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Cook County Treasurer Says Vacant And Abandoned Properties Are Sucking Up Tax Revenue, Wants To Make It Easier To Auction Them OffThousands of abandoned and vacant properties are costing Cook County taxpayers over $1 billion in lost property tax revenue.
Lightfoot's Nomination Of New COPA Chief Stalls Amid Protest From Aldermen Angered By Report Recommending Discipline For Slain Officer Ella FrenchThe chair of the Public Safety Committee called off a vote on Andrea Kersten's nomination to be the permanent leader of COPA, after several aldermen voiced strong opposition.
Aldermen To Debate Mayor's Controversial Proposal To Sue Gang Members And Seek To Seize Their Assets“This is not an effort to try to take grandma’s house, as a lot of people I think expressed concerns about," Lightfoot said on Thursday.
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Bucktown Woman Shaken After Being Carjacked During Saturday Morning Spree, And She's Not The First Victim In Her FamilyAt this point, neighbors in on area of Bucktown are afraid to warm up their cars, or dig out the snow with the car running.
Chicago Weather: Dangerous Wind Chills For Next 2 NightsThe coldest air of the season so far is in the forecast, with the next two nights featuring dangerously cold wind chills.
Chicago White Sox Take Action After CBS 2 Investigators Expose Parking Scam Outside Sports Venues: Fans Getting Ripped Off By Conmen, Then Hit With Parking TicketsNew developments in a parking scam first exposed by the CBS 2 Investigators. Conmen have been ripping off fans outside Chicago sports venues for years. Posing as parking attendants, they lure in fans, take their cash and often guide them into illegal parking spots. Those fans later find parking tickets from the city on their cars.
Now one sports team, the Chicago White Sox, plans to take action to try to protect fans.