The money is meant to address gaps in disaster recovery and mitigation funding that may not be covered by insurance or other federal and local sources.

The city’s share is part of a total of $856 million in federal funding for Illinois through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to help areas in the state recover from recent natural disasters.

In an emailed statement, Bally’s acknowledged the spill and said cleanup at the site, 777 W. Chicago Ave., was completed by Sunday evening. As of Wednesday, demolition was still paused, according to the Chicago Department of Public Health.

The sale included $253.3 million of Series A capital improvement green bonds with maturities ranging from 2027 through 2044.

Operations were halted immediately Saturday afternoon and cleanup efforts started that evening.

The former printing plant is being demolished to make way for the new Bally's casino at Halsted Street and Chicago Avenue in River West.

The former Tribune property is being torn down to make way for Bally’s Chicago Casino. Since the weekend accident, the demolition has been on hold.

This historic moment solidifies her as the first Black transgender woman elected to public office in Cook County.

Municipalities can apply for reimbursement to cover expenses incurred as part of disaster response and recovery efforts following the storms from July 14 to 16.

President Steele enters her third term on the Board, having been first elected in 2012. In January 2019, she became the first African American woman in the history of the MWRD to be elected by the Board to serve as president.