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Allies of the mayor used a parliamentary maneuver Wednesday to prevent a vote on the nomination of the Rev. Ira Acree to serve on the board of the Regional Transportation Authority, an acknowledgment they did not have the votes to confirm the politically connected pastor.

The appointment came the same week Gov. JB Pritzker called for "new leadership" at the CTA. Most people on the board aren't transit experts.

Starting last summer, a string of heists carried out by masked men on local freeways has upended L.A.'s jewelry business, with tens of thousands of dollars taken in odd crimes.

After a year of sweeping changes and more controversy, the department enters 2024 with a new permanent boss facing a long to-do list.

CHICAGO — (TNS) The Chicago Police Board announced at its monthly meeting last week that four officers accused of misconduct — making false statements and using excessive force during the

The Chicago Police Board announced at its monthly meeting last week that four officers accused of misconduct — making false statements and using excessive force during the unrest of 2020 — were not guilty of the administrative charges against them. And, in response to an order from a Cook County judge, the board also upheld an earlier decision to fire two other officers who had fired their ...

CHICAGO — The Chicago Police Board announced at its monthly meeting last week that four officers accused of misconduct — making false statements and using excessive force during the unrest of 2020 — were not guilty of the administrative charges against them. And, in response to an order from a Cook County judge, the board also upheld an earlier decision to fire two other officers who had fired ...

Then-Chicago Police Supt. David Brown filed administrative charges last October accusing the officers of making false statements in the shooting of William Hope Jr. and recommended they be fired.

The Chicago Police Board, the nine-person body that metes out discipline in the most serious cases of alleged misconduct by Chicago police officers, is in a state of flux. No longer does the board have a say in who should be CPD superintendent, and the union representing rank-and-file CPD officers contends that cops facing disciplinary charges should be afforded the option to have their cases ...

The Chicago Police Board, the nine-person body that metes out discipline in the most serious cases of alleged misconduct by Chicago police officers, is in a state of flux. No longer does the board have a say in who should be CPD superintendent, and the union representing rank-and-file CPD officers contends that cops facing disciplinary charges should be afforded the option to have their cases ...