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The $150 million in Mayor Brandon Johnson’s $16.6 billion budget is only “half of the projected amount necessary to care for asylum seekers,” the Civic Federation noted in its annual review of the city budget.

Leaders should stop playing coy about key resignations at the Illinois Emergency Management Agency. Just last week, the director’s executive assistant quit when the Sun-Times pressed her about billings that reached $48K a month.

Under pressure to get migrants off the floors of police stations and airports, the committee acted over the objections of South Side Ald. Ronnie Mosley (21st).

Mason Ellens ran the opening kickoff back 92 yards for a touchdown to put the Hilltoppers ahead to stay and played effective defense on Purdue-bound receiver Luke Williams.

The South Bend native is the point guard the Sky desperately need.

Without the three-part investigation ‘Extremism in the Ranks,” how long would the problem of Oath Keepers and other extremists in the Chicago Police Department have been left to fester?

Battle is one of the area’s more dynamic running backs, with the speed to run away from defenders and the strength to shake off tackles.

Police with extremist ties are a clear and present danger to normal society and responsible law enforcement, a Hyde Park letter writer says.

The Eagles open the postseason at 2 p.m. Saturday against Peru St. Bede (5-4) at Altgeld Park on the West Side.

His spokesman says it was an “oversight” that Harmon’s campaign funds took the money after the Oak Park Democrat voted to ban contributions from red-light camera operators.

On top of being a five-time All-Star, Weatherspoon was named Defensive Player of the Year in the league’s first two seasons (1997, 1998.) Her team, she said, will hang their hats on the defensive side of the ball. Weatherspoon already has players that can fulfill those expectations.