CPD Asking Local Celebrities To Help End 'Code Of Silence' On Crime
Police officials are hoping to use some big names to counteract the "Don't Snitch" mentality that protects gang members and violent criminals in some neighborhoods.
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Police officials are hoping to use some big names to counteract the "Don't Snitch" mentality that protects gang members and violent criminals in some neighborhoods.
Chicago motorists could move along a little faster on the Dan Ryan, Eisenhower or Kennedy -- for a price -- under a concept transportation officials are considering.
The head of the Cook County Board says she's working to address some of the racial inequities in the County's criminal justice system.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel has renewed the city's efforts to lease Midway International Airport, but the plans scaled back from the one proposed—and then dropped—by former Mayor Richard M. Daley.
Spurred by the Newtown school shooting massacre, Mayor Rahm Emanuel was leading a coalition of Chicago area mayors in a renewed drive for stronger gun control laws.
Chicago Public Schools leaders were again denying Wednesday that they already have a list of scores of schools they are targeting for closure next year.
State employee unions said Wednesday they're willing to chip in more of their salaries toward retirements, if the state of Illinois guarantees that it will fully fund its responsibilities toward workers' pensions.
In the wake of the school shooting massacre in Newtown, Conn., Mayor Rahm Emanuel made his strongest call yet for an assault weapons ban on Monday, while police Supt. Garry McCarthy also suggested having top police brass help review security measures in place at the city's public schools.
The numbers are in, and overall crime is dropping in Chicago.
Starting at 9:11 a.m., volunteers have been reading the names of the American men and women who have been killed while serving in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, at a ceremony outside the Thompson Center.
One of Mayor Rahm Emanuel's top Chicago Labor allies is clashing with him over the new janitors' contract at O'Hare International Airport.
Some Chicago aldermen said Tuesday that the city's janitorial contract at O'Hare International Airport should be rebid, over concerns about the layoffs the contract would mean for union janitors, as well as the company's ties to mob figures.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel, the city's first Jewish Mayor, this evening lit a Menorah set up among the other holiday season displays at Daley Plaza.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel responded gently on Monday to criticisms of his crime-fighting strategy leveled at him last week by Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle.
Outgoing suburban Congresswoman Judy Biggert said she's very concerned that efforts to avoid the so-called "fiscal cliff" of mandated tax hikes and program cuts are falling prey to partisan bickering.
In remarks at the Union League Club, Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle seemed dissatisfied with the way the city is confronting the high number of shootings and homicides in some neighborhoods.
Gov. Pat Quinn said he and other Illinois officials are very concerned about the falling water levels on the Mississippi River, and the impact it could have on the state.
Gov. Pat Quinn was side-stepping questions about State Sen. Donne Trotter's arrest on Wednesday for allegedly trying to carry a handgun onto a flight at O'Hare International Airport, saying the judicial process should play out in court.
More questions have been raised about executives at a Chicago company that was just awarded a $99.5 million city contract for custodial work at O'Hare International Airport.
The city of Chicago and a female bartender beaten by a Chicago cop five years ago are asking a federal judge to set aside the judgment in the lawsuit stemming from the videotaped bar beating.
No more doomsdays – that was the promise from Chicago Transit Authority President Forrest Claypool on Monday as the agency pushed its new budget.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Wednesday defended his comments about the plan to raise the prices for CTA passes, saying his words on Monday were misinterpreted.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel suggested Wednesday that people shouldn't be too hard on Ald. Sandi Jackson (7th), who's been a no-show at the City Council in recent weeks, while her husband, former Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr., has been dealing with serious legal and medical problems.
An Illinois House committee has endorsed a plan to give the Chicago Public Schools four more months to decide where to make cuts in the number of schools the system operates.
Ald. Sandi Jackson (7th) — who reportedly is under investigation for possible improper campaign finance activities along with her husband, Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. – did not show up for the City Council's final budget vote on Thursday, two days after the congressman was released from the Mayo Clinic.
