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Mayor Lightfoot’s police oversight pick advances, despite controversy over report citing slain Officer Ella French

February 9, 2022 at 4:49 p.m.

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot's controversial pick to head the Civilian Office of Police Accountability got through a City Council committee Wednesday, but not without opponents trying to derail the selection....

Bears fans line up to enter Soldier Field prior to a game against the Cincinnati Bengals on Sept. 19, 2021.

With Chicago Bears eyeing move to suburbs, Mayor Lightfoot announces group to examine future of Soldier Field and lakefront Museum Campus

December 6, 2022 at 4:32 p.m.

With Soldier Field's future up in the air as the Chicago Bears eye potentially greener suburban pastures, Mayor Lori Lightfoot has empaneled a group to recommend ways to improve the...

Mayor Lori Lightfoot, right, with acting Fire Commissioner Annette Nance-Holt following a graduation for firefighter and paramedic candidates at Robert Quinn Fire Academy last May.

Vaccine deadline passes for Chicago firefighters and other city workers, but hundreds are still without shots and some could lose pay — and their jobs

February 1, 2022 at 6:41 p.m.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot's deadline has passed for Chicago firefighters and thousands of other city workers to either get fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or face suspension without pay and possible firing...

Former Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, shown visiting Chicago Vocational Career Academy in 2017, said most gang members "don't have any assets to speak of."

Arne Duncan rips Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s gang assets seizure plan as he eyes a possible run against her

January 26, 2022 at 4:54 p.m.

Former U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan criticized Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot's controversial ordinance aimed at fining gang members and seizing their property, saying it won't work to reduce skyrocketing...

Chicago aldermen declined to advance a settlement proposal in a 2013 police-involved shooting. A Chicago police vehicle is shown with Willis Tower in the background this month.

Aldermen reject $125,000 settlement for woman whose son was fatally shot by Chicago police after he stabbed officer

January 25, 2022 at 4:56 p.m.

Aldermen took the rare stance this week of refusing to pay a negotiated settlement in a lawsuit related to police conduct — in this case to a woman whose son...

El arco de La Villita, en el barrio del mismo nombre enChicago, fotografiado el 12 de noviembre de 2021. El arco da la bienvenida a los visitantes al bullicioso distrito comercial de 26th St. y actúa como un símbolo importante para la comunidad de inmigrantes mexicanos de Chicago.

El arco de La Villita en Chicago será declarado sitio histórico

January 25, 2022 at 12:12 p.m.

El emblemático arco de La Villita que da la bienvenida a los visitantes al bullicioso distrito comercial de 26th St. y actúa como un símbolo importante para la comunidad de...

The Little Village arch in Chicago's Little Village as seen on Nov. 12, 2021. The arch welcomes visitors to the bustling 26th Street shopping district and acts as an important symbol for Chicago's Mexican immigrant community.

Little Village Arch expected to get landmark status Wednesday

January 25, 2022 at 1:42 p.m.

The iconic Little Village arch that welcomes visitors to the bustling 26th Street shopping district and acts as an important symbol for Chicago's Mexican immigrant community stands on the cusp...

The casket of Chicago police Officer Ella French is brought through the vestibule before the funeral Mass for French on Aug. 19, 2021, at St. Rita of Cascia Shrine Chapel.

Mayor Lightfoot’s police oversight pick stalls as aldermen blast report that cited slain Officer Ella French in botched Anjanette Young raid

January 21, 2022 at 6:21 p.m.

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot's choice to head the Civilian Office of Police Accountability saw her nomination stall Friday in the face of stiff criticism from aldermen. Opponents are angry that...

The fight at City Hall over a new ward map could end up in court. The map is redrawn every 10 years based on new census data.

With Black and Latino aldermen at odds over new Chicago ward map, attention turns to racial crossover voting: ‘I think they’re being hoodwinked’

January 21, 2022 at 5:09 p.m.

Chicago's ward map fight has lurched into the new year with aldermen digging in their heels. But some are focused on a recent federal court ruling as aim to hash...

Corey Batchelor, left, greets Kevin Bailey as Bailey is released from Stateville Correctional Center near Joliet in 2018. A proposed $14 million settlement for the pair comes four years after a judge tossed out their murder convictions. Batchelor was paroled in 2004.

Two men who spent years in prison for murder, say they were tortured into confessing by cops tied to Jon Burge, offered $14 million settlement

January 21, 2022 at 12:30 p.m.

Chicago aldermen Monday are set to consider another $14 million taxpayer payout to victims connected to Jon Burge, this time for two men who say detectives with ties to the...

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