Mariah Woelfel

The groups want the highest court to stop the effort to allow voters to approve increasing a sales tax on high-end properties before the March 19 primary.

A Night Ministry case manager checks on people living in tents on Lower Wacker Drive, Thursday, Aug. 24, 2023. The Illinois Supreme Court declined to take up a challenge to a Chicago referendum on whether to increase a tax to support homelessness prevention programming. Ashlee Rezin / Chicago Sun-Times

People hang around outside of a migrant shelter Wednesday, March 13, 2024, in the Pilsen neighborhood of Chicago. On Friday, Mayor Brandon Johnson's administration announced it will proceed with evicting those who have been in a shelter for 60 days except for migrant families with children and those who've been affected by a measles outbreak. Erin Hooley / Associated Press

La decisión de la Corte Suprema de Illinois concretiza el referéndum en la boleta electoral, que pregunta si la Ciudad de Chicago debería aumentar un impuesto sobre la venta de propiedades de lujo para recaudar ingresos para enfrentar la falta de vivienda.

Some Chicago City Council members urged more oversight of which projects Johnson’s plan would fund, while supporters said it would be a much needed boon to housing and city development.

The Associated Press called it for opponents, as voters reject an effort to authorize a tax increase on the sale of high-end properties to raise money for homelessness prevention.

Zachary Kam, a U.S. Marine veteran, set fire to an American flag to protest the killing of Palestinians and to call for the cancelation of the Democratic National Convention expected in Chicago in August. Courtesy of Behind Enemy Lines

Conservative city council members called a special meeting to castigate Sigcho-Lopez for his attendance at the rally.

On Chicago’s far Southwest Side, there’s an area that was never incorporated into surrounding Cook County. This municipal ‘dead zone’ is Mount Greenwood Cemetery.

Johnson’s support of the Bears’ plan raised questions, including from one progressive leader who said they’re not elected to subsidize multi-billion dollar corporations.