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Members of the Fraternal Order of Police and supporters rally outside City Hall ahead of a City Council meeting in Chicago Monday.

Vaccine mandate refusal sidelines 2 dozen Chicago Fire Department personnel; judge hears police union bid to pause shot reporting rule

October 29, 2021 at 9:28 a.m.

A judge heard arguments Thursday in the Chicago police union's lawsuit challenging the city's vaccine mandate, while the union representing Fire Department employees confirmed about two dozen firefighters and paramedics...

Mayor Lori Lightfoot championed the cash assistance program.

Guaranteed basic income is coming to Chicago with one of the nation’s largest programs giving cash directly to residents in need.

October 29, 2021 at 9:59 a.m.

Thousands of struggling Chicago residents will receive monthly cash payments from the city of Chicago as it becomes home to one of the largest guaranteed income programs in the U.S....

Mayor Lori Lightfoot defended an income assistance program that will provide monthly payments to needy families for a year. The $31 million plan is part of her $16 billion budget approved Wednesday.

Chicago aldermen pass Lightfoot’s $16 billion budget, buoyed by federal COVID-19 relief funds

October 27, 2021 at 7:29 p.m.

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot's $16.7 billion budget for next year, which spreads around federal COVID-19 relief money and features a relatively modest tax hike, got the go-ahead from aldermen Wednesday....

The city's decision to use a national rather than local consumer price index means higher tax bills next year for Chicago properties, like these in the Pilsen neighborhood.

Chicago aldermen just enacted a property tax hike. How the city chose to calculate it will boost tax bills for years to come.

October 27, 2021 at 12:46 p.m.

When Mayor Lori Lightfoot persuaded aldermen last year to tie annual property tax increases to the rate of inflation, she argued it would give the city and its taxpayers a...

Members of the Fraternal Order of Police and supporters rally outside City Hall ahead of a City Council meeting Monday.

Judge denies city’s request to extend gag order against police union chief over vaccine mandate opposition

October 25, 2021 at 8:16 p.m.

The head of Chicago's police union came to City Council chambers Monday and called on aldermen to take back from Mayor Lori Lightfoot the power to decide whether city workers...

Ald. Gilbert Villegas listens during a City Council meeting in 2019. He chairs the council's Latino Caucus.

Chicago gained Latino and lost Black residents in 2020 census. Latino aldermen want new City Council ward map to reflect population shift.

October 22, 2021 at 4:32 p.m.

Latino aldermen want to create a new South Side Latino ward at the expense of a predominantly Black ward as they seek to increase their representation on the City Council...

El concejal Gilbert Villegas escucha durante una reunión del Concejo Municipal en 2019. Villegas preside el Caucus Latino del Concejo.

Chicago ganó residentes latinos y perdió residentes negros en el censo de 2020. Los concejales latinos quieren que el nuevo mapa de distritos refleje el cambio poblacional

October 22, 2021 at 3:42 p.m.

Los concejales latinos quieren crear un nuevo barrio latino en el lado sur a expensas de un barrio predominantemente negro, ya que buscan aumentar su representación en el Concejo Municipal...

Chicago police officers arrive at the Fraternal Order of Police local lodge on Oct. 13 before a meeting on the city's vaccine mandate for employees.

Chicago police union official likens vaccine standoff with Mayor Lightfoot to ‘The Hunger Games,’ as city seeks to expand restraining order against FOP

October 20, 2021 at 2:34 p.m.

A top Chicago police union official on Wednesday referred to the organization's vaccine standoff with Mayor Lori Lightfoot as "The Hunger Games" and warned younger officers that if they gave...

Northwest Side Ald. Jim Gardiner during a City Council meeting Sept. 14, 2021.

Chicago Ald. Jim Gardiner removed from Democratic Party posts for ‘abhorrent and despicable’ behavior

October 18, 2021 at 5:47 p.m.

Cook County Democratic Party Chair Toni Preckwinkle has stripped Chicago Ald. Jim Gardiner of his party committee seats and the party has formally rebuked him for "abhorrent and despicable" behavior,...

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot speaks during a press conference on Oct. 18, 2021, updating the status of the city's vaccine requirement.

Judge issues restraining order to stop Chicago police union boss from public talk against vaccine mandate

October 18, 2021 at 5:29 p.m.

A judge late Friday issued a temporary restraining order against the Chicago police union president, prohibiting him from making public statements that encourage members not to report their COVID-19 vaccine...

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