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A button on the rear fence of a residence in the 3400 block of West Grenshaw Street on April 25, 2016, where 16-year-old Pierre Loury was shot and killed by police April 11.

Fatal shooting of teen by Chicago police could result in $1.2 million settlement for boy’s family

July 19, 2021 at 5:19 p.m.

Aldermen Monday advanced a $1.2 million settlement proposal for the mother of a 16-year-old boy who a Chicago police officer shot during a foot chase on the West Side. The...

The long-sought compromise between activists and Mayor Lori Lightfoot, shown July 16, 2021, would give a civilian board power to pass no-confidence votes against the police superintendent, and appoint and remove the chief of the Civilian Office of Police Accountability.

Chicago police oversight compromise announced; civilian panel wouldn’t have power to remove superintendent

July 19, 2021 at 1:14 p.m.

Grassroots police activists and Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced Monday they have reached a deal on civilian oversight of the Chicago Police Department, after seeing their separate plans fail to gain...

Ald. Carlos Ramirez-Rosa, 35th, speaks in support of the Empowering Communities for Public Safety coalition plan on May 25, 2021, outside the Thompson Center in downtown Chicago.

Lightfoot, activists attempt new compromise on Chicago police oversight, the latest delay in long-running effort

July 16, 2021 at 2:37 p.m.

Grassroots police activists and Mayor Lori Lightfoot said Friday they will keep negotiating on a deal to establish civilian oversight of the Chicago Police Department, the latest delay in the...

Housing activists march in Chicago's Hyde Park neighborhood last year, calling for a "rent strike" because of economic disruption caused by the COVID-19 virus pandemic.

Protections for Chicago renters advance to City Council, with Illinois’ temporary evictions ban due to expire soon

July 15, 2021 at 5:20 p.m.

Chicago aldermen have taken steps to lock in some city renter protection rules as a statewide moratorium on evictions during the pandemic gets set to end and a new round...

Ald. Gilbert Villegas, de 36 años, escucha durante una reunión del Concejo Municipal de Chicago en mayo.

Con la reasignación de distritos de Chicago pendiente, los concejales latinos tienen como objetivo proteger y expandir su huella en el Concejo Municipal

July 12, 2021 at 5:10 p.m.

El lunes, los regidores latinos reclamaron proteger y quizá expandir su representación en el Concejo Municipal en la próxima reasignación de distritos basada en los nuevos números del censo. Con...

Ald. Gilbert Villegas, 36th, listens during a Chicago City Council meeting in May.

With remap of Chicago wards pending, Latino aldermen aim to protect, and expand, their City Council footprint

July 12, 2021 at 3:03 p.m.

Latino aldermen on Monday staked their claim to protecting and perhaps expanding their City Council representation in the upcoming ward remap based on new census numbers. With the once-per-decade political...

Mayor Lori Lightfoot traveled to the Bay Area with some Chicago tech firm leaders, seeking to bring more tech companies and jobs to the city.

Lightfoot touts Chicago as tech destination on San Francisco trip. Will local violence deter would-be recruits?

July 9, 2021 at 1:42 p.m.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Thursday talked up her trip to San Francisco this week as a chance to sell Chicago to corporate leaders there as a good place to do...

People enjoy summerlike weather June 3, 2021, on the large patio at Recess in Chicago's West Loop.

Illinois reports zero COVID-19 deaths for first time since start of pandemic

July 6, 2021 at 7:52 p.m.

The Illinois Department of Public Health on Monday reported zero deaths from COVID-19 for the first time since March 2020 — a sign of how far the state has come...

Students enter South Loop Elementary School on June 22, 2021, the last day of the CPS school year. Far fewer than half of all CPS students returned for any in-person classes last year.

As schools prep for full reopening, Chicago Teachers Union wants a student vaccine goal met by October

July 6, 2021 at 4:58 p.m.

With Chicago Public Schools set to fully reopen in the fall, the Chicago Teachers Union is calling for 80% of students 12 and older to be vaccinated against COVID-19 by...

Automobiles on Lake Shore Drive pour back into the city after a holiday weekend on July 6, 1947. This photo was taken at 7:30 p.m. from the North Avenue Bridge. From the 1940s to the '70s, a section north of North Avenue featured a unique, though problem-plagued, system of curb-high lane barriers that could be raised or lowered to provide six lanes in the direction of rush-hour traffic instead of the standard four lanes in each direction.

Lake Shore Drive renamed for Jean Baptiste Point DuSable

June 25, 2021 at 7:50 p.m.

Jean Baptiste Point DuSable Lake Shore Drive it is. Or rather, will soon be. Two years after a South Side alderman introduced an ordinance to rebrand the landmark Chicago Lake...

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