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Families turned out on the first day that Chicago Park District pools opened. Others had a splash at the Crown Fountain in Millennium Park. The city could reach 90 degrees for seven straight days, with very little cool down overnight.
Chicago hasn't had a chief equity officer since Candace Moore left in December. Her successor, Carla Kupe, could play a fundamental role in determining what reparations look like in Chicago.
The last time Chicago saw a seven-day streak of low temperatures above 70 degrees was in 1933, just months after Franklin D. Roosevelt was first sworn in as president, and Chicago was hosting its last world's fair.
Napoleon Harris III, chairman of the Illinois Senate's Insurance Committee for several years, recently became an "investor" with insurance brokers in Chicago's southwest suburbs. He denies any conflict of interest.