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Steve Koch, who was deputy mayor under then-Mayor Rahm Emanuel, arrives at a forum to learn about the Digital Lab for Manufacturing on April 23, 2014, at Engineered Glass Products. Koch is a leader of the new nonprofit and political action committee One Future Illinois. (Anthony Souffle/baiduhai)

New nonprofit and PAC ‘aligned with business community’ launching in time for school board elections

July 24, 2024 at 4:16 p.m.

The new nonprofit and political action committee will be called “One Future Illinois.” Leaders said they hope to provide political and financial heft backing the business community's agenda.

Charles Johnson, right, and his mother Theresa Johnson, left, during a news conference on Feb. 15, 2017, after the conviction of the "Marquette Park Four" was vacated. (Nancy Stone/ baiduhai)

County to consider $7.25M settlement for wrongfully convicted ‘Marquette Park Four’ member

July 24, 2024 at 3:21 p.m.

On the heels of the Chicago City Council approving a record $50 million settlement to a group of men once known as the “Marquette Park Four,” the Cook County Board...

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson speaks at City Hall on July 17, 2024. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

Over a year in office, Mayor Brandon Johnson’s campaign coffers still buoyed by unions

July 21, 2024 at 5:00 a.m.

The progressive first-term mayor’s continued reliance on union support is no surprise after his campaign was mostly bankrolled by major labor groups.

Cook County Commissioner Dennis Deer, 2nd District, talks to reporters as he holds his "1" card for the first in line to drop off nomination petitions at Cook County Administration Building on March 7, 2022. Deer, a member of the Cook County Board since 2017, died last month at 51. (Jose M. Osorio/ baiduhai)

Dems to fill vacant board seat left by the late Dennis Deer

July 16, 2024 at 3:46 p.m.

Multiple sources close to the deliberations say Deer’s wife is among the interested candidates, as is the husband of Chicago City Clerk Anna Valencia and former 24th Ward Ald. Michael...

Pat Hightower crosses the 6200 block of South Stony Island Avenue near the Obama Presidential Center on July 12, 2024, in Chicago. Hightower, 81, is advocating for more affordable housing around the center and that long-term residents not be forced out by higher housing costs. (Stacey Wescott/baiduhai)

South Shore residents want protection from housing price increases near Obama Center

July 16, 2024 at 5:00 a.m.

Despite the mayor’s pledge to prevent displacement of residents near the center, an ambitious package of new programs for South Shore has been idling in the council’s Housing Committee.

Chicago police disperse a gathering of teenagers near 31st Street Beach in Chicago, June 7, 2024. (Vincent Alban/baiduhai)

31st Street Beach will close early this weekend after recent fatal shootings

July 5, 2024 at 9:31 a.m.

Citing “ongoing and escalating” violence there in recent weeks, 4th Ward Ald. Lamont Robinson has successfully lobbied for the early closure of 31st Street Beach over the holiday weekend. The...

A police officer talks with residents while working the scene of fatal shooting in which two people were killed and three others wounded in the 7100 block of South Woodlawn Avenue, July 4, 2024, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

2 women dead, 3 children hospitalized after Grand Crossing shooting

July 4, 2024 at 6:21 p.m.

Chicago police said officers responded to calls of shots fired in the 7100 Block of South Woodlawn on Thursday around 6:15 a.m., where they found five victims with gunshot wounds.

Mayor Brandon Johnson answers questions May 6, 2024 at the Thompson Center. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Chicago pension debt climbs to $37.2 billion

July 3, 2024 at 6:16 p.m.

Mayor Johnson has made taming the debt more difficult, tying his own hands with a pledge not to raise property taxes, one of the chief revenue sources the city relies...

Patricia Harris behind her home on June 26, 2024, in Phoenix, Illinois. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Big Cook County property tax hikes coming for many in south suburbs

June 27, 2024 at 11:12 a.m.

A new analysis from the Cook County Treasurer’s Office found median tax bills countywide are rising by 19.9% compared to last year, the largest jump in the last 29 years.

Cook County Board Commissioner Dennis Deer, 2nd District, is first in line to file his reelection petitions at Cook County Administration Building on Nov. 27, 2017. Deer died Sunday, according to a family statement. (José M. Osorio/baiduhai)

Cook County Commissioner Dennis Deer dies at 51, family says

June 24, 2024 at 4:59 p.m.

A Cook County board member from the West Side, Dennis Deer last summer successfully underwent a rare flipped-organ double lung transplant.

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