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I’ve been looking at Coefficients of Dispersion for pretty much sixty years. This is a measure of the uniformity of assessments in a given jurisdiction a member of the Illinois Department of Revenue pointed me to in the late 1960’s when I decided to look at assessment disparities while I was County Treasurer.

In the quiet pre-dawn hours of Feb. 15, a domestic-disturbance call in Palos Hills ended with a 37-year-old man dead and his parents demanding to know how it all happened, and why they were not told for hours. Police were called to a Cour Versaille townhome in the early morning...

VILLA PARK – A suburban Chicago man accused of strangling his estranged wife with a vacuum power cord will remain in custody until his next court date, a judge ruled Monday. Brian Hernandez, 28, appeared in court on two counts of first-degree murder. He had been scheduled to appear Saturday, March 21, but the hearing...

Mar. 23—Heard the one about the city going bankrupt? Just how bad are financial problems in the city of Chicago? No, this is not one of those Johnny Carson-style jokes a la "the city's financial problems are so bad that city officials are asking beggars for money." This is the real thing. The Chicago Tribune's...

CHICAGO - Federal immigration agents have been deployed at O'Hare International Airport, prompting concern from Mayor Brandon Johnson. In a statement, Johnson said the Department of Homeland Security sent about 75 Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers to O’Hare starting Monday. According to DHS, ICE agents...

CHICAGO — A suburban man was sentenced to six and a half years in prison last week for stealing over $3 million in COVID-19 relief fraud. Francesco Distefano, 29, of Addison, was sentenced to 78 months in federal prison on Wednesday for wire fraud. Distefano and his co-defendant, Sargis Urumieh, 58, of Glendale,...

A man attempted to lure a young girl with candy in Lincoln Park on Saturday morning before a bystander stepped in and the suspect fled, according to a Chicago police alert. The incident happened around 9:47 a.m. in the 2600 block of North Clark Street. According to CPD, the man approached the girl and tried to get...

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On Sunday evening, what started as a traffic stop on Chicago’s Near West Side ended with three people in custody and three firearms off the street. Police said officers stopped a vehicle near 1700 S. Wood Street, then took two juveniles and one adult into custody and recovered the weapons. The department highlighted...