Victim of botched Chicago police raid in 2017 to get $300,000 settlement
Police raided Sharnia Phillips' home while searching for two gang members who had never lived there.
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Police raided Sharnia Phillips' home while searching for two gang members who had never lived there.
The final vote was 48-0, with two City Council members not present for the vote.
The Chicago City Council voted unanimously to confirm Chief Larry Snelling as the new superintendent of the Chicago Police Department on Wednesday afternoon. The final vote was 48-0. Only Ald. Derrick Curtis (18th) and Ald. Gilbert Villegas (36th) were not present to vote.
The Chicago City Council voted unanimously to confirm Chief Larry Snelling as the new superintendent of the Chicago Police Department on Wednesday afternoon.
"They will steal a car use it to commit a robbery, and get another one the next day. It's like whack-a-mole. It's cat and mouse."
With approval from a committee, the full City Council is expected to hold a vote on his appointment next Wednesday.
The man tapped to become Chicago's next police superintendent is one step closer to securing the job. A City Council committee voted Friday to move the process forward.
The ordinance would gradually increase the minimum wage for tipped workers to match the full minimum wage by July 1, 2028.
"There's no question the mayor had the votes in the City Council to pass this."
The City Council is now expected to approve a plan to phase out the lower minimum wage for tipped workers over five years, instead of just two.
Developers of new high-rise or single-family homes are now required to provide the electrical equipment necessary to establish EV parking spots.
It breaks down to $33 million in Homeland Security grant care and $1.5 million in tax increment financing dollars.
Once the city makes repairs to the building's heating and air conditioning systems, the city plans to house up to about 550 migrants there as soon as next month.
Wayne Washington and Tyrone Hood were exonerated in the 1993 murder.
"We're spending now millions of tax dollars on bad behavior."
Conyears-Ervin was out of town one day after the Chicago Tribune published a letter written by a Chicago attorney on behalf of two of the treasurer's former employees.
The six-month fight with the city for the spending records wasn't just a struggle for CBS 2.
The Chicago City Council Finance Committee held a hearing Tuesday with the heads of the Water Management and Finance departments.
Three years ago, then-Mayor Lori Lightfoot put the brakes on undocumented residents being turned over to immigration authorities after being charged with a crime. Ald. Ray Lopez (15th) wants to reverse that.
Ald. Jeanette Taylor (20th) called for a special meeting of the full City Council to demand more thorough answers from city agencies.
Ald. Jeanette Taylor (20th) called for a special meeting of the full City Council to demand more thorough answers from city agencies.
Activists say the failure to clear and de-ice sidewalks traps people who use mobility aids - including wheelchairs.
Activists say the failure to clear and de-ice sidewalks traps people who use mobility aids - including wheelchairs.
A proposed city ordinance is driven by the contention that restaurant workers should make the same hourly wage as other workers. CBS 2 Political Investigator Dana Kozlov reports.
A proposed ordinance would give restaurants two years to have all tipped workers increased to Chicago's minimum wage, which is $15.80 an hour, plus any tips they earn. CBS 2 Political Investigator Dana Kozlov reports.
