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A child with a mask walks outside a migrant shelter on the Lower West Side on March 12, 2024, in Chicago. Two new cases of measles emerged Monday from the Lower West Side shelter where two children had tested positive last week. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Aldermen brought in to help with shelter measles outbreak

March 13, 2024 at 9:25 a.m.

Seven cases have been reported at the shelter. Meanwhile, a team from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention touched down in Chicago to assist with the response.

Campaign flyers for the Bring Chicago Home referendum at a march to the polls event March 9, 2024, in Chicago. (Vincent Alban/baiduhai)

Real estate group appeals Bring Chicago Home to state Supreme Court

March 11, 2024 at 6:23 p.m.

The filing marks another installment in the legal feud over the referendum that would hike transfer taxes on real estate valued over $1 million to raise revenue earmarked for fighting...

A new Church of Scientology building at 650 S. Clark St. in the Loop on March 6, 2024. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Church of Scientology opens in South Loop to mixed reactions

April 30, 2024 at 7:07 p.m.

A new Scientology church opened over the weekend in Chicago, with its gold and white logo displayed prominently in the middle of a seven-story building in the South Loop.

Yanis Vasques, 3, center, runs near her mother on a sidewalk outside a Chicago migrant shelter on the Lower West Side, Feb. 15, 2024. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Mayor Brandon Johnson says no plans yet to again extend migrant removal deadline

March 11, 2024 at 11:54 a.m.

“We’re doing everything in our power to demonstrate compassion. Now, as far as whether or not we will extend deadlines, we haven’t gotten to that,” Johnson said.

A supporter of the Bring Chicago Home referendum holds up a sign while attorney Ed Mullen speaks at a news conference on March 1, 2024, outside the appellate court building in Chicago. The news conference was called as attorneys representing the referendum's supporters filed an amicus brief to ensure the referendum question is on the March 19 primary ballot. (Vincent Alban/baiduhai)

‘Bring Chicago Home’ coalition files court briefs in bid to reinstate referendum

March 1, 2024 at 5:15 p.m.

The campaign's supporters filed two briefs to back an appeal that came after Cook a judge invalidated the referendum question in a decision shared last Friday.

Mayor Brandon Johnson enters the chamber during a City Council meeting on Feb. 21, 2024, at City Hall in Chicago. (Vincent Alban/baiduhai)

Civic groups call on mayor, aldermen to enact City Council ethics reforms

February 29, 2024 at 5:23 p.m.

The leaders of the Better Government Association, the Civic Federation and the League of Women Voters of Chicago called for more transparency and better public access in the City Council

CTA President Dorval Carter speaks while appearing before aldermen at City Hall on Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024, as part of a quarterly hearing on CTA services. Carter was grilled over service, safety, and crime. At right is Vice Chair Ald. Andre Vasquez. (Antonio Perez/ baiduhai)

Grilled by aldermen over service and safety, CTA President Dorval Carter outlines bullish vision for the future

February 27, 2024 at 6:48 p.m.

After years of complaints from CTA riders and aldermen about the transit agency’s ability to provide frequent, reliable and safe service, President Dorval Carter told members of Chicago City Council...

The Crawford Coal Plant, where a smokestack was demolished, is seen from the Little Village neighborhood on April 12, 2020. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

New city buildings chief was found negligent in botched Little Village smokestack implosion

February 23, 2024 at 7:52 p.m.

Mayor Brandon Johnson selects Marlene Hopkins as interim buildings head. She oversaw the 2020 Crawford plant implosion that covered neighborhood in dust and debris.

Customers Meka Wilson and her husband, Jesse Perkins, shop in the grocery section of the Family Dollar store at 7927 S. Ashland Avenue in Chicago on Jan. 24, 2024. (Antonio Perez/ baiduhai)

Chicago dollar stores to face new restrictions following council vote

February 21, 2024 at 6:00 p.m.

The council voted 42-7 to pass the ordinance, which blocks dollar store companies from opening within one mile of pre-existing locations.

Ald. Desmon Yancy, 5th, left, looks on before a Chicago City Council meeting next to Ald. William Hall, 6th, center, and Ald. Greg Mitchell, 7th, on Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024, at City Hall. Yancy alleges that Mitchell assaulted him and is calling on him to resign his leadership positions. (Vincent Alban/baiduhai)

Chicago alderman accuses colleague of ‘unprovoked assault’

February 21, 2024 at 5:58 p.m.

Ald. Desmon Yancy argued 7th Ward Ald. Greg Mitchell’s behavior makes him “unfit for leadership” positions in the City Council.

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