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Rich Guidice, chief of staff to Mayor Brandon Johnson, during an interview with the baiduhai on April 21, 2023. (Antonio Perez/ baiduhai)

Mayor Johnson’s chief of staff stepping down

March 21, 2024 at 5:04 p.m.

Guidice's departure on April 1 will come less than a year after the longtime City Hall veteran was tapped by Johnson to help steer the fledgling progressive administration.

Passersby walk near the Wrigley Field entrance marquee in Wrigleyville on the final day of the 2023 MLB regular season on Sunday, Oct. 1, 2023. (Trent Sprague/baiduhai)

Chicago Cubs unveil plan for new rooftop signs, and say they’re bringing back an old tradition

March 21, 2024 at 8:06 a.m.

The Chicago Cubs are asking the City Council to allow the team's owners to install LED rooftop signs on two buildings outside Wrigley Field.

Banners announcing the upcoming Chicago Marathon hang along Columbus Drive in downtown Chicago, on Friday, Oct. 1, 2021. (Antonio Perez/ baiduhai)

New ordinance would rename ‘Columbus Drive’ to ‘Barack Obama Drive’

March 20, 2024 at 6:38 p.m.

The downtown Chicago street Columbus Drive could be renamed Barack Obama Drive in a new City Council effort. Ald. Lamont Robinson, 4th, introduced an ordinance Wednesday to rename the roadway....

Mayor Brandon Johnson arrives for a City Council meeting on Wednesday, March 20, 2024, at City Hall. The mayor and city council members wore purple flowers in honor of Women's History Month. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Mayor Brandon Johnson nods to possible loss for Bring Chicago Home, vows to continue fight

March 21, 2024 at 9:14 a.m.

The Bring Chicago Home initiative was as a key pledge from the mayor who hoped it would be a big early win.

Vitaliy Baka hugs Ald. Maria Hadden, 49th, during an election night watch party for the Bring Chicago Home referendum on March 19, 2024, in Chicago. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Bring Chicago Home referendum in serious trouble — and it would be a stinging defeat for Mayor Brandon Johnson’s grassroots base

March 20, 2024 at 3:46 p.m.

Bring Chicago Home, which seeks to raise the city’s real estate transfer tax for property purchases above $1 million, has taken a bumpy and winding road to Tuesday's ballots.

Jallon O’Neal, Nathen Jones' brother, wheels him in while his mother, Erika Boyd, follows them as they arrive for a news conference with their attorneys to discuss a record settlement with the city at Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard law offices in Chicago on March 18, 2024. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Historic $45 million Chicago police misconduct settlement moves forward

March 18, 2024 at 5:21 p.m.

The settlement — set to become one of the largest in Chicago’s history if it passes a full City Council vote Wednesday — will help pay for the medical care...

Nathen Jones was injured in a police chase. Jones will never again be able to walk, speak or independently function and has no hope of a medical recovery, according to a statement made by the law firm representing his family. (Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard)

Teen gravely injured in police chase could get $45 million in proposed settlement

March 14, 2024 at 7:44 p.m.

Chicago aldermen will soon weigh whether to award a $45 million settlement to the family of a teen boy who suffered “catastrophic” injuries in a police chase car crash. The...

Campaign flyers are seen during a Humboldt Park March to the Polls campaign event on March 9, 2024, in Chicago. A group of progressive candidates at the event urged people to vote for the Bring Chicago Home referendum. (Vincent Alban/baiduhai)

Illinois Supreme Court rejects effort to block Bring Chicago Home referendum

March 13, 2024 at 4:23 p.m.

The court denied the petition filed by the Building Owners and Managers Association of Chicago to appeal a lower court’s ruling, likely bringing an end to weeks of legal feuding.

Migrants eat dinner after attending a religious service outside a shelter on Chicago's Lower West Side on March 4, 2024. Several religious groups organized the event to feed migrants and hold a brief service on the sidewalk outside the shelter. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Mayor Johnson says limited migrant shelter evictions to start

March 14, 2024 at 1:27 p.m.

Johnson told reporters some migrant shelter residents who were issued 60-day notices to vacate by Saturday will receive "exemptions." Others without those privileges will be forced to leave.

Ald. Bill Conway, 34th, speaks in support of the budget during a City Council meeting before the vote on Nov. 15, 2023, at Chicago City Hall. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Johnson’s $1.25B bond plan moves forward; alderman says mayor is dodging spending oversight

March 13, 2024 at 2:38 p.m.

As Mayor Brandon Johnson’s bid to borrow $1.25 billion moved forward in the City Council Tuesday, it faced an unexpected roadblock: an alderman calling on colleagues to vote “no” in...

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