Alders advance $261 million settlement for 17 wrongful murder convictions
The city of Chicago appears ready to pay out an eye-popping $260.8 million to 17 men framed for murder by notorious former Detective Reynaldo Guevara.
Watch CBS News
The city of Chicago appears ready to pay out an eye-popping $260.8 million to 17 men framed for murder by notorious former Detective Reynaldo Guevara.
For the first time, Chicago voters this November will elect the president of the Chicago Board of Education, as the governing body for the Chicago Public Schools becomes a fully elected board in 2027.
Former U.S. President Barack Obama will be in Detroit in late October to campaign with Michigan Democrats for the Nov. 3 election.
With five Democratic incumbent members of Congress in Illinois giving up their seats at the end of their terms, voters will elect a handful of new members of the U.S. House of Representatives in the 2026 midterm elections.
Former Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert represented Illinois for two decades in Congress and was later jailed on charges related to his concealment of hush money payments made to cover up sexual abuse.
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker and former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel in the coming week will both head to South Carolina, the state that will host the first Democratic presidential primary in the nation in 2028.
Election Day 2026 is less than a month away, and control of Congress is on the line, with a huge number of Illinois members of Congress leaving.
Hilario Dominguez, a candidate running for president of Chicago's elected Board of Education, pushed back on claims this weekend that he had inappropriate interactions with a student.
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has met with Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker and the leadership of the state's General Assembly, adding another wrinkle to the Chicago Bears' long-running pursuit of a new home.
Chicago taxpayers could soon be shelling out more than $260 million dollars to settle cases tied to allegations that disgraced former police detective Reynaldo Guevara tortured 17 men into false confessions to crimes.
In August, prosecutors asked a judge to dismiss Reflecting Pool vandalism charges against David Hearn because the damage had been caused by a contractor's "botched installation."
Civil lawsuits are now filed against the federal government on behalf of the family of Renee Good, the 37-year-old woman fatally shot in January by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in south Minneapolis.
Voters say their top issues going into the 2026 midterm election are immigration, President Trump's policies, and affordability.
A Republican-led effort to approve a House-passed stock trading bill fell short in the Senate, with Democrats saying the restrictions don't go far enough and pushing back against a voter ID provision.
Chicago aldermen on Tuesday voted to require at least 30 members of the City Council to approve any future plans to borrow money, seeking to make it tougher to add to the city's mountain of debt, but Mayor Brandon Johnson signaled he might veto the measure.
