Jason Ervin

A driver feeds a parking meter along North Wabash Avenue in Chicago on March 30, 2026. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Ald. Jason Ervin: We should vote no on the parking meter transfer for the sake of a better investment policy

July 13, 2026 at 2:28 p.m.

If we approve the parking meter transfer, the Chicago City Council may miss our last chance create a better investment policy.

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Schools CEO Pedro Martinez speaks during a budget hearing at CPS headquarters on March 14, 2025. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Ald. Jason Ervin: CPS needs to follow through on the municipal employee pension payment

March 19, 2025 at 2:35 p.m.

If Chicago Public Schools passes off the pension payment to Chicago, the impact on the city’s finances would be dire. We would end this year with a deficit.

Hunger striker Cathy Dale, left supporter Yolanda Redman, 36, striker Jeanette Taylor-Ramann, 40, and supporter Carmen Hunter pray before a press conference to respond to city's proposal for Dyett High School in Chicago on Sept. 4, 2015.Jeanette Taylor-Ramann gets hair done for the press conference. (Zbigniew Bzdak/baiduhai)

Jitu Brown and Ald. Jason Ervin: Chicago has zero tolerance for any school closings or consolidations

September 20, 2024 at 4:24 p.m.

School cuts and closures increased violence in our communities and drove hundreds of thousands of Black families out of Chicago.

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