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CHICAGO - Letter carriers and their supporters rallied to demand improved safety measures during a statewide day of action.
Eight organizations joined forces to prioritize the protection of postal workers, who have faced increasing dangers on the job.
Union leaders report that over the past two years, more than 140 letter carriers have been attacked in Chicago alone.
Three members of Congress — including U.S. Rep. Jesus “Chuy” Garcia — are pushing back against Mayor Brandon Johnson’s reliance on federal air traffic safety rules to justify his decision to use a former National Guard armory as an equipment storehouse instead of a new Southwest Side police district.
CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) - There’s a renewed push to turn an abandoned armory on Chicago’s Southwest Side into a police station.
The Midway Armory at 63rd and Long has sat vacant for several years. State officials have agreed to sell the building to the City of Chicago for just $1 in hopes that it would become a new police station in a part of the city with the fewest officers per capita.
Those plans have hit a roadblock, with Mayor Johnson aiming to use the National Guard building for storage and aviation-related operations.
CHICAGO — Congressman Jesús “Chuy” García (IL-04) issued the following statement in support of opening a new police station at the Midway Armory. The armory, located at 63rd and Long, has been closed and unused for seven years, and Gov. JB Pritzker signed legislation to transfer the armory for $1 from the state to the city for a new police district station.
CHICAGO — Congressman Jesús “Chuy” García (IL-04) issued the following statement a year after the Hamas’ attack on Israel:
WASHINGTON, DC — Reps. Jesús “Chuy” García (IL-04) and Joyce Beatty (OH-03), Ranking Member of the House Financial Services Subcommittee on National Security, Illicit Finance, and International Financial Institutions, led 11 Members of Congress in a letter urging Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen to use the United States’ voice and vote at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to push for the elimination of harmful IMF surcharges that burden debt-stricken countries.
After promising mass deportations of illegal immigrants, former President Donald Trump is now vowing to come for those admitted into the United States under programs established to protect migrants from certain countries.
WASHINGTON – Today, Representative Jesús "Chuy" García (IL-04), along with Representative Greg Casar (TX-35), co-founder of the Global Migration Caucus, and U.S.
Across campus this month and into mid-October, students, staff, alumni and Chicago’s Latino community are celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month with art, music, dance, talks and more. There has been an exhibit of traditional Latino devotional prayer and memory quilts and a volunteer day to clean up a local park. And many more events are planned into October.