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The mayor signed an executive order prohibiting any city agency from participating in out-of-state investigations seeking to punish people who travel to Illinois for reproductive healthcare.
Several aldermen are calling on City Council to do more to address the mental health crisis within the Chicago Police Department.
Another showdown is expected this week over the threshold for issuing speed camera tickets in Chicago.
Another showdown is expected this week over the threshold for issuing speed camera tickets in Chicago.
"We're thankful for all the warm wishes and helpful advice from baby lovers to help us with this big transition."
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.
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.
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.
One Chicago alderman is hoping the fourth time is the charm when it comes to changing Chicago's speed camera tickets and fines.
One change would require building owners make temperature adjustments in the often unpredictable months of May and October, which didn't happen in the James Sneider Apartments.
The applications are in – 19 candidates are vying to replace former Ald. Michael Scott on the City Council.
A judge on Monday denied a motion by his attorneys to toss out some of the evidence and some of the charges.
Mayor Lori Lightfoot raised her voice at Ald. Byron Sigcho-Lopez (25th) at a City Council meeting Tuesday, calling him a "liar" after he took issue with the casino approval process.
Critics have raised doubts the proposed casino can generate $200 million in revenue from the city, as the Lightfoot administration has said, calling those projections "fuzzy math."
A close ally of Mayor Lori Lightfoot, Scott was tapped as chair of the City Council Education Committee after Lightfoot took office in 2019.
Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s casino gamble appears to be paying off, as Bally’s bid to build in River West cleared a key hurdle Monday. But as CBS 2’s Asal Rezaei reports, some aldermen and residents alike aren’t so pleased about it all.
The university is providing a $3 million grant to the city to fund installation of 110 new police surveillance cameras and license plate readers in the neighborhoods surrounding its South Side campus.
The City Council held a similar meeting last summer, when they spent hours grilling CPD Supt. David Brown about efforts to fight violent crime.
The mayor has proposed rolling back the citywide curfew for minors from 11 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Friday and Saturday nights, and to expand the city's curfew to include 17-year-olds.
The biggest payout is a proposed $14.25 million settlement in a wrongful conviction case that already has cost Chicago taxpayers more than $13 million.
The new map, which sets the boundaries for Chicago's 50 wards for the next 10 years, has 14 Latino majority wards, 16 Black majority wards, one Black plurality ward, and the city's first-ever Asian majority ward.
A deal was struck in favor of the Chicago United Map, according to City Council Rules Committee Chairwoman Ald. Michelle Harris (8th).
A deal was struck in favor of the Chicago United Map, according to City Council Rules Committee Chairwoman Ald. Michelle Harris (8th).
On Monday, a special City Council committee on the casino threw questions about issues from crime to traffic and ethics at the would-be operator, Bally's, and at Mayor Lori Lightfoot's team, which selected Bally's last week. CBS 2's Chris Tye reports.
The shooting happened around 7:50 p.m. as the park was closing.
Pod cam video shows the men flying through the air after the car slammed into them.
A woman is killed, and four other people were wounded following a shooting in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood Sunday just after midnight.
Clouds will slowly give way to sunshine this week in the Chicago area with temperatures moving slowly back into the 80s.
A man is charged with groping women on a motorized skateboard in Chicago's downtown area.
A licensed captain shared some insight into what may have gone wrong.
At least seven people are dead and 40 others are wounded in shootings across the city as of Saturday.
A man is shot during an argument at the 69th Red Line Station Sunday night.
AJ Pollock and Andrew Vaughn homered, Lance Lynn threw six solid innings and the Chicago White Sox beat the Detroit Tigers 5-3 on Sunday to complete a three-game sweep.
The shooting happened around 7:50 p.m. as the park was closing.
Pod cam video shows the men flying through the air after the car slammed into them.
A woman is killed, and four other people were wounded following a shooting in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood Sunday just after midnight.
Clouds will slowly give way to sunshine this week in the Chicago area with temperatures moving slowly back into the 80s.
A man is charged with groping women on a motorized skateboard in Chicago's downtown area.
The timeshare owner says the business sent him elaborate emails and documentation, but the requests for money went on and on – until he was out more than $300,000.
Attorneys say it all started with a driver rolling through a stop sign.
With the Chicago federal trial for R. Kelly and two of his associates set to begin in less than two weeks, attorneys for one of the defendants – Derrell McDavid – filed a bizarre motion in court Wednesday.
That length of time made for a rough situation for people living in the building, and raised questions about why it took so long.
The Illinois Secretary of State's office said the women, Jennifer Fernandez of Carpentersville, had a valid driver's license and no offenses on her record.
"Getting a search warrant is the first step toward gathering evidence," Miller said. "There might not be any crime committed and the document just sits in a file and that's the end of the story."
The Justice Department is investigating the former president for potential Espionage Act violations.
The Justice Department asked a federal court to unseal the warrant, citing public interest in the case, and Trump said he encouraged its release.
Attorney General Merrick Garland revealed he "personally approved" the extraordinary decision to seek the warrant.
The Justice Department asked a judge to unseal the search warrant and inventory, but Trump lawyers are considering releasing material prior to a ruling.
In light of the crime trend, law enforcement wants everyone to know what's going on and how best to protect themselves and their cars.
U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer said, for more than a decade, Walgreens pharmacies in San Francisco dispensed hundreds of thousands of opioid prescriptions without performing enough due diligence.
The scammers make the websites look real as they trick customers to enter their information to create a bank account.
The GDP a measure of total spending on goods and services across the economy, fell at an annual rate of 0.9 percent, the Commerce Department said Thursday.
The Consumer Price Index reports the price of gas skyrocketed nearly 60 percent over the last year – and it's of course far from the only commodity affected.
The pain was so excruciating that a prescribed opioid didn't even help – that was Carson Twitchell's experience after he contracted monkeypox last month.
Chicago's top health official says the rush is on to get more monkeypox vaccine doses to those who need them, as infections continue to rise.
The United States now counts more infections from the virus than any other country in the world. Since May, cases have grown from zero to 6,617.
The declaration could help the federal government respond as the number of cases grows and demand for the vaccine far exceeds supply around the country.
It's estimated that more than 70% of Americans have had COVID, but we all know someone who says they've never had it.
The artist is launching "93 Boyz" this weekend.
The Long Grove village manager said he has received hundreds of emails about the proposal for a Range USA shop
The departments affected include technology and sales.
In the town of Tonica – less than two hours away from Chicago and right next to Starved Rock State Park – a hidden treasure sits on 96 acres of preserved land.
Operators of the new theatre hope enhancing the experience will draw back crowds not since since before the pandemic.
AJ Pollock and Andrew Vaughn homered, Lance Lynn threw six solid innings and the Chicago White Sox beat the Detroit Tigers 5-3 on Sunday to complete a three-game sweep.
Jose Barrero hit a tiebreaking RBI single in Cincinnati's three-run fifth inning, and the Reds stopped a five-game slide with an 8-5 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Sunday.
Andrew Vaughn hit a tiebreaking single in the seventh inning for the second consecutive night, AJ Pollock homered in the eighth and the Chicago White Sox beat the Detroit Tigers 6-4 on Saturday night.
Ian Happ, Willson Contreras and Franmil Reyes homered, and the Chicago Cubs beat the stumbling Cincinnati Reds 7-2 on Saturday night.
The president of the NFL Players Association blasted the conditions at Soldier Field on Saturday, and he didn't exactly get an argument from the Chicago Bears or Kansas City Chiefs after their preseason game.
Actor Anne Heche was placed in a medically induced coma a few days after crashing her car into a Mar Vista home last Friday.
Her husband John Easterling announced her passing on her Facebook page.
A preview performance of Broadway in Chicago's new show "The Devil Wears Prada" had a very special guest in attendance this week.
The Office of Emergency Management and Communications said 68 people were transported by ambulance from Lollapalooza this year, compared with 102 last year.
Lightfoot's office said the deal comes with an "estimated future financial impact of nearly $4 billion for the Chicago economy."
The shooting happened around 7:50 p.m. as the park was closing.
A licensed captain shared some insight into what may have gone wrong.
The shots came from a single vehicle in the parking lot. The vehicle immediately drove away, according to a statement from Six Flags.
Two people were hospitalized Sunday following a shooting in the front entrance parking lot at Six Flags Great America in Gurnee.
Video circulating on social media shows parkgoers crouched down and hiding where they had been in line.
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