Daywatch: Digging into the numbers in Johnson’s budget
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Good morning, Chicago.
A partial solar eclipse will be visible in the Chicago area this Saturday — if clouds and weather cooperate — and the Adler Planetarium wants to help you watch.
The eclipse will be visible beginning at 10:37 a.m. Oct. 14 in the Chicago area, according to the Adler, reach its peak at 11:58 a.m. and last until 1:22 p.m. A solar eclipse occurs when the moon passes between Earth and the sun, casting a shadow on Earth. At the height of this eclipse, about 43% of the sun will be covered as seen from Chicago.
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Jones College Prep names new principal nearly a year after previous one resigned amid controversy
Nearly a year after long-simmering equity issues at William Jones College Prep erupted with a student sit-in and prompted the resignation of then Principal Joseph Powers, the Local School Council voted to hire a new principal Wednesday.
Digging into the numbers in Mayor Brandon Johnson’s budget
Mayor Brandon Johnson unveiled his first budget on Wednesday, a $16.6 billion proposal that he says begins to deliver on his progressive promises while keeping property taxes steady and addressing the burgeoning migrant crisis.
A look at the budget by the numbers.
Cook County prosecutors drop charges against man accused in rapper’s slaying amid allegations of prosecutorial misconduct
Cook County prosecutors on Wednesday dropped all charges against a 55-year-old man who spent more than 16 years incarcerated in the 2006 home invasion and slaying of a popular rapper following allegations that police and the assistant state’s attorney on the case buried evidence that pointed to another suspect.
‘You added another star to Chicago’s Walk of Shame’: Berrios son-in-law gets 5 1/2 years in prison in bribery case involving two state legislators
James Weiss, the son-in-law of former Cook County Democratic boss Joseph Berrios, was sentenced to 5 ½ years in prison Wednesday in a bribery case that has elements of the sweepstakes gaming business, political corruption, a state senator turned government mole, and alleged mob ties.
Metra proposes new set of fares in 2024 budget
The budget comes as the commuter rail service’s ridership remains below pre-pandemic levels, with many white-collar workers continuing to work from home at least a few days a week, and as the agency is now lowering its projected future ridership increases. In September, the average number of weekday riders was 54% of pre-pandemic levels.
‘I’ll Have What She’s Having’ gives history of Jewish delis at Holocaust Museum
Corned beef. Kishke. Chopped liver. Kosher dill pickles.
Those are a few of the things that come to mind when you think of Jewish delis. But there’s a lot more to learn about them than favorite foods as you will discover at the Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center’s exhibit “‘I’ll Have What She’s Having’: The Jewish Deli,” which opens on Oct. 22 and runs through April 14, 2024.
Column: Chicago Bears QB Justin Fields feels like he’s ‘just playing ball’ after career-best starts, but growth is key
A long weekend coming off the most complete performance in Justin Fields’ three seasons gave the Chicago Bears quarterback an opportunity to reflect, writes Brad Biggs.
The passing game in the last two games has looked, well, like a full-fledged attack and that’s not something we’ve seen with any regularity in these parts. Whether Fields reflected or not, he didn’t have anything revelatory to share about what those at Halas Hall have to hope is a breakthrough.
The Siskel & Ebert rivalry, and its legacy, comes alive in the new book ‘Opposable Thumbs’
The book “Opposable Thumbs: How Siskel & Ebert Changed Movies Forever” comes out Oct. 24. It’s a sharp-witted account of how these two neatly contrasting Chicago media paragons no longer with us — Siskel died of a brain tumor in 1999 at age 53; Ebert died at age 70 of thyroid cancer in 2013 — learned how to argue about movies on TV and made a few million in the process.
Tribune critic Michael Phillips speaks with author Matt Singer, who is a self-described “obsessive Siskel and Ebert fan.”
‘Frasier’ review: Rebooted and relocated to Boston, but did they leave the comedy in Seattle?
If only the “Frasier” revival for Paramount+ conjured anything close to the effervescent wit of the Seattle-set original, which ran for 11 seasons on NBC from 1993 to 2004, writes critic Nina Metz. Or even the comedic zing of “Cheers,” where the character first sprang to life in 1984 as an unlikely but winning addition to the cast, the annoyingly cultured Harvard-trained windbag to the show’s shabbier Boston barflies.
