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Ald. Anthony Beale, seen June 23, 2021, has tried to get the council to vote on rolling back new speed camera rules.

Alderman tries, fails to get City Council to do away with 6-mph-over speed camera tickets in Chicago

September 15, 2021 at 1:03 p.m.

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot and aldermen beat back an attempted challenge to the mayor's lucrative policy of using speed cameras to ticket cars going as little as 6 mph over...

Ald. Felix Cardona Jr., left, hugs Ald. Jim Gardiner during a Chicago City Council meeting on Sept. 14, 2021.

Chicago Ald. Jim Gardiner publicly apologizes for ‘rants,’ one day after sources identify him as subject of an FBI probe: ‘I take full responsibility for my offensive words’

September 14, 2021 at 5:52 p.m.

Chicago Ald. Jim Gardiner rose during Tuesday's City Council meeting and apologized for his "offensive words" but said he "never acted on any of those rants" in which he appeared...

Chicago police officers work in the Rogers Park neighborhood of Chicago on Sept. 7.

Chicago police get first new contract since 2017, with 20% raises including back pay; passes City Council on 40-8 vote

September 14, 2021 at 7:16 p.m.

The Chicago Fraternal Order of Police's first new contract in four years got its final approval during Tuesday's City Council meeting, granting rank-and-file officers with a total of 20% in...

Eliminating single-use utensils, plates and other items is one way Naperville School District 203 can help the environment, according to its newly adopted carbon action plan. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

Chicago City Council passes limits on plastic utensils for restaurant carryout and delivery; critics say they don’t go far enough

September 14, 2021 at 3:46 p.m.

Chicago diners will soon be on the hook to remember to order forks along with their appetizers. Under an ordinance the City Council passed Tuesday, people who want plastic utensils...

Jose Montanez hugs his nephew, Aiden Vazquez, 7, while his sisters, Carmen Vazquez, center, and Norma Montanez, right, look on after he was released from Danville Correctional Center on July 20, 2016. Montanez was wrongfully convicted for fatally shooting Rodrigo Vargas and served 23 years in prison.

Chicago will pay $20.5 million to two men who say ex-detective framed them for murder; both spent 23 years in prison

September 14, 2021 at 2:06 p.m.

Two men will share a $20.5 million settlement of a lawsuit alleging a former Chicago police detective framed them for a 1993 murder — the latest case involving the notorious...

First-term Ald. Jim Gardiner, shown at a 2019 City Council, has privately apologized over texts he sent, according to another alderman.

Mayor Lightfoot calls for probe into whether Ald. Jim Gardiner, under fire over leaked texts, denied city services to critics

September 10, 2021 at 12:52 p.m.

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Friday called for an investigation into allegations that Northwest Side Ald. Jim Gardiner retaliated against community critics by attempting to withhold their city services. Gardiner...

People gather outside the Sunnyside dispensary in Chicago's Lakeview neighborhood in 2019. Mayor Lightfoot wants to expand the footprint of where marijuana dispensaries would be allowed in the city.

Marijuana dispensaries would be allowed in more of downtown Chicago under new plan from Mayor Lori Lightfoot advanced by panel Wednesday

September 8, 2021 at 6:09 p.m.

Aldermen advanced Mayor Lori Lightfoot's proposal Wednesday to ease Chicago zoning rules to open marijuana dispensaries, which the mayor says would make it easier for minority applicants get into a...

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