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With no end in sight to Chicago’s migrant crisis, the City Council agreed Thursday to throw another $34.5 million into what is becoming a bottomless pit for Chicago taxpayers.
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 ...
Alderpersons OK’d a $33 million Homeland Security grant to care for asylum-seekers and also agreed to spend $1.5 million in tax increment financing dollars to buy a 10.7-acre property formerly used by the Marine Corps and convert it into a shelter for up to 550 migrants.
A City Council committee approved a $25 million settlement Monday in a Chicago police misconduct case involving two men wrongfully convicted of murdering a college basketball standout three decades ago, sending one of the city’s largest police misconduct settlement awards in recent years to a final vote this week. The Finance Committee advanced the massive settlement deal to the full City ...
Two men who served a combined 34 years in prison after being wrongfully convicted of the 1993 murder of a college basketball star will divide $25 million, thanks to a settlement advanced Monday by a City Council committee.