Good afternoon! It’s Wednesday, and Jesse McCartney and Deborah Cox are amongst this 12 months’s Delight Fest headliners. Right here’s what else you want to know in the present day.
The county has budgeted $15 million this 12 months for this system, which might assist about 13,600 individuals, my colleague Kristen Schorsch stories for WBEZ.
“There are tens of 1000’s of those that have had a property tax enhance of fifty%,” stated Prepare dinner County Commissioner Bridget Gainer, a North Facet Democrat who’s spearheading the trouble. “It is a systemic difficulty of the unpredictability.”
The funds could be a part of the county’s home-owner aid fund commissioners permitted final fall. Now they’re shaping what this system would appear to be, similar to who could be eligible and the way a lot they might obtain.
The board is predicted to contemplate a contract tomorrow with Denver-based AidKit to run this system, county data present. AidKit would develop the applying and web site, overview functions and decide candidates to obtain funds.
About 112,000 households may very well be eligible and AidKit may use a lottery system to pick out candidates, county data present, much like the county’s assured revenue pilot program. [WBEZ]
2. The Trump administration froze $790 million in funding for Northwestern College
The pause comes amid a civil rights investigation into antisemitism on the college, and a spokesman stated Northwestern has not gotten official discover from the federal government, Lisa Kurian Philip stories for WBEZ.
In a press release, Northwestern spokesman Jon Yates stated the college was “knowledgeable by members of the media that the federal authorities plans to freeze a good portion of our federal funding. The college has not obtained any official notification from the federal authorities.”
Yates stated federal funds “drive modern and life-saving analysis.” As examples, he cited “the latest growth by Northwestern researchers of the world’s smallest pacemaker, and analysis fueling the combat towards Alzheimer’s illness.”
The Trump administration additionally froze greater than $1 billion earmarked for Cornell College in New York. [WBEZ]
Officers within the Close to West District have been directed to tell the U.S. Division of Homeland Safety about arrests involving suspected associates of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua in October 2023, my colleagues Tom Schuba, Elvia Malagón and Mitchell Armentrout report.
Police have been additionally instructed to flag the Crime Prevention and Info Heart, a federally funded fusion middle that coordinates intelligence and legislation enforcement efforts amongst native, state and federal businesses.
Chicago’s Welcoming Metropolis ordinance and Illinois’ TRUST Act prohibit police officers from aiding federal immigration enforcement and investigating or inquiring about somebody’s immigration standing typically. However native officers can nonetheless cooperate with federal prison investigations.
Mayor Brandon Johnson’s workplace disavowed the directive, saying it “doesn’t mirror the method to group security beneath the Johnson Administration.” [Chicago Sun-Times]
4. The CTA is about to interrupt floor on its Purple Line extension mission in early 2026
Building crews have began demolishing buildings and relocating energy traces within the observe path, Cindy Hernandez stories for the Chicago Solar-Occasions.
The 5.5-mile extension will likely be divided into six zones, with every zone having a couple of two-year building timeline, stated Rob Cheeseman, senior mission supervisor at Walsh Building, which is a part of the workforce constructing the Purple Line extension from ninety fifth Avenue to one hundred and thirtieth. The objective is to finish your complete mission by 2030.
The extension will run on elevated tracks from ninety fifth Avenue to 119th Avenue, then transfer to floor degree from 119th Avenue to one hundred and thirtieth Avenue. The mission will even embrace 4 stations that will likely be constructed close to 103rd Avenue, 111th Avenue, Michigan Avenue and one hundred and thirtieth Avenue. [Chicago Sun-Times]
5. Twenty years in, classical stars Third Coast Percussion maintain upping the ante
The classical supergroup brings residence its collaboration with dancemaker Twyla Tharp the identical weekend as a daring new album launch, Courtney Kueppers stories for WBEZ.
Third Coast’s buzzy partnership arrives this week at Chicago’s Harris Theater after stops in Minneapolis, New York and Washington, D.C., that left loads of important reward of their wake.
These reveals are only one piece of Third Coast’s jam-packed 12 months. The group is celebrating its twentieth anniversary with a brand new album (out this Friday) and a one-day competition in Chicago this summer season. Plus, they’re hitting the street once more quickly, heading to South America and past. [WBEZ]
Right here’s what else is occurring
- Shares surged after Trump introduced a 90-day pause on tariffs, however he raised taxes on China. [AP]
- A minimum of 98 individuals have died after a roof collapsed at a Dominican Republic nightclub. [AP]
- Chicago State College has named its first soccer coach. [Chicago Sun-Times]
- Riot Fest secured a take care of the Chicago Park District to stay in Douglass Park by 2027. [WBEZ]
Oh, and another factor …
Veteran Roasters is a small nonprofit espresso firm devoted to hiring at-risk and homeless navy veterans, Mariah Rush stories for the Chicago Solar-Occasions.
With current cafes within the Loop and at O’Hare Airport, the group has large plans to broaden into Pullman with a 16,000-square-foot espresso roastery, retail cafe, restaurant and brewery, the place it’s going to rent extra veterans.
“In Chicago, there have been 2,000 homeless veterans, and it simply appeared to me that … effectively, I understood the warfare effort,” stated co-founder Mark Doyle, a political advisor who has served as a civilian contractor in Afghanistan. “Individuals who wore the uniform shouldn’t be dwelling in shelters and shouldn’t be dwelling on the road, and so I simply needed to do one thing regionally to make a distinction.” [Chicago Sun-Times]
Inform me one thing good …
What’s your favourite springtime recipe? Bonus factors in case you ship the precise recipe.
Morgan writes:
“This toasted quinoa salad represents the contemporary flavors of spring to me with asparagus and snap peas. Better of all, it does the inconceivable, make me love consuming quinoa — not less than on this crunchy toasted type!”
And Martin writes:
“My favourite spring (or every other season) recipe comes from Eric Kim of The New York Occasions.
I substitute Frontier Coop Chipotle Smoked Jalapeños for the Piment d’Espelette, and it really works nice; spicy and smokey.”
Be happy to e-mail me, and your response could also be included within the publication this week.
