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Hey Chicago(land)! Is anyone else binging “All Her Fault” on Peacock? It’s basically a less artful “Big Little Lies” … set on the North Shore. The kidnapping mystery follows girl bosses in Wilmette, yet there’s enough Bean B-roll to make you laugh out loud. |
| Before you get too excited: Most scenes were filmed in Australia — even the Chicago Marathon set piece 🙄 |
| Oh well, I’m not above a pulpy whodunnit. No spoilers please! |
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| What Chicago's Talking About | Scuffles at Broadview Prompt 21 Arrests | Protests outside the ICE facility in Broadview Friday erupted into scuffles, injuring four police officers. Illinois State Police and Cook County sheriff’s officers then arrested 21 demonstrators, including faith leaders. [Sun-Times] |
| Johnson Reduces Proposed Corporate Tax Hike | Mayor Brandon Johnson now proposes a per-person tax of $21 for companies with 200 or more employees, to generate an estimated $82 million. The move walks back his original tax hike, which would have applied to businesses with more than 100 employees. [WTTW] | | | What Happens When A Charter School Closes? | The Chicago Board of Education recently voted to keep ChiArts open after talks of closing the public fine arts school. However, the public charter school EPIC Academy will close. Chalkbeat's Bureau Chief Becky Vevea breaks down the decision on today’s podcast — plus, what happens when a charter school closes in Chicago. [City Cast Chicago 🎧] |
| | What the Federal Hemp Ban Means for Chicago Businesses | The bill that ended the government shutdown also effectively banned hemp products, ending the great hemp debate that’s rocked City Hall. Now, the hundreds of local businesses that sell hemp products have one year to pull them from shelves. [Block Club] | |
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| An ‘Operation Midway Blitz’ Timeline | | Last week, rumors swirled that Border Patrol was heading out of Chicago. Cmdr. Greg Bovino has since left for North Carolina. As for his 200-plus agents — who’ve made more arrests than ICE — the exit timeline is unclear. |
| Feds in Chicago loom large regardless, with over 3,000 arrested since June. At this crossroads, we’re taking a look back at the last two months specifically: “Operation Midway Blitz.” |
| 2 Months of “Midway Blitz” |
| - Oct. 4: A woman in Brighton Park is shot five times by a Customs and Border Protection agent. Protests follow in the neighborhood, met with tear gas.
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- Oct. 17: Illinois State Police officers usher roughly 100 Broadview protesters into the street. Then, activists say, ISP attacked them with billy clubs.
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- Oct. 23: On the second day in a row of aggressive Little Village raids, Bovino hurls tear gas into a crowd, apparently violating Judge Sara Ellis’ restriction on force. He later admits he was not struck with a rock first.
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- Nov. 8: Shots are fired at feds in Little Village as raids continue in the neighborhood. The same day, feds pepper spray a baby girl in Cicero.
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- Nov. 12: A judge orders the release of 300-plus people detained by ICE between June and October without arrests. He suspects hundreds more were made without warrants, too.
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| 🫡 Till tomorrow, friends! |
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