Archive for January 2026
City Paid $26.5 Million in Overtime to Potentially Ineligible Employees — and the Brandon Johnson Administration Knew
SubX.News® Corruption Report Chicago continues to pay overtime it likely should not, despite more than a decade of warnings, internal acknowledgments, and prior Inspector General advisories. This is not an…
Read MoreQuiet Streets, Open Wounds: Chicago Bleeds as Storefronts Go Dark and Gunfire Carries On
SubX.News® Street Report Jan 21, 2026 Chicago is killing more than one person a day, and the month ain’t done yet. Twenty-five homicides were already on the books, with 83…
Read MoreCorporate Cannabis Racism by Tyrone Muhammad
“Black communities are being locked out while corporate interests consolidate power. Equity cannot mean exclusion dressed up as regulation” – Alderwoman Dr. Monet S. Wilson “In the end, corporate cannabis…
Read MoreU.S. President Donald Trump speaks at the World Economic Forum
Read the full transcript of Donald Trump’s speech at Davos U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at the World Economic Forum January 21, 2026 U.S. President Donald Trump spoke at the…
Read MoreGhost City Goes Bang Bang … Chicago Economy, Crime & Migrant Update
SubX.News® Street Report Jan 20, 2026 Chicago did not feel like a major American city on the afternoon of January 20, 2026. As daylight faded, downtown traffic failed to materialize,…
Read MoreCity Under the Ice: Crime, Homelessness, and Accountability on Chicago’s MLK Day While Blacks Are Left Outside in the Cold
SubX.News® Street Report On January 19, 2026, as a brutal Arctic blast tightened its grip on the Midwest, Chicago became the stage for a stark collision of ceremony, crisis, and…
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Read MoreSpraying the Air Instead of Enforcing the Law
Chicago didn’t suddenly discover smoke on the ‘L’. It discovered it could no longer pretend it wasn’t there. After years of rider complaints and visible disorder, the Chicago Transit Authority…
Read MoreAnything Goes in Chicago While Police Watch
Overdose on the Green Line, Blow Job on 5th, Cicero Traffic Breakdown — Then a Triple Shooting Steps From a Police Station SubX.News® Street Report Jan 14, 2026 Across multiple…
Read MoreChicago Garfield Green Line Shooting: How CPD Shifted the Address to Hide CTA Violence
SubX.News® Street Report Jan 13, 2026 A man was shot on the Garfield Green Line platform during the evening rush. Chicago police radio traffic tied the shooting directly to the…
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