The Chicago Housing Authority (CHA) has accused 17 employees of defrauding the federal Payroll Protection Program (PPP). One of the accused resigned and the other 16 were terminated after the CHA’s inspector general conducted an internal investigation. The workers left their place of employment on July 15, 2022. A spokesperson for the Chicago Housing Authority […]
Chicago, IL, June 8, 2022 – The Mayor’s office today announced that the largest ever drug arrest diversion program in the U.S. has expanded its eligibility criteria to reach even more residents in the nation’s third-largest city. The City of Chicago’s Narcotics Arrest Diversion Program (NADP) offers individuals arrested on low-level narcotics offenses the opportunity […]
Chicago’s Board of Education has added a community activist to its’ council. Joyce Chapman has been appointed to the board by Mayor Lori Lightfoot. The Board of Education has not had a full seven members on the council in over a year. Chapman is filling the seat left empty by former member Amy Rome. After […]
