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The Bears safety knows how last year looked. He saw it just as clearly as you did.

“The numbers of licenses scanned demonstrates the broad reach to surveil and see where someone is,” a spokesman for the American Civil Liberties Union said about the 200 million plates logged last year. “It’s a lot of power.”

The 15-to-12 Budget Committee vote for Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s “Chicago Moves” program sets the stage for a full City Council showdown next week. The odds favor Lightfoot, but the outcome is by no means assured.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed a budget he said was designed to address past ‘fiscal mismanagement’ and ease the pain of residents socked by the pandemic and inflation. But Republicans dismissed it as nothing but temporary fixes and reelection campaign tricks.

The 1,500 members of the Chicago campus’ Graduate Employee Organization walked out over stalled contract bargaining.

Council members show up, on average, for four of every five required meetings, a new analysis by The Daily Line, WBEZ and Crain’s Chicago Business found.

“I love that everybody has a good time, and everybody is friendly,” said one diehard Sox fan at Guaranteed Rate Field on Tuesday for the game against the Seattle Mariners. “That’s what it should be about: safety and friendship and just meeting people.”

TaKorea Cocina’s owner said last year he paid nearly $100K to third-party apps, which have become so popular restaurants have no choice but to use them — even if it could force them out of business.

Josephine’s Cooking in Chatham hasn’t paid its property taxes in 12 years. Thanks to the actions of the Cook County Land Bank Authority, it’s avoided losing the property through a tax sale.

The annual Equal Pay Day Coalition study does not separate out white women, and does not examine the same professions nor the qualifications of either gender. The U.S. senator joins a growing number of Democratic politicians who have incorrectly cited the national study of the gender pay gap to…

In categories including budgeting and safety, LGBTQ leaders with Brave Space Alliance and Southsiders Organized for Unity and Liberation gave the mayor’s and the sheriff’s efforts on protecting trans rights an “F.”