Afternoon Briefing: Instagram-popular Palatine home is sold

Good afternoon, Chicago.

Mayor Brandon Johnson issued a hiring freeze on city government positions today as his administration faces a nearly $1 billion budget shortfall next year.

A statement sent out by his budget office said “Effective today, we are enacting a series of budgetary restrictions, including a citywide hiring freeze, and stringent limitations on non-essential travel and overtime expenditures outside of public safety operations.” The statement did not say how many vacant positions or how much savings that amounts to.

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A baseball field on The 78, a 62-acre South Loop site where the Chicago White Sox also want to build a new stadium, Sep. 6, 2024. The headquarters for Cannabis Research Institute’s parent organization, the University of Illinois System’s Discovery Partners Institute, is proposed for vacant land on The 78. (E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune)

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A four-bedroom, 4,197-square-foot vintage and prominently located Palatine home that has been the subject of a couple's popular Instagram account sold on Aug. 23 for $950,000. (Jennie Lussow)
A four-bedroom, 4,197-square-foot vintage and prominently located Palatine home that has been the subject of a couple’s popular Instagram account sold on Aug. 23 for $950,000. (Jennie Lussow)

Instagram-popular Palatine home sells for $950,000

Built in 1885, the Victorian-style wood house on Plum Grove Road long has been the subject of a popular Instagram feed, @happilyeveretter. Read more here.

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Chicago Bears quarterback Caleb Williams celebrates his first career win Sunday, Sept. 8, 2024, at Soldier Field. The Bears defeated the Titans 24-17. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)
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Mitchell Bisschop as Mike Royko in "Royko: The Toughest Man in Chicago" at Chopin Theatre. (Sarah Larson)
Mitchell Bisschop as Mike Royko in “Royko: The Toughest Man in Chicago” at Chopin Theatre. (Sarah Larson)

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A poster with images of victims Christian Angulo, top left, Richard Aspinwall, top right, Mason Schermerhorn, bottom left, and Cristina Irimie is displayed at a memorial outside Apalachee High School, Friday, Sept. 6, 2024, in Winder, Ga., following a shooting at the school earlier in the week. (Arvin Temkar/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)
A poster with images of victims Christian Angulo, top left, Richard Aspinwall, top right, Mason Schermerhorn, bottom left, and Cristina Irimie is displayed at a memorial outside Apalachee High School, Sept. 6, 2024, in Winder, Ga., following a shooting at the school earlier in the week. (Arvin Temkar/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)

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The mother of a student at the Georgia high school where a teen allegedly killed four people says information indicating staff were warned he was having a crisis shows the shooting could have been prevented. Read more here.

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