Here’s How the Committee Came Up with Their Recommendations for City Monuments
Two years ago, Mayor Lori Lightfoot removed the Christopher Columbus statues in Grant Park and Arrigo Park in Little Italy after protests and police violence as activists called for the monuments to be removed. The mayor then appointed a committee to review the city’s public monuments and determine which ones are problematic and what should be done with them. The Chicago Monuments Project narrowed the list to 41 works and just released their recommendations for those monuments. Host Jacoby Cochran talks to committee co-chair Bonnie McDonald about how the group came to their recommendations.
A little bit of news: Here’s where to find the new bivalent COVID-19 booster.
More residents are now eligible to get lead water lines removed. Here’s where to apply and get a free water test kit.
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