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Ald. Scott Waguespack, 32nd, right, speaks to Ald. Chris Taliaferro, 29th, before a Chicago City Council meeting at City Hall on April 17, 2024. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

Sterling Bay Lincoln Park housing project advances, despite alderman’s opposition

June 21, 2024 at 10:01 a.m.

The Chicago Planning Commission, dominated by Johnson appointees, voted 11-1 to recommend a 615-unit Lincoln Park housing complex near the stalled Lincoln Yards megadevelopment.

Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle at a meeting of the Cook County Board of Commissioners in Chicago on May 20, 2024. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Cook County unveils $218 million budget gap for 2025

June 19, 2024 at 3:01 p.m.

Toni Preckwinkle's finance team said it's too early to say how that gap will be closed, but also projected the county is on track to end 2024 with a surplus...

A worker cleans up trash at Garfield Park in Chicago's West Garfield Park neighborhood on April 24, 2020. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

City orders audit after pay mix-up for hundreds of laborers

June 19, 2024 at 3:03 p.m.

The issue sprung up in January when workers represented by LiUNA Local 1001 discovered miscalculations in paychecks covering back pay. The union recently went public about the "fiasco."

Newly appointed as Cook County's independent inspector general, Tirrell Paxton listens to commissioners speak following his appointment during a Cook County Board meeting on June 12, 2024. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

County appoints insider as new inspector general

June 14, 2024 at 10:38 a.m.

Tirrell Paxton said he would prioritize identifying waste and mismanagement, compliance with political hiring guidelines under the Shakman decree and allegations of discrimination and sexual harassment.

John Catanzara, president of the Chicago Fraternal Order of Police, arrives before the funeral for Chicago police Officer Luis Huesca on April 29, 2024, at St. Rita of Cascia Shrine Chapel. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

City demands thousands of Chicago police officers pay off pension error

June 10, 2024 at 6:26 p.m.

The Fraternal Order of Police said it planned on filing a grievance over the error so that the city would have to pay that interest charge instead of workers.

Police officers run in formation as the Chicago Police Department offers a first look at officer training at McCormick Place on June 6, 2024, in preparation for the Democratic National Convention in August. The officers at the training session are among the 2,500 officers who will be on the front lines during the DNC. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

‘This will not be 1968.’ Chicago police prepare for DNC as whole world watches once again.

June 10, 2024 at 6:17 a.m.

The landscape has changed and CPD isn't the same police force as it was in 1968. But questions remain as protesters will arrive in Chicago this August for the Democratic...

Police officers guarding the Trump International Hotel & Tower in Chicago hold back protesters on May 30, 2020, during a rally and march to remember the killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

Chicago watchdog warns Police Department crowd management training ‘insufficient’ ahead of DNC

May 30, 2024 at 4:48 p.m.

While the report acknowledged several of the department's strides, it highlighted a lack of community input in those policies and “outdated concepts and tactics” in CPD’s plans to manage crowds.

Attorney General Kwame Raoul speaks in Chicago on May 23, 2023. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

Attorney general probing Cook County Health Foundation spending

May 17, 2024 at 5:35 p.m.

The request follows Tribune reporting about a potential conflict of interest and spending issues at the foundation while it was pursuing an expanded partnership with the county’s public health system.

The Cook County flag hangs outside Chicago City Hall and the Cook County Building on Sept. 24, 2022. (Chris Sweda/baiduhai)

New watchdog nominated to oversee Cook County government

May 16, 2024 at 4:00 p.m.

The office investigates waste, fraud and abuse across county government, including at the Forest Preserves and Metropolitan Water Reclamation District.

City Treasurer Melissa Conyears-Ervin, a candidate for U.S. Congress in the 7th District, greets people on primary Election Day, on March 19, 2024, at Manny's Cafeteria & Delicatessen in the South Loop. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Treasurer faces additional $10,000 fine; ethics leaders chastise Johnson

May 13, 2024 at 7:59 p.m.

The fine follows an inspector general investigation and a November probable cause finding from the board, which Conyears-Ervin was given the opportunity to rebut in the interim.

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