Chicago Council Demands Hearings on ShotSpotter Replacement
Three aldermen pushed a resolution demanding hearings into why Chicago heads into a second summer without a gunshot detection system despite $13.9M budgeted.
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Three aldermen pushed a resolution demanding hearings into why Chicago heads into a second summer without a gunshot detection system despite $13.9M budgeted.
Chicago City Council elected Ald. Gilbert Villegas as Zoning Committee chair, dealing Mayor Brandon Johnson another political defeat amid ongoing power struggles.
Chicago City Council fell four votes short of overriding Mayor Brandon Johnson's veto of a measure to freeze the tipped worker subminimum wage phase-out.
Ald. Gilbert Villegas will chair Chicago's zoning committee after a months-long deadlock left over 100 proposed zoning changes stalled since October.
Chicago City Council approved a major financing package for Phase 1C of Lathrop Homes, bringing 309 mixed-income units to Lincoln Park's long-vacant southern site.
Ald. Raymond Lopez has embraced federal immigration raids in Chicago, earning conservative media fame while dividing his Southwest Side constituents.
Chicago's License Committee advanced video gambling citywide, ignoring Bally's warning that it could cost the city $4M annually and jeopardize the new casino.
Mayor Brandon Johnson vetoed an ordinance freezing tipped workers at 76% of minimum wage, leaving the City Council four votes short of an override.
Chicago's Commission on Landmarks is considering preliminary landmark status for Edgewater's Bryn Mawr corridor, home to the Edgewater Beach Apartments and more.
Mayor Brandon Johnson calls freezing Chicago's subminimum wage phaseout 'irresponsible' as a City Council vote looms on Wednesday.
Chicago's License Committee rejected ward-by-ward video gambling bans requested by six mayoral allies, defying the longstanding aldermanic prerogative tradition.