>> Good evening and thanks for joining us on the weekend review.

I'm Nick Blumberg, Mayor Brandon Johnson visit Springfield to bang the drum for revenue to local governments and push back on bears, incentives.

>> In order for us to ensure that our local municipalities, have the support and the funds to protect working people.

We're calling on the General Assembly to do what's right.

>> But with the end of session fast approaching and lawmakers eager to keep the bears in state, it's not clear if those demands will land.

>> They know the ice is still present in our communities and that they are swept up in the next mass deportation operation.

Dhaka may no longer offer that protection that it offered to them in the past.

>> Growing fears as Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals.

Recipients face lengthy renewal, delays.

Meantime, Illinois State Police launch an investigation into a fatal shooting by federal immigration agents last year.

Unfortunately or Chicago consumers.

>> Peoples Gas has been a rate hike machine.

Utility watchdogs and the state attorney general slam People's Gas is skyrocketing.

Proposed rates.

>> And speaking of the skies, it's a bird bonanza as Chicago sees its first eaglet born in more than a century and female piping plover his return to area beaches.

And now to our week in review clovers at panel.

Sorry joining us, our Rob heart of WBBM NewsRadio.

>> Teams found Ellis of the Chicago Sun-Times, our own Patty wet Lee of Wt Tw News and Michael Lyft ride a block club.

Chicago, thank you all for being here.

Lots to talk about before we get to those stories and more family friends, law enforcement, they gathered this morning to lay Chicago Police Officer John Bartholomew to rest after he was fatally shot at Endeavor Health Swedish Hospital.

Here's a bit of that service.

>> It's as if an angel has left the earth.

If you knew him.

You knew his heart was full.

His heart was pure.

Heart of gold.

>> So, rob, they were gathered at a Sanders and Edgewater before a long funeral procession to the cemetery out in River Grove looked like just a massive turnout today.

It is a very somber occasion anytime a Chicago police officer loses his or her life because even though we have many discussions on this program and elsewhere about the policy around policing.

This gives you an idea of the human toll.

job can take and I cover the funeral of Officer Paul Bauer several years ago in Bridgeport and that day there were officers from hundreds, maybe thousands of departments across the country that descended the church in Bridgeport to pay their final respects.

we saw that today with the procession from Edgewater to River Grove and Petty.

You witnessed a bit of that.

Yeah, I was out on Lawrence Avenue in and there were people from the neighborhood who just wanted to stand out and pay their respects as the procession passed and >> it was actually really moving.

And and like Robin very somber.

I think it really struck.

mean, when you when you see it pass, not only all the other officers thinking what must be going through their minds, but then seeing the family come, you know, in vehicles behind in just realizing that, you know, that there's of the person that they've lost.

So there's the personal loss.

>> There's all the huge ceremony around it.

But so personal to the family in that really kind of hit home.

The people who were standing near me wary touched by that very moving display today when of all right.

Well, Tina Mayor Brandon Johnson spent some time in Springfield this week.

What was on his agenda?

>> He is looking for some kind new tax approval in Chicago on.

He's also talking about he does not want the bears to leave the city, even though things are very much in the works on that.

I think that Chicago has not been in the discussion for the Bears in a long, long time.

There's also this like local government distributive fund where the state income tax money goes towards municipalities and he decided that I'm gonna band up with these other mayors and stand up for this that we want more.

Governor Pritzker's office has said that a hold harmless that they're not going to get less and they're arguing we need more cities, actually saying that they would lose some money.

So just interesting that during this Bears negotiation, he's coming out at this time.

He came out and Latino Unity Day.

So I heard from some legislators that said, why didn't you come out for black caucus events earlier this year?

Why didn't you come out earlier to negotiate with the Bears?

I also heard that a couple of people said that they would not vote for the revenue package of Pritzker's budget.

If there were new taxes for Chicago.

So he's definitely seeing some resistance are ready.

Interesting, which is, you know, sort of par for the course with with what he's dealt with in Springfield.

so there's this his 3rd visit and his whole tenure.

So they are noticing you this goes on is really just becoming.

>> That's when Iraq and a hard place in terms of the progressive agenda and not wanting to put taxpayers dollars towards the bears in keeping them.

But also, do you want to be the mayor that let's go especially with on us and heights, Indiana, putting massive massive legislation behind getting the bare so track them.

There is going to be tough for.

Any type of compromise on taxpayer dollars going towards the Bears being sizable enough to have a real stake Chicago being still the home.

And there is some help from the Michael Rees said area that he actually thinks that there go to those bonds to build alongside railroads in the Bears bill.

So these legislative centers are saying we actually are helping you get things for the future in that bill that he doesn't like.

It's also a strange rhetorical.

You turn that we saw from the bay or where.

>> He was talking about how we can't.

Have this property tax bill because people are hurting due to affordability.

But at the same time, the taxpayers of Chicago need to put up 2 billion dollars of their own money to build this new stadium that's south of the existing stadium.

And oh, by the way, the legal interests that already derailed star wars, they will be brought to bear on the Chicago Bears and a lot of critics the football field of all said this was just that that this made this a year, this whole process one year longer than it needed to be.

Yeah.

Well, you know, Patty, that the mayor sort of said this focus on the Bears, a mismatch from what the average person cares about someone fortunate enough not politics to I'm obsessed with >> You know, I think that that's a tough one.

Because like you're saying, do you want to be the mayor?

Who was the Bears leave Chicago?

But by the same token, I think that there's >> a sense among some people, at least were like let them go.

They don't like us like if they think they don't need us then during course of the Chicago Bears, do show Chicago's guideline jobs.

You know, so I think.

There's so much more we could be spending our money.

And I think like how much natural resources can be re have been restored to.

instead so saying when it comes to 2 is like 2.4 Yeah.

Out on the table.

5 billion dollars 2.4 coming Chicago tax payers are still looking for the other stadium.

Understand he's trying to say that some of this would be museum campus enhancement so.

Are we going to get a better museum campus?

And what does that do for the city of Chicago at large and residents if?

>> Any of the things in one of those proposals before was like, can we have farmers markets there?

Can you do something where it's not just a parking lot like if there were actual benefits in a wraparound museum.

Campus slash Bear Stadium.

I still I'm not sure.

2.4 billion dollars of our dollars.

Always for me.

I think back to spring of 2024, the Kansas City Chiefs had a referendum on their ballot about taxpayer dollars being used to renovate their stadium campus and taxpayers voted no their Super Bowl, right?

I was like, yeah.

Hot apex of their fame, right?

The world's most famous singer being their most famous fan and even then extra Dorset like Sunday and throwing a lot at this, is that going to be good down the line for the residents of Indiana?

Are they going to, you know, have buyer's remorse?

10 most famous singers, going to some of the revenue stuff, though.

You know, trying to get this local governments to be tough and this more money for municipalities.

>> Do you think there's any, you know, you know, smarts behind the idea of a big coalition of municipal leaders teaming up rather than it just coming.

You know, a singular ask from the city.

>> I do not see made towards that info is nice.

But even that something they could deal with next year.

But yeah, in this specific budget which they have to pass by the end of this month, it's definitely there's no coalition that strong enough to kind of take over that.

>> Yeah, and of course, you know, we're hearing some reporting that even within the Democratic caucus, they're people who are still very far apart on what this, you know, what shape this budget should take.

And what do we think?

just going to be a messy season tore for?

Well, they're always messy seasons, but then they seem to come together.

At the end.

You see that's the one thing about about social media now is that if you're a politics in a real budget sicko, you follow every single twist and turn of the process and have an anxiety attack.

But every single one and then eventually an agreement times comes together at the end and everybody's happy.

But this this is the twists and turns portion of the process.

I do think it's a big deal at the House passed Mega Project.

Yeah, lashed Bears bill when they did a whole month ahead of the deadline.

That does not usually happen yet, but likely to see that the, you know, like the last day, still some late nights.

And so that >> All right, Tina sticking with you for a second there.

But a lot of calls for local law enforcement prosecutors to investigate the actions of federal immigration agents during operation Midway Blitz.

>> We learned this week about the state police launching a probe.

What are the details?

they're launching a probe into the death is still Vegas.

Gonzalez last September by a federal agent.

And this was Illinois State.

Police say they were opening at this was the day that the Illinois Accountability Commission released their findings with said that they believe that these agents should be charged with crimes.

>> And so don't delay.

State police is run by Governor Pritzker's people.

It's not a total surprise, but this is a, you know, a legit police authorities saying we need to look into this and this is happening as the special situation is still ongoing.

there's a really on it next week to see the Cook County State's attorney should be prosecuted.

Their study, the somewhat should be prosecuting these federal agents because our Cook County State's attorney did not.

Yeah, it's going to be very interesting to see what comes today about All right.

Well, in other immigration-related issue, you've been covering the delays that some Dreamers brought to the U.S.

as kids have been facing renewing their DACA status.

Just how how long are these delays More than 6 months?

The government is saying that it's averaging 2 to 3 months, but I've talked to many people who are still waiting.

If you don't have your renewal, you can't work.

You lose your job.

You need to work permits.

You need proof of that.

You are DACA recipient.

>> And so people, immigration advocates and Pete DACA recipients think this is a way to kind of draw people out of this program on.

There's also processing holds from dozens of countries and they're not talking about them.

They have never confirmed that.

But immigration advocates have said they look at these DACA renewals, they see a certain country and it's just on hold.

And so as you know, there's many, many, many DACA and dreamers in Illinois and Chicago.

So there's a lot of uncertainty.

There's also ruling last week that DACA, if you're DACA recipient does not protect you from being deported.

So not only are they not, you able to work?

They're also living in fear of being deported.

>> Yeah, a lot of folks in limbo in that situation.

All right.

Anjanette Young moved one step closer this week to serving on the civilian body overseeing Chicago police.

Of course, this is years after she was the victim of a wrongful rate, a no-knock warrant.

That's a pretty remarkable turn of events for her here.

Yes, it is.

And it's definitely a big in terms of the progress and seeing how in terms of the name of her book, you know, turning that pain into something productive and being able do something and really work towards progress through that, though.

She was approved by the city's police and fire committee.

It was not unanimous.

There's still some concern about her as one out put in acting revenge seeking retribution to be impartial, right?

Right.

And I spoke to her.

I did interview her for her book March before it was even public that her nomination was upcoming.

And that was something she was aware of.

An idea, followed store with her after the mayor made his plans to nominate her public and she was aware and it's something that she made very clear.

That is not something in her purview on the And in fact, separately from a city government level her and asked a recount Buckner, a working in Springfield bring forward legislation that would address this from statewide level.

So I think there are some very interesting concerns and like many things that's become very politicized.

Yeah, it's working on reform efforts.

But, you know, not necessarily someone who, you know, is going to be out there on the borders as a firebrand are, some are trying to exceed her authority on that issue.

>> Right.

Right.

And I think this is definitely a good step.

Do for Africa.

See all over because it's something that's going to really bring the mirror up.

Chicago police even further, not only having, you know, these issues being advocated brought up, but this being overseen by someone who was a victim herself of abuses of power by Chicago police and power cut, you know, choose the next CPD superintendent or Brian Filas the mayor.

That's a big deal to have an actual person who was affected by.

>> The U.S.

to be able to be part of that process, not saying they're going to air right but for the future.

Yeah, absolutely not coming full circle and it was.

>> You know, interesting, at least in the reporting that I saw on this was that city council actually took the the members actually took the time to listen to her mom and her the way she was answering in speaking to how she would handle the role instead of >> them just prejudging but also her being able to speak to how she would actually how this would play out how she would look at things.

And that obviously impressed them that, yes, she could be even handed.

Well, Patti, another piece of city news this week.

It's been a very stormy spring.

Climate change fueling more extreme weather.

exception here.

The city's Department of the environment is out with a new green infrastructure strategy was update strategy.

First update in about 12 years.

>> And this was actually a requirement of an EPA permit that given to them to the city in 2024.

So they had to update this plan.

And I would say that it's very short on specifics and targets and goals, partly because in reviewing the existing strategy, what the team noticed was there's a lot of things happening in silos in different departments, different departments in the city are deploying different kinds of green infrastructure, whether it's a playground that can hold storm water or native gardens or bios whales are handing out rain barrels.

But it's so piecemeal and they want it to be more strategic.

But they also want it to be equitable and to make sure that the areas of the city that are seeing the worst of this flooding are the ones where we're focusing efforts on creating green infrastructure.

But I thought the most interesting thing was they were very focused whenever we do one of these projects, there has to be maintenance baked in at outset for how are we going to maintain this green infrastructure?

Because how many times do you see trees planted and then nobody's watering them.

And so they're like that has to be baked in to green infrastructure.

The same way as we plan on, we're going to have to repave a road even though many were not greatest said planning for those sorts of things.

But from the outset also, you know, saying they're kind of news to be a revolution in how we think about the importance of green infrastructure.

when a big project comes up like the Bear Stadium, are we asking, you know, where's the permeable pavement?

What's your storm?

Water retention and making that something that has to be done?

Not, you know, maybe think about doing it.

So I think it's almost like back to the beginning.

This strategy is almost like it's kind sending reset.

We need to have everybody talking together and we need to make this equitable and we need to find funding for which, you know, we all need to find and it's just not money out there.

is going to be very, very curious to see when it comes to.

>> Geographically know how this green infrastructure is going.

they are focused on, you know, the south west sides for sure.

And, you know, a lot of things have been focused in the past on, quote, unquote, gray infrastructure that when the Chicago River was flooding so horrific.

Lee.

>> They were able to install whole.

You know, it's storm water tunnel.

I'm not sure you can do the same kinds of solutions on the south and West side.

But I think, you know, their focus will be like if we're going to be doing these things first, we need an inventory and a map of where everything exists.

We need to know where hotspots are for flooding and then put all of those efforts and makes the most right now the right away.

We don't have that system in place.

So the strategy is basically like we need stretch into thing or federal opinions of environmental anything says environmental justice, if could So in mother for them to I've heard from folks is that they're figuring out how to write.

>> Proposals, how write granny, how to post things very smart to things.

yes, the shoreline.

Local government Rihanna Chicago.

Good.

Cook County Board of Review Commissioner Samantha Steele found not guilty this week on a drunken-driving hoops, drunken driving charge.

There was, of course, that video of the stop that a lot of But she says she was not intoxicated answer to the push in this case was driven more by politics.

Well, what a tangled web we >> This begins in the summer of 2024.

Win.

A person who worked in her office.

Frank Calabrese, you see him on Twitter.

he's he's the guy with the numbers.

Just go with the maps.

Whatever.

What a Election night rolls around.

He was working in the Board of Review office.

He files a whistleblower lawsuit against her because of a request that was made of him over the course of the Chicago Bears Property tax assessment see the writers type said so flat for the November.

Samantha Steele is pulled over after crashing her car into several cars in the Uptown neighborhood during the trial.

She made some disparaging comments about the officers who arrived on the scene.

She did not cooperate with a blood test or a field sobriety test and that she was charged with DUI.

She had a bench trial.

She was found that guilty this week despite the fact that a number of witnesses felt that she was intoxicated during this.

And her theory is that Frank Calabrese, put everyone up to this as part of a larger harassment campaign due to this.

This this whistleblower lawsuit.

>> even so the Cook County State's attorney's office state brought the charges.

felt they had a case there.

>> But she has been found not guilty, but she also lost her election.

All right.

Well, the course of justice, you never quite know where it's going to go.

All right.

I want to get to as well.

People's gas looking for 200 million dollar hike in delivery fees for customers.

>> Utility watchdogs in the AG say not so fast like everybody has their hand out on talking about the city of Chicago over time green infrastructure.

We're talking about a plan to replace all of the service lines to homes in the Peoples Gas service area.

And anybody who has had a home improvement project knows that the price tag for your home improvement project is going up considerably since 2021.

And people's gas encounter that as well.

They are asking for a rate hike to pay for this project.

But a lot of utility watchdogs and the state attorney general say not so fast.

And this is a time in which people are being walloped by fee increases in bill increases up and down the line.

Yeah, it's hard for anybody to feel.

looked at line items and saw like you're saying you're having to pay for something that this was a study that was paid for.

Right.

And I would also question this has been ongoing for so long like are they buying this pipe like?

>> One foot at a time every year in a time, like when you think that they be savvy enough to write a contract that says, here's here's our purchase Price Lake.

The bottom line when it comes to these rate hikes is the reality that in March 140,000 people in Chicago, we're able to pay gas bill and over 100 million dollars in debt accrued, winter and those were sky-high word than used to seeing them support people are going to need when it comes to these rate hikes.

>> I just keeping a going away.

All right.

We are running out of time, but we got to get to the big importance to person baby eagle.

First time in more than a century.

That's going to be a pretty significant development.

Yeah, that's huge.

I mean, there are eagles nests around the area and every year we get a couple.

>> Little baby eaglets.

But this is the first time in the city of Chicago limits that we've had successful breeding for eagles.

And I mean, you know, I think people are surprised when they see them.

But it's, you know, that means that we've got the habitat for them, but it also means we have the the food for them.

They love our waterways and they're finding enough to fish and eat.

So, yeah, it's very exciting.

All right.

And speaking of waterways were Watch every Waukegan are gonna And that's when it really year-old bachelor man and some other random clovers that we don't know yet are hanging around.

So yeah, Amani who is the only surviving offspring of Montana roads.

He's back his mates, Iraq.

It is We're hoping that they will make a love connection.

3 years running.

And then don't forget blaze and pepper up in Waukegan.

They've also successfully nested 2 years priors.

And then we've got bachelor picked been looking for love.

>> And it never seemed to be able to woo a labor love it.

And I know you'll be watching story for, you know, I will say people are like, what's the point?

Why do we care?

They're an endangered species in Chicago.

That's amazing.

Yes, and we are very happy to have them were very happy to have the 4 of you.

But we're out of time.

>> So I thanks Rob Heart team is fun.

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It's the one-year anniversary of hometown boy made was elevated and feels like it's been a lot longer than a year.

But okay, you bring us an interesting statistic.

Well, since a Pope Sox fan, Bob, I made to the papacy, the White Sox have had a >> 4.39 Winning percentage, which considerably better still baby the premier holy season.

The approaching 500 I mean, wasn't my community in class A there's a case to be made.

Now if they win the World Series, I think he's elevated.

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