without lifeguards amid labor shortage By ARLEIGH RODGERS and CLAIRE SAVAGE Associated Press/Report for America – 6/21/22

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Manager Ashley Ford strode the perimeter of one of Indianapolis’ five open swimming pools, monitoring kids as they jumped off a diving board or careened into the water ...

Chicago OPINION: 17 candidates on a single ballot? I have a sensible answer to that absurd problem By Eric Zorn – 6/20/22

Elections, including and especially primaries, ought to be about measuring the will of the majority, Eric Zorn argues. So once again, Eric Zorn is making the case for ranked-choice voting in multicandidate races.

Chicago Chicago curfew tightened after killing near ‘Bean’ sculpture By KATHLEEN FOODY and DON BABWIN Associated Press – 5/16/22

CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot tightened a citywide curfew for young people on Monday, a day after she restricted access by unaccompanied minors to downtown Chicago’s Millennium ...

Chicago Pulitzer Prizes award Washington Post for Jan. 6 coverage By Associated Press – 5/09/22

NEW YORK (AP) — The Washington Post won the Pulitzer Prize in public service journalism Monday for its coverage of the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, an attack on democracy that was a ...

Chicago Boeing will move its headquarters to DC area from Chicago By DAVID KOENIG and SARAH RANKIN Associated Press – 5/05/22

Boeing Co. said Thursday it will move its headquarters from Chicago to the Washington, D.C., area, where company executives would be closer to key federal government officials. The company said it ...

Chicago Patrick Lyoya shooting raises issue of officer name release By COREY WILLIAMS and DON BABWIN Associated Press – 4/19/22

Patrick Lyoya’s father says he and his family have a right to know the name of the white officer who fatally shot the 26-year-old Black man. But the police chief in Grand Rapids, Michigan, says ...

Chicago Mask mandates go away in schools, but parent worries persist By PHILIP MARCELO and DAVE COLLINS Associated Press – 3/07/22

Major school districts around the country are allowing students into classrooms without masks for the first time in nearly two years, eliminating rules that stirred up intense fights among educators, ...

Chicago Minnesota GOP attorney general candidates: Staffers were at Jan. 6, rioters were ‘improperly prosecuted’ By Austin Linfante – 2/10/22

Three Minnesota GOP attorney general candidates, including 2018 party nominee Doug Wardlow, expressed support for the Jan. 6 rioters at a January forum. The candidates gave both sentimental and ...

Chicago Chicago schools shut for 2nd day over virus safety protocols By SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press – 1/06/22

CHICAGO (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of Chicago students remained out of school for a second straight day Thursday after leaders of the nation’s third-largest school district failed to ...

Chicago Chicago cancels classes after union backs remote learning By SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press – 1/05/22

CHICAGO (AP) — Leaders of Chicago Public Schools canceled classes Wednesday after the teachers union voted to switch to remote learning due to the surge in COVID-19 cases, the latest development in ...

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