Beck says the rank and file can trust him, an outsider, because he’s one of them and comes from a family of many cops

Profits there reportedly down 89% which has downtown Ald Brendan Reilly hoping the Trump Organization will sell its interest in the bldg to a new owner who would remove the sign

It’s a battle over re-opening the clinics Rahm Emanuel closed or adding more outside contractors that the mayor is planning.

Supt Johnson agrees to provide a report by Friday about how he would use the positions if the City Council rejects the cuts

Each side says the other is too slow to respond to offers

Lightfoot also dismisses the union’s claim that hopes were dashed for an early settlement after the mayor called on the union to end its strike without a legally-binding deal

For the single rider downtown during peak hours, taxes and fees would jump from 72-cents a ride to $3.

She says the union wants more pay, more prep time that would shorten the school day of instruction and unlimited sick time

Mayor Lightfoot says again that she hears them and there’s no reason a deal can’t be achieved to avoid a strike

Also, gratefully accepts six pounds of stray pennies for the budget tossed into a tub by city hall reporters since the days of Mayor Harold Washington