Anabel Abarca picked to replace former 12th Ward Ald. George Cardenas
A resident of McKinley Park, Abarca was one of three people to apply to replace Cardenas in the 12th Ward.
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A resident of McKinley Park, Abarca was one of three people to apply to replace Cardenas in the 12th Ward.
The volunteers for aldermanic candidate Marija Tomic spoke exclusively to CBS 2 Political Investigator Dana Kozlov.
The Chicago Board of Election Commissioners confirmed Burke did not file renomination petitions by the Monday deadline.
The Chicago Board of Election Commissioners confirmed Burke did not file renomination petitions by the Monday deadline. CBS 2 Political Investigator Dana Kozlov reports.
The Chicago Board of Election Commissioners confirmed Burke did not file renomination petitions by the Monday deadline.
James Suh says Ald. James Gardiner (45th) retaliated against him after getting publicly criticized.
In one of the largest exoduses in recent history, 14 aldermen who won in 2019 announced they are either resigning or not running again.
Austin and her chief of staff, Chester Wilson Jr., were indicted last year on federal charges accusing them of taking bribes from a construction company seeking Austin's support for a development in her ward.
Officer Adolfo Bolanos shot 17-year-old Michael Elam Jr. three times in the back, and is facing possible firing over the shooting.
The position is open because Ald. George Cardenas is resigning from the City Council at the end of this month. He was just elected to the Cook County Board of Review.
If you want to be the next alderperson of the 12th Ward in Chicago, hurry up and get your application in.
When Ald. Brendan Reilly (42nd) asked to give the CTA a letter grade, Carter refused.
A long-delayed proposal to revise Chicago Police Department search warrant policies, known as the Anjanette Young Ordinance, hit a roadblock on Thursday, as a key City Council Committee voted against the changes it sought. CBS 2 Investigator Megan Hickey reports.
"The timing works really well for this, because on days he has to vote or days he's supposed to be doing committee work, it's only 30 days."
Chicago aldermen didn't hold back on grilling Chicago Transit Authority President Dorval Carter at the hearing Thursday. CBS 2's Tara Molina reports.
The City Council Public Safety Committee is expected to vote Thursday on the Anjanette Young Ordinance, which would require a number of changes to Chicago Police Department search warrant policies through city code, rather than just internal policies.
As she prepares to run for re-election next year, Lightfoot did not seek an increase in property taxes in her 2023 budget plan.
For the first time since taking office, Lightfoot is not asking for a property tax increase to help balance the budget.
Ald. Cardenas submitted a letter of resignation to Mayor Lightfoot Tuesday.
At least 14 other alderpersons elected in 2019 also are not running for re-election next year.
Cardenas won the Democratic primary for the 1st District seat on the Cook County Board of Review – which handles taxpayer appeals of property assessments – and has no opponents in Tuesday's primary.
City attorneys said a recent Appellate Court ruling determined state law limits penalties for various parking offenses to $250, after the city had been imposing penalties of up to $500.
Burge oversaw the torture and coerced confessions of at least 125 people from the 1970s to the 1990s.
Young, an innocent social worker, was handcuffed naked as officers swarmed her home in a botched raid in 2019.
Curtis has served as alderman since 2015.
