Ald. Tom Tunney worries about police resources with crowds expected after Pride Parade
The Chicago Pride Parade is returning to the area on and around North Halsted Street this weekend after a two-year hiatus, but there are some safety concerns.
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The Chicago Pride Parade is returning to the area on and around North Halsted Street this weekend after a two-year hiatus, but there are some safety concerns.
If you want to vote by mail in next week's Illinois primary elections, you have until 5 p.m. on Thursday to fill in your application.
Fifteen Republicans joined Democrats to pass the bipartisan-negotiated bill.
Cutting through bureaucratic red tape can be frustrating – but red tape is not the reason for one west suburban woman's frustration.
Ald. Anthony Beale has been trying for more than a year to raise the threshold for speed camera tickets from 6 mph over the limit back to the original to 10 mph.
Scott replaces her brother, Michael Scott Jr., who resigned earlier this month to take a job with Chicago film studio Cinespace.
Mayor Lori Lightfoot said the measure was "clearly needed" to address a gap in the city's building code as the city moves into the hot summer months.
More than a dozen CPD officers have died by suicide in the last four years. Until now, families of those officers did not get any work-related death benefits.
The idea, which would require the support of Congress, is already being met with skepticism.
"We've been trying to right the wrong on this corrupt red light camera/speed light camera system," said Ald. Anthony Beale (9th).
It's a sobering fact – more than a dozen Chicago Police officers have died by suicide in the last four years. Right now, families of those CPD officers do not get any work-related death benefits.
Two high-profile police shootings that started with foot chases have prompted big changes to Chicago Police policy.
After nearly 40 years, the Rev. James Meeks is stepping away from the pulpit.
Daley was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital on June 8, after he started feeling out of sorts while at home with his daughter, Nora.
Lightfoot said Monique Scott "really rose to the top" of the list of 19 applicants for the job, on her own merits.
