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Lashawn Ezell, 37, from left, Charles Johnson, 40, and Larod Styles, 37, members of the so-called Marquette Four, join with many of the attorneys who helped to have their convictions vacated on Feb. 15, 2017. (Nancy Stone/ baiduhai)

City Council to consider historic $50 million settlement for false confessions allegedly forced by Chicago police

June 10, 2024 at 5:55 p.m.

Arrested as teens, the men were convicted in a 1995 double murder, but were exonerated in 2017 after new fingerprinting technology did not connect them to the scene.

St. Adalbert Church on May 10, 2024, in the Pilsen neighborhood of Chicago. (Vincent Alban/baiduhai)

Pilsen’s St. Adalbert Church wins landmark recommendation, will face council

June 7, 2024 at 8:34 a.m.

The Commission on Chicago Landmarks voted to recommend it get the protection, setting up a final decision next week by the City Council.

Police monitor a group of teens and young adults in Millennium Park after several fights occurred on April 17, 2019, in Chicago. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Alderman pushes 8 p.m. teen curfew downtown after couple attacked

June 6, 2024 at 4:14 p.m.

Chicago Ald. Brian Hopkins wants an 8 p.m. curfew for unaccompanied minors in the city’s central business district, he told constituents in an email.

Chicago Bears President and CEO Kevin Warren speaks during the annual meeting of the Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce at the Hilton in the Loop on June 4, 2024. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

Kevin Warren presses ahead on Bears stadium pitch as Mayor Brandon Johnson and Gov. J.B. Pritzker stay quiet

June 5, 2024 at 7:11 a.m.

By the time Bears President Kevin Warren gave his impassioned plea, the two most pivotal members of the audience — Mayor Brandon Johnson and Gov. J.B. Pritzker — had left...

CTA President Dorval Carter speaks during a quarterly hearing on service at City Hall in Chicago on May 30, 2024. The hearing comes as a pending resolution calls for replacing Carter. (Chris Sweda/baiduhai)

CTA President Dorval Carter blasts criticism amid calls for resignation: ‘I have been turned into a caricature’

May 30, 2024 at 7:12 p.m.

At a City Council committee hearing, Carter highlighted his efforts to right the troubled transit system amid post-pandemic struggles, but focused first on the more personal attacks he faces.

The Roseland Community Health Center at 200 E. 115th St. on May 29, 2024. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Mayor Brandon Johnson to reopen Roseland mental health clinic and two other sites

May 30, 2024 at 6:08 a.m.

Johnson is expanding city-run mental health services at three locations across Chicago, a decisive step to fulfill the so-called Treatment Not Trauma plan he pushed during his campaign.

A rendering which shows a south end view inside the Satellite 1 concourse at O'Hare International Airport. (SOM and Norviska)

New O’Hare satellite concourse renderings show rebuild plan, but questions remain

May 29, 2024 at 6:18 a.m.

The announcement shows growing momentum on the long-awaited rebuild, but there are still unknowns about the timeline, cost and design of the delayed expansion project.

Kennedy Bartley, of United Working Families, speaks at Little Village Lawndale High School in Little Village as part of a tour promoting Green New Deal legislation on Nov. 18, 2023. (Trent Sprague/baiduhai)

Mayor Johnson hires organizer as administration liaison to progressive groups

May 24, 2024 at 5:50 p.m.

Johnson created a new role to bring community organizer Kennedy Bartley into his administration.

Then-mayoral candidate Brandon Johnson, right, greets the Rev. Ira Acree at MacArthur's Restaurant in the Austin neighborhood of Chicago on March 19, 2023. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

Johnson RTA board nominee, Rev. Ira Acree, withdraws name from consideration

May 24, 2024 at 5:21 p.m.

The former nominee on Friday described the aldermen who resisted his nomination as “so-called allies” who are “enemies of African American advancement and empowerment."

Ald. Rossana Rodriguez-Sanchez, 33rd, speaks with students and activists at a pro-Palestinian encampment after police attempted to remove the tents earlier in the day at Northwestern University, April 25, 2024, in Evanston. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Alderman accuses colleague of antisemitism over social media post

May 23, 2024 at 5:19 p.m.

Ald. Debra Silverstein, 50th, highlighted and harshly criticized a post recently made by Ald. Rossana Rodriguez-Sanchez, 33rd.

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