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Here’s Why Cook County’s Property Tax Freeze Might Thaw

Cook County government could end a 25-year-old property tax freeze to generate more money for two of its core missions: public safety and health care.It’s not something that would be immediate. It wouldn’t happen even in 2020, said Ammar Rizki, the cou...

Even When Chicago Police Solve A Murder, Justice Is Not Always Served

Chantal Mulumba remembers everything about the morning in 2017 when her son was killed.
She remembers the exact time she last spoke to him on the phone, 6:53 a.m., and the street where she turned around to head back home because of a sinking feeling in...

Pardon Could Create A Path To Citizenship For Deported Veteran From Chicago

Just days after Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker pardoned the felony drug conviction for a deported Army veteran from Chicago, federal officials are now reevaluating that veteran’s citizenship application.Miguel Perez Jr. was denied citizenship before he was ...

Episode 571 – Microsoft Goes All In With Multi-Factor Authentication And Urges Everyone To Do It

Multi-factor authentication is the best, easiest and most widely avaialblesecurity improvement everyone can make. Microsoft now is being more public about using MFA and its impact it can have to improving your account security. 

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Episode 570 – Tools, Tips and Tricks – 2FA Notifier

This week's tools, tips and tricks talks about a great browser plugin called 2FA Notifier. It's a fantastic addition to help you enable and identify where you can use multi-factor authentication across the web.

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Episode 569 – GitHub Is Stepping Up Their Token Scanning Game To Keep You Safe

GitHub is the leading open repository for code, files, projects and this opens the door to risks of exposing more than you should. GitHub has been releasing security tools to help user's identify these risks and they keep on expanding their toolkit. This epsiode talks about their latest releases.

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Trial Begins: Mother Called 911 For Help, Police Fatally Shot Her Son

Opening statements are expected Tuesday in a Cook County civil case brought by a mother whose son was fatally shot by police after she called 911 for help.Pamela Anderson claims in 2015, Chicago police needlessly shot her son, James Anderson, who had a...

State Approves University Of Illinois Innovation Center

State education regulators have granted the University of Illinois permission to operate its new research and innovation center in downtown Chicago for the next five years.The Discovery Partners Institute is designed to bring together students and rese...

Chicago-Area Advocates Cross The Border To Assist Migrants Seeking Asylum

Advocates and legal experts from Chicago and the city’s western suburbs are grabbing their water bottles, sunscreen and clipboards before crossing the U.S.-Mexico border today and Sunday. They’ll be providing legal assistance to migrants waiting in Mex...