Inspector General Says Aldermen's Menu Program Shortchanges City
IG Joseph Ferguson said the Chicago Department of Transportation should have an overall plan to address the city's infrastructure needs
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IG Joseph Ferguson said the Chicago Department of Transportation should have an overall plan to address the city's infrastructure needs
The Chicago Board of Education and a group of CPS parents sued the state, seeking to declare its funding systems discriminatory and illegal.
The program will make it easier for undocumented immigrants, the homeless, ex-inmates and others to get the IDs and some city services.
Ald. Raymond Lopez has introduced a measure to fold the CDA security officer force into the Chicago Police Department's airport detail.
An ordinance to send surplus TIF money to CPS whenever the district is in financial distress remained bottled up in committee.
The district has noted CPS has 20 percent of the state's public school students, but receives only 15 percent of state education dollars.
Trump signed an executive order requiring the federal government to buy American-made products if at all possible during a visit to Kenosha.
Attorneys for former Gov. Rod Blagojevich were back in court Tuesday, trying again to get his 14-year prison sentence reduced.
Chicagoans can now get information on how well their neighborhoods are protected by police.
Chicago aldermen on Monday grudgingly endorsed an ordinance that would ease restrictions on where shooting ranges can be located in the city
Protesters hoisted signs that read, "Hey, comrade, show us your taxes," "Prove you're not Putin's puppet," and "Don the Con."
About 10,000 people indicated on Facebook that they would attend Tax March Chicago.
The unnamed physician is accused of submitting expenses that were approved for reimbursement. WBBM's Steve Miller reports.
Ald. Roderick Sawyer (6th) said he and other African-American aldermen are willing to sit down with new FOP leadership.
Preckwinkle said her staff is straightening out problems with management and finances at the Cook County Department of Homeland Security.
