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The cities say they buy tickets only for migrants who want to travel and they do not coerce people to leave. The vast majority were bus tickets, but Denver also purchased about 340 tickets for flights and 200 for train rides. Ewing gave a similar message regarding El Paso’s busing of migrants to Denver, saying the two cities have been in communication. New York City and Chicago also are limiting migrants' shelter stays. “We have other Democratic cities, Denver, California, L.A., sending their people to Chicago, New York.

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Jenkins denied a motion by McDonald's and Kempczinski to dismiss Peaster's race discrimination and retaliation claims. The judge did dismiss claims that McDonald's had created a hostile work environment and intentionally caused Peaster emotional distress. Carmen Caruso, a lawyer for Peaster, said he looks forward to bringing the surviving claims to trial. At a 2021 meeting at McDonald's corporate headquarters, Peaster, the company's vice president of global safety, security, and intelligence, said Kempczinski's response to the incident had been insufficient. Peaster claims that following the meeting, Kempczinski and other executives retaliated against him by refusing to meet with him and making it impossible for him to do his job.

Persons: Chris Kempczinski, District Judge Linsday Jenkins, Michael Peaster, Peaster, Jenkins, Kempczinski, McDonald's, Carmen Caruso, Lori Lightfoot, Daniel Wiessner, Alexia Garamfalvi, Bill Berkrot Organizations: McDonald's, McDonald's Corp, District, Chicago, Peaster, Thomson Locations: Chicago, U.S, Albany , New York

☆ Chicago and NASCAR, an Odd Couple With High Hopes, Take It to the Streets
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-02 | by ( Mitch Smith | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

A contractor at the track was electrocuted and died on Friday while final preparations for the race were underway. NASCAR’s visit to Chicago had been the subject of intense local debate since Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced it last summer without involving residents or City Council members in negotiations. Though NASCAR’s contract with Chicago calls for three years of racing, the new mayor, Brandon Johnson, could move to cancel the deal. “You can walk down the streets a little bit and not get recognized, so I hear a lot of conversations,” Mr. Wallace said. But you hear a lot of excitement, too.”Robert Chiarito contributed reporting.

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[1/4] Migrants, without a place to stay upon arrival in the city, seek safe shelter at the District 12 station of the Chicago Police Department in Chicago, Illinois, U.S. May 17, 2023. Some migrants seeking a safe place to sleep have turned to police stations. Earlier this month, Texas Governor Greg Abbott, a Republican, resumed a campaign of busing migrants to Democratic strongholds further north, including Chicago and New York City. The busing aims to alleviate pressure on border cities and call attention to what Abbott says were overly lenient policies by Biden's Democratic administration. New York City Mayor Eric Adams, a Democrat, has called on the Biden administration to provide more funding to cities receiving recently arrived migrants.

☆ What Chicago’s New Mayor Says About the City’s Biggest Challenges
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-15 | by ( Julie Bosman | Mitch Smith | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

It wasn’t long ago that Brandon Johnson, 47, was a county commissioner and teachers’ union organizer, unknown to many Chicagoans. On Monday he was sworn in as the city’s 57th mayor. He knocked out the incumbent mayor, Lori Lightfoot, in the first round of balloting in February, then beat Paul Vallas, a far more conservative and well-funded Democrat, in the runoff last month. Chicago’s downtown is emptier, its public schools have fewer students, and crime rates remain far higher than before the pandemic. In an interview last week at his transition office along the Chicago River, Mr. Johnson said he was cleareyed about the scope of the challenges awaiting him but confident about the city’s trajectory.

☆ Open-Armed Chicago Feels the Strains of a Migrant Influx
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-10 | by ( Julie Bosman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

CHICAGO — Bulging suitcases lined the wall of windows facing the street at a North Side police station in Chicago one morning this week. City officials and volunteers say the response to the influx has been fractured, as the chaotic reality of the migrant crisis in the United States strains the Democratic-run city’s resources for housing and feeding thousands of new arrivals. And the influx is expected only to increase after a change in federal rules takes effect on Thursday. For Chicago, the challenge is not merely a practical one, but also a test of the city’s own sense of identity. Since the late 19th century, when Jane Addams established Hull-House, a social settlement that drew migrants, Chicago has seen itself as an entry point for newcomers, a sanctuary city that welcomes people from the outside.

☆ New York Mayor Eric Adams to bus asylum seekers upstate, much like Texas Gov. Greg Abbott bussed asylum seekers to New York City
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-06 | by ( Katie Balevic | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Eric Adams is sending asylum seekers in New York City to upstate New York, drawing criticism from local officials. Greg Abbott for sending migrants from Texas to New York City. In doing so, Adams appears to be passing asylum seekers off – just as Texas Gov. Greg Abbott did when he had migrants bussed from his state to New York, the Associated Press reported. In the last year, some 60,000 asylum seekers have arrived in New York City, the mayor's office said in Friday's press release.

☆ Fact Check-Satirical article claims Chicago mayor Lori Lightfoot ‘executed at GITMO’
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-04 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

An article shared online claiming that Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot has been executed at Guantanamo Bay (GITMO) is from a satirical website whose stories are regularly debunked by Reuters Fact Check. Posts include a link to an article by Real Raw News (archive.is/N9CLZ) published on April 17, 2023. Representatives for Lightfoot did not immediately respond to Reuters’ requests for comment. The claim originated from a satirical website. This article was produced by the Reuters Fact Check team.

☆ Texas Gov. Greg Abbott told Chicago's mayor he'll continue to bus migrants out of Texas 'until Biden secures the border'
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-02 | by ( Madison Hall | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Greg Abbott said in a letter he'd continue bussing migrants out of Texas to sanctuary cities. The letter came after Chicago's mayor pleaded with him to stop sending migrants to the midwestern city. Greg Abbott told Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot he'd continue to bus migrants out of Texas "until Biden secures the border." In his response to Lightfoot, Abbott told Lightfoot she "must call on the Biden Administration to do its job" and stop migrants from illegally crossing into the country. In her letter to Abbott, struck back and noted that she'll request the federal government withhold all FEMA funds from Texas if the buses of migrants continue arriving in Chicago.

☆ Chicago’s Sanctuary City Awakening
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-26 | by ( The Editorial Board | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

Images: AP/Shutterstock/Reuters Composite: Mark KellyPosturing as a “sanctuary city” used to be fun when it meant resisting Donald Trump, but now the migrant crisis is everywhere. “We simply have no more shelters, spaces, or resources,” Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot says in a letter Sunday to Texas Gov. “Though I am sympathetic to the significant challenges that border cities face, this situation is completely untenable.”And the scales fall. That’s nothing next to El Paso, which this week declared a state of emergency, as it braces for the end of Title 42 pandemic expulsions. The El Paso Times cites estimates of about “10,000 to 12,000 migrants in Juárez,” waiting to cross into the U.S.

☆ Progressives to Challenge Adams Over Cuts to Schools and Libraries
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-18 | by ( Emma G. Fitzsimmons | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The fight is similar to others being waged across the country, as cities weigh the best approach to address crime, homelessness and poverty. In Chicago, Brandon Johnson, the progressive Democratic candidate for mayor, won this month on a public safety message that went beyond policing, and focused on youth employment programs and mental health services. Mr. Adams and his top political adviser, Evan Thies, each discounted the notion that the mayoral election in Chicago was a sign that Democratic values had shifted to the left, and that New York may follow suit. When Lori Lightfoot, the outgoing mayor of Chicago, lost in the first round of voting last month, Mr. Adams said he did not view her loss as a warning sign for himself. “Both Mayor Adams and Mayor-elect Johnson ran campaigns that prioritized safety and justice, and were supported by large Black electorates,” Mr. Thies said in a statement.

☆ What Walmart’s pullback from Chicago says about Corporate America’s limits
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-15 | by ( Nathaniel Meyersohn | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

New York CNN —A line of Chicago mayors heavily courted Walmart over the last two decades, brushing aside community protests. Chains like Dollar General and Family Dollar are expanding in low-income areas, but they don’t sell fresh groceries. Walmart is closing neighborhood markets around the country, and three of the four stores closing in Chicago fall into that category. In Chicago, Walmart is closing in both low-income and high-income areas, a sign that it’s struggling across the city. But it’s the stores in low-income areas that will feel the loss most.

☆ Why Walmart is closing half its stores in Chicago
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-12 | by ( Nathaniel Meyersohn | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Walmart announced Tuesday that next week it will close four poor-performing stores out of the eight it operates in Chicago. Now, it's closing four Chicago stores. Walmart said its remaining four Chicago stores “continue to face the same business difficulties,” but it believes closing these four will give the others the best chance of staying open. There were fears that Walmart and other businesses would leave Chicago, but Walmart pledged to stay and invest in the city. Some retailers have also cited higher levels of theft and other crime in their city stores.

☆ Walmart's plan to abruptly close 4 Chicago stores slammed as 'unethical' and 'unceremoniously abandoning these neighborhoods'
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-12 | by ( Ben Tobin | Dominick Reuter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Walmart announced this week that it is closing four stores in Chicago in a matter of days. Elected officials said that the decision to close the stores "worsens food deserts" in the area. In a rare press release on April 11 announcing store closures, Walmart said bluntly that these stores "have not been profitable since we opened the first one nearly 17 years ago." "Walmart's decision to close four stores in predominantly Black and Brown communities not only worsens food deserts, but will also increase grocery costs for families." The four Walmart stores closing in Chicago

☆ Democrats choose Chicago, a target of years of GOP attacks about crime, for 2024 convention
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-11 | by ( Nicole Gaudiano | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

With Chicago, Democrats chose a 2024 convention site that signals the significance of the Midwest. But the city has also been at the center of Democrats' weakest spot with voters: crime. Crime was a defining issue of the city's latest mayoral election that upended the city's Democratic leadership. And Republicans have long hammered the city's crime rates to put Democrats on the defensive. "Chicago is a vibrant, metropolitan city with neighborhoods that reflect the diversity of America," said Natalie Edelstein, a spokesperson for the city's convention bid.

☆ Chicago, the Second Tough-on-Crime City?
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-05 | by ( William A. Galston | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

Democrats who still deny the political potency of crime should take a hard look at the race for mayor of Chicago. The incumbent, Lori Lightfoot , mishandled the issue so badly that her re-election bid collapsed in the first round of voting. Mr. Johnson, an unabashed progressive, is a former social-studies teacher and organizer for the Chicago Teachers Union. Mr. Vallas has made a crackdown on crime the centerpiece of his campaign; Mr. Johnson once appeared to support reduced funding for police but now denies he ever did. Mr. Vallas is white and Mr. Johnson is black, which matters in a city whose long history of racial divisions has shaped disputes about law enforcement.

[1/2] Cook County commissioner and mayoral candidate Brandon Johnson campaigns a day ahead of the runoff election in Chicago, Illinois, U.S. April 3, 2023. REUTERS/Jim VondruskaCHICAGO, April 4 (Reuters) - Brandon Johnson was elected Chicago mayor on Tuesday, according to the Associated Press, defeating Paul Vallas in a runoff between two Democrats to take over a city grappling with crime, an issue that dominated the race. Johnson, a 47-year-old Cook County Commissioner, becomes the 57th mayor of the third-largest U.S. city, after incumbent Lori Lightfoot was eliminated from the race in February. Vallas called for more police officers, while Johnson suggested more mental health support and opportunities for young people. Johnson, a former Chicago teacher and union organizer, says he will promote 200 new detectives from the existing pool of police officers.

☆ Chicago Voters to Pick New Mayor as Crime Dominates Tight Race
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-04 | by ( Joe Barrett | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

CHICAGO—Residents of the nation’s third-largest city are heading to the polls on what is expected to be a wet, gloomy Tuesday to decide a contentious mayoral race that has focused heavily on public safety. Polls show a tight race with a slight lead for Paul Vallas , a moderate former head of public schools in Chicago and other big cities, who is running against fellow Democrat Brandon Johnson , a progressive Cook County commissioner and organizer for the Chicago Teachers Union. Mr. Vallas was the top vote-getter in the first round of voting and Mr. Johnson came in second. Mayor Lori Lightfoot came in third in the February election and didn’t make the runoff.

☆ Brandon Johnson Defeats Paul Vallas to Become Chicago Mayor
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-04 | by ( Joe Barrett | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

CHICAGO—Brandon Johnson, a Cook County Board commissioner with strong backing from the Chicago Teachers Union, pulled an upset victory over former schools chief Paul Vallas to become mayor of the nation’s third-largest city after a contentious race focused on public safety. Mr. Vallas had been ahead in recent polls and came in first in the initial round of voting in February. Mr. Johnson had come in second, squeezing out Mayor Lori Lightfoot , who came in third and didn’t make the runoff.

☆ Chicago mayoral election live results: Brandon Johnson and Paul Vallas face off in runoff election
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-04 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Brandon Johnson and Paul Vallas are facing off in the Chicago mayoral runoff election. The winning candidate will succeed Mayor Lori Lightfoot, who was the third-place finisher in the initial Feb. 28 mayoral election behind Vallas and Johnson, respectively, missing her chance to compete in the runoff. Garcia came in fourth place in the February mayoral election; in 2015, he was also a mayoral candidate, forcing then-Mayor Rahm Emanuel into a runoff election, which he eventually lost. According to the Illinois State Board of Elections, Vallas raised $6.4 million in the lead-up to the initial February mayoral election and has raked in at least $10.9 million since March 1. Johnson raised nearly $4 million before the February election and has taken in at least $5.8 million since March 1.

☆ Chicago Mayor Runoff Election Results
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-04 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

In the race to lead America’s third-largest city, Paul Vallas, a former public schools executive, is facing Brandon Johnson, a county commissioner and union organizer. The candidates come from opposite ideological ends of the Democratic Party, with Mr. Vallas calling for a crackdown on crime and Mr. Johnson seeking expanded social programs and new taxes. The incumbent, Mayor Lori Lightfoot, did not qualify for the runoff. Full results from the general election ›

☆ Chicago to elect new mayor as crime emerges as key issue
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-04 | by ( Brendan O'Brien | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

CHICAGO, April 4 (Reuters) - Crime is the central issue in Tuesday's mayoral runoff in Chicago, where voters are choosing between two candidates with contrasting approaches to public safety. Former Chicago Public Schools CEO Paul Vallas calls for more cops; Cook County Commissioner Brandon Johnson calls for more mental health support and opportunities for young people. Johnson, a former Chicago teacher and union organizer, says he will promote 200 new detectives from the existing pool of police officers. A poll last week by Emerson College Polling, WGN-TV and The Hill showed Vallas leading Johnson by 5 points, with 13% undecided. Reporting by Brendan O'Brien in Chicago; Editing by Donna Bryson and Matthew LewisOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

CHICAGO — Former Rep. Bobby Rush, a longtime African American leader in Illinois, plans to throw his support behind Paul Vallas in the mayor’s race, providing Vallas a potential boost among Black voters heading into next month’s election. The endorsement announcement, first shared with NBC News by Vallas’ campaign, is expected Tuesday morning. Rush plans to offer his backing at an event on the city’s South Side that will include an anti-violence march, according to a spokeswoman for the Vallas campaign. Chicago mayoral candidate Paul Vallas speaks during a press conference at his campaign headquarters on Feb. 3, 2023 in Chicago. Al Sharpton, who’s a host on MSNBC, is set to hold a large get-out-the-vote rally at a church whose pastor has backed Johnson.

☆ Fact Check-Picture does not show Lori Lightfoot buying beer after losing re-election bid
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-07 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

A months-old picture of Chicago’s incumbent Mayor Lori Lightfoot buying beer has been shared online as if taken in February 2023, after she lost her re-election bid. The image has been shared on Facebook (bit.ly/3yeNVxk) and Twitter (here) with captions such as: “Losing my election and immediately crushing 24 chilly ones.”In fact, the photo dates from at least October 2022, months before Lightfoot lost her election bid. One TikTok user shared it on Oct. 4, along with footage that shows Lightfoot shopping (bit.ly/3L9i34S). One of the users sharing the claim on Twitter seemingly acknowledged it was meant as a joke. A picture of Lori Lightfoot buying beer dates from at least October 2022.

☆ Who Will Save Chicago?
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-02 | by ( The Editorial Board | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot speaks during election night rally at Mid-America Carpenters Regional Council on February 28. By denying Mayor Lori Lightfoot a spot in the April 4 runoff, they delivered accountability for failure and provided some hope that the city might arrest its decline. Mayor Lightfoot blamed race and gender bias for her loss, but it’s hard to pin that on a city that voted for her overwhelmingly four years ago. In 2019 she swept all 50 city wards because she campaigned as a feisty outsider who would challenge the Chicago machine. Once in office she lost her way when she focused on progressive identity politics rather than solving the city’s problems.

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