Rick Hibbert

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Pace board looks to expand bus service in collar counties

1 week ago | chronicleillinois.com | Rick Hibbert

If the state of Illinois comes through with the extra transit funding, the Pace suburban bus agency plans to use most of the money to add new routes in the areas that don’t have much bus service — something that would primarily benefit the collar counties. During the March 19 meeting of the Pace Board of Directors, the agency got an update on the ongoing ReVision bus network restructuring plan.
Oversight body divided on proposed new Chicago police traffic stop policy

1 week ago | chronicleillinois.com | Rick Hibbert

As the Chicago Police Department unveiled the first draft of the new traffic stop policy, the majority of the Community Commission for Public Safety and Accountability agreed that some of those changes don’t go far enough. But they were divided, sometimes sharply, on exactly what kind of changes they would like to see.
Vasquez appointed to 8th District County Board seat

1 week ago | chronicleillinois.com | Rick Hibbert

Cook County Democratic Party officials picked Jessica Vasquez, former chief of staff for the then-35th Ward Ald. Carlos Ramirez Rosa, to succeed Anthony Joel Quezada as Cook County Commissioner for Chicago Northwest Side’s 8th District. This means that, for the first time in history, women make up the majority of the County Board. The seat became vacant after Ramirez Rosa was appointed CEO of Chicago Park District and Mayor Brandon Johnson appointed Quezada in his place.
Hermosa Belmont-Cragin Chamber looks to bring customers to Chicago’s Northwest Side

2 weeks ago | chronicleillinois.com | Rick Hibbert

Two years ago, Hermosa Belmont-Cragin Chamber of Commerce founder Melissa Quintana had no idea what a chamber of commerce was. She simply knew that other Chicago communities had events, beautiful street art and vibrant business districts. Belmont-Cragin, the Northwest Side community where she lived most of her life, deserved no less. So, she did some research and realized that much of what she saw came from strong neighborhood chambers of commerce.
National Public Housing Museum aims to transcend stereotypes, encourage reform

2 weeks ago | chronicleillinois.com | Rick Hibbert

It took almost three decades, but the National Public Housing Museum officially opened to the public on April 4. Located in the only surviving building from the Jane Addams Homes public housing development in Chicago’s Little Italy neighborhood, at 919 S.
Chicago Northwest Side community groups to weigh in on new Cook County Commissioner pick

2 weeks ago | chronicleillinois.com | Rick Hibbert

A group of Democratic Party committeepersons is putting a new twist on the process for filling Cook County Board of Commissioners vacancies. The 8th District includes much of Chicago’s Northwest Side, including several majority-Hispanic neighborhoods. The seat became vacant in the early April when Commissioner Anthony Joel Quezada was appointed to fill the vacancy created when 35th Ward alderman Carlos Ramirez-Rosa was appointed CEO of the Chicago Park District.
Record 100,000 attend Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo

4 weeks ago | chronicleillinois.com | Rick Hibbert

The Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo (C2E2) came to McCormick Place in Chicago for a much anticipated second weekend of April. A record 100,000 fans attended C2E2 in which cosplay characters posed for photos and people waited in long lines to say hello, get autographs and photo opportunities with celebrities with some fans giving their favs handmade gifts as a gesture of appreciation and fandom.
Amnesty offered for unpaid moving traffic violations

1 month ago | chronicleillinois.com | Rick Hibbert

Mariyana Spyropoulos, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County, is announcing a limited-time opportunity for individuals to clear overdue moving traffic violation fees without paying additional collection costs from April 14 to April 18, 2025. This does not include parking tickets or red-light violations. Amnesty Week has not been offered since 2019.
Supporters, opponents of traffic stop reform speak out at Chicago South Side hearing

1 month ago | chronicleillinois.com | Rick Hibbert

The fifth listening session on the potential changes to Chicago Police Department traffic stop policy didn’t go quite the way it was originally supposed to. The hearings are organized by the city’s Community Commission on Public Safety and Accountability, a public body created as part of the 2021 police reform package to, among other things, suggest and review any changes to police policies.
Metra settles on location for new rail yard in Woodstock

1 month ago | chronicleillinois.com | Rick Hibbert

Metra settled on the location for its new Woodstock rail yard — the farmland near the existing Union Pacific Northwest Line tracks, east of Lamb RoadMetra wants to build a larger, more modern rail yard to replace the existing rail yards in downtown Crystal Lake and Barrington. Those yards are essentially landlocked, and the new yard is expected to improve equipment maintenance and allow more service in McHenry County.