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The contract doesn’t mention specific sites for the giant camps, and none have been chosen, according to Mayor Brandon Johnson’s press secretary Ronnie Reese.
Several progressive aldermen and activists have joined a growing list of critics calling for the Chicago City Council to reject an arbitrator’s ruling that would allow Chicago police officers accused of serious misconduct to have their disciplinary cases decided behind closed doors. “Let’s not take steps back, but let’s keep working together to make sure that cops are held accountable,” Ald. ...
Several progressive aldermen and activists have joined a growing list of critics calling for the Chicago City Council to reject an arbitrator’s ruling that would allow Chicago police officers accused of serious misconduct to have their disciplinary cases decided behind closed doors. “Let’s not take steps back, but let’s keep working together to make sure that cops are held accountable,” Ald. ...
Chicago aldermen approved one of the city’s largest police misconduct settlement awards in years Thursday, while also diving into an emotional debate about what the city owes newly arriving immigrants as longtime Black residents feel overlooked. The City Council approved a $25 million settlement award in a police misconduct case in which two men were wrongfully convicted of murdering a college ...
Mayor Brandon Johnson didn’t take his predecessor’s word for it when Mayor Lori Lightfoot said she’d left the city in great financial shape, with an $85 million shortfall. And it’s a good thing the new mayor was skeptical, his top aides told some City Council members in a budget briefing.