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Leaders from three of the city’s public safety agencies gathered at Truman College in the Uptown neighborhood Monday night to lay out their high-level goals for the coming year. But the presentations from the heads of the Chicago Police Department, the Civilian Office of Police Accountability and the Chicago Police Board were delivered as the future of one of those bodies, the police board, is ...

Rather than getting additional points in the scoring process for non-low-bid contracts, city staff say all small businesses should get the same leg up over larger companies.

Chicago livery drivers knew that they could count on Mohammed al Hijoj to bring them coffee and a snack if they were in between clients in an area near him. If someone needed help registering a vehicle or pointers on conduct with passengers, al Hijoj made sure they had the information they needed. He’d been driving in the Chicago area for 15 years and was generous with his knowledge and time, ...

Advocates and the drivers themselves said they are vulnerable to carjackings and robberies because “we welcome strangers in our cars,” said Lenny Sanchez, Illinois director for the Independent Drivers Guild.

In November 2023, the Chicago City Council passed the Chicago Paid Leave and Paid Sick and Safe Leave Ordinance, dramatically expanding the city’s existing paid sick leave ordinance to...

State Sen. Karla Eslinger will be Missouri’s next commissioner of education beginning in June, the State Board of Education announced during its meeting Tuesday, Dec. 5.

Schools across northeast Oklahoma City were awarded 350,000 dollars to invest in science, technology, engineering and math.

When students returned to classrooms around Missouri in August, only 601 had secured a scholarship through the MOScholars program as a returning recipient -- half as many as were in the program in May.

THE HOUSE AND SENATE: Beacon Hill Roll Call records local representatives’ and senators’ votes from the week of Nov. 13-17. LONG TERM CARE CHANGES (H 4178) – House 158-0, approved and sent to the Senate legislation that supporters say will “take a comprehensive approach towards reforming the long-term care industry by supporting and expanding the workforce, […]

The Senate Education and Workforce Development Committee brought students, concerned parents and Education Department leadership together on Thursday afternoon for a frank discussion about the maintenance and safety issues plaguing