MAYOR’s COMMS SHUFFLE NOW URLACHER SEEKS RE-ELECTION TEACHER TALKS STALL, KIDS STILL HOME
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Lori Lightfoot’s communications office for nearly 18 months, is leaving, and
Kate LeFurgy, deputy director of the office, is stepping up.
“Kate has played a critical part in navigating our city through the enormous challenges of the last year,” Lightfoot said in a statement. “She is fiercely committed to our mission of building a transparent, responsive city government that reflects the experience and needs of our residents, and I’m thrilled to have her stepping into this leadership role.”
The 19th Amendment and its legacy: Fights remain for voting inclusivity
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During and after the 2020 election, countless news articles were devoted to the voting impact of women: suburban women, Black women, white women, older women, younger women, college-educated women, high school-educated women and just about every other category in which they could be sliced, diced and otherwise grouped.
And indeed, women did have an outsized effect on the election. Black women helped propel Democrat Joseph R. Biden into the presidency, with about 90% backing the former vice president on his way to reaching an historic high of 81.3 million votes. Majorities of Latina voters and suburban white women with college degrees also backed Biden.
Adam Ballard of the disability rights group Access Living: “I have a huge concern that, once the pandemic is over, it’s going to be really hard to find a cab” through the Taxi Access Program. It provides disabled people with government-subsidized taxi service for just $3 a ride.
Access Living
Nearly 7,000 taxis once roamed the streets of Chicago. But, with just 1,059 cabs making at least one trip between October and December, people with disabilities are worried about the future of government-subsidized taxi service they rely on.
It’s called the Taxi Access Program, it’s run by PACE, and it provides subsidized, on-demand cab trips around Chicago for just $3.
-The Los Angeles Rams and Pepsi partnered with Albertsons/Vons/Pavilions, Operation Progress and content creators Shamrock Studio / DLP Media Group, for this “Fighting For Light, The Concrete Rose” effort documenting the story of amateur boxer
Meryland Gonzalez, a 14-year-old Watts-native and nine-time national boxing champion determined to thrive in the face of difficult surroundings (video above).
“This film has been a labor of love,” said DLP Media Group head of production Matt Schlef, who directed the documentary, said in a statement. :Meryland is not only a fighter, she is a natural talent, gifted in so many ways. This unique film could not have happened without her and her wonderful family. And the collaboration with our partners including Pepsi, AVP and the Rams, helped make this an aspirational piece of content, and a truly memorable experience.”
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Good Monday morning, Illinois. Just because it’s the shortest day of the year doesn’t mean there will be any less news.
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Chicago corporation counsel Mark Flessner stepped down Sunday in the wake of recent disclosures about a police raid gone wrong that have struck the biggest upset of Mayor