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The racial reckoning ignited by the police killing of George Floyd played out on city streets and at City Hall as Illinois gradually reopens from COVID-19 restrictions.
With the state stay-at-home order extended through May, officials spar over how best to manage relief and respond to the still escalating pandemic.
While requesting disaster relief for lakefront erosion, Chicago will pay to dump pollution on Lake Michigan in South Chicago
As Mayor Lori Lightfoot and City Council members debate changes to how Chicago’s tipped workers are paid, a new report highlights how other cities have fared after eliminating the subminimum wage.
Ald. Brian Hopkins sponsored a resolution calling for the city to deprioritize arrests and investigations of adults using the drugs and for the public health department to study the plants as alternative treatment options.
Lori Lightfoot is not actually Rahm 2.0, and demonizing her risks isolating progressive voices vital to the Chicago’s future.
To win support from voters and the City Council, the mayor will have to address budget shortfalls while reducing regressive taxation and responding to demands for better services and economic development in long-neglected communities.
With the city facing a budget crisis, the CHA may be best positioned to address Chicago’s affordable housing crisis.
The little-followed 16th Ward race highlights the shifting influence of ward committeemen, a position long known to drive patronage and corruption in Chicago politics.
The watershed mayoral election ushers in a new political landscape, setting the stage for a crop of young activists joining the City Council.