Chicago set to pay $1.75 million settlement to family of woman who died in police holding cell
Irene Chavez's family said police ignored her pleas to go to the hospital, even after she repeatedly told them she was a veteran suffering from PTSD.
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Irene Chavez's family said police ignored her pleas to go to the hospital, even after she repeatedly told them she was a veteran suffering from PTSD.
Rev. Ira Acree also was questioned about his lack of expertise in public transit as the City Council Transportation Committee weighed his appointment to the RTA Board.
Alderpeople are looking to try to stop rogue towers from making thousands off drivers who thought they were signing their car away to someone they could trust.
CBS 2's Sabrina Franza talked with yet another victim of a rogue towing company, to which she lost thousands of dollars.
Members of the City Council Public Safety Committee met Tuesday to discuss a possible solution to the ongoing issue – to try to stop rogue towers from making thousands off drivers who thought they were signing their car away to someone they could trust. CBS 2's Sabrina Franza reports.
The council also approved $48 million in grant money from the state and federal government, much of which will be used to pay outstanding debt the city owes for staffing and shelter costs.
Overall, the mayor's borrowing plan would cost the city $2.4 billion through 2061.
Ald. Timmy Knudsen (43rd) introduced the "Stop Hate Littering Ordinance" after a wave of antisemitic flyers popped up on cars in Lincoln Park in February and April.
Aldermen were set to vote Wednesday on a measure to require a full City Council vote before removing ShotSpotter from any wards, but two allies of the mayor moved to delay the vote.
The city already has budgeted $150 million to care for migrants this year, but the mayor's office has acknowledged that won't be enough for the entire year.
The City Council Finance Committee has endorsed the plan after the mayor agreed to give aldermen more oversight of the plan, but a final vote has been put off until Friday at the earliest.
The change would move money away from the Kansas-based healthcare staffing firm and aim to create a unified housing system.
Some members asked why this may be taken from the city's rainy day fund and questioned whether they should spend more on the mission at all.
The mayor's office has been briefing alderpeople this week on the request, which will be presented to the City Council Budget Committee on Monday.
"There's a discrepancy here. It's not fair. I think it's dangerous."
The City Council Police and Fire Committee on Monday approved a measure to require a City Council vote to halt the use of ShotSpotter technology in any given ward.
Some of the council's most conservative members had sought to punish Sigcho-Lopez for speaking feet away from the remains of that burned flag, at a rally organized by what some critics have described as a far-left extremist group.
A proposal in City Council could upend Mayor Brandon Johnson's plan to end the use of ShotSpotter gunshot detection technology in Chicago.
The full City Council votes on April 17.
A group of 15 City Council members want to strip Ald. Byron Sigcho-Lopez (25th) of his seat as chair of the Housing Committee.
A coalition of 21 alderpersons, seven other elected city officials, and representatives from 48 community organizations is asking the mayor to address migrant stays on a case-by-case basis.
Ald. Byron Sigcho-Lopez has said he wasn't aware a flag was burned before he spoke at a protest rally. Some colleagues want him to lose his seat as Housing Committee chair.
The Bears want a covered stadium hosting other major events, like the Super Bowl or the Final Four.
A group of Chicago alderpeople and several military veterans on Wednesday called for Ald. Byron Sigcho-Lopez (25th) to resign his seat as chair of the City Council's Housing Committee, after he spoke at a protest rally last week where an American flag was burned.
The ruling from Judge Michael Mullen delivers wins to both the Chicago Fraternal Order of Police and Mayor Brandon Johnson's administration in the fight over the future of police discipline
