Chicago Politics
City council OKs $16.7B budget, 30% increase in spending
Included in the budget is a 30% increase in spending on an array of programs using an infusion of federal funds.
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Crime
Suburban Northbrook tech executive guilty of illegally exporting computer equipment to Pakistan Government
From 2006 to 2015 he conspired with his company’s employees in Pakistan to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act by exporting computer equipment from the U.S. to the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission and a research institute that trained the agency’s engineers and scientists.
Crime
Rockford man faces life in prison, convicted of 2015 violent crime spree
Rickey Claybron and his co-conspirators were convicted of a series of violent retail robberies that occurred in Rockford from October through November of 2015.
Illinois News
UAW member hit, killed by car near John Deere picket line
The man was struck at about 6 a.m. CDT at an intersection near a road that leads to the John Deere Parts Distribution Center in Milan, Illinois, Police Chief Shawn Johnson said.
Business
Boeing posts $109 million Q3 loss amid jet production issues
Boeing said Wednesday it is building about two 787s a month and expects to stay at that low rate until deliveries resume. Problems including fuselage flaws are expected to cause $1 billion in "abnormal costs," the company said, including a $183 million charge recorded in the Q3.
Chicago Journal
Bowman out as GM of US men's Olympic hockey team
USA Hockey announced the move Tuesday, saying a replacement would be named in the near future.
Crime
Update: Boy shot while trying to steal XBox in online meetup sale has died, brother charged
We had previously reported the boy was 15-years-old, but authorities now say the boy was 14-years-old. His 19-year-old brother, Oscar Alvarez, Jr., has been charged.
Law
Illinois Senate OKs repealing abortion parental notification
Despite support from nearly three-quarters of Illinoisans in favor of parental notification of under-18 abortion, Illinois Senate Democrats moved forward with a proposal to repeal the law requiring parental notification of an abortion under 18 years old.
Chicago Journal
Cause of Montana Amtrak derailment still under investigation
Killed in the accident were Margie and Don Vardahoe, a Georgia couple on a cross-country trip to mark their 50th wedding anniversary, and Zachariah Schneider, 28, a software developer from Illinois.
Blackhawks
Blackhawks GM resigns, team fined after sexual assault probe
The news comes after an independent review in response to two lawsuits filed against the franchise: one alleging sexual assault by then-assistant coach Brad Aldrich during the team's Stanley Cup run in 2010, another was filed by a former student whom Aldrich was convicted of assaulting in Michigan.
Chicago Journal
McDonald's workers in 12 cities strike again to protest workplace harassment
This is the fifth time since 2018 that McDonald's workers have struck the company over what they say are inadequate efforts to stop sexual harassment in its stores. At least 50 workers have filed charges against McDonald's alleging verbal and physical harassment over the last five years.
Law
Judge sets final ground rules for Rittenhouse trial evidence
The hearing was likely the last before Rittenhouse goes on trial Nov. 1 for the shootings during chaotic demonstrations in Kenosha on Aug. 25, 2020.