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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...