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A lawsuit became necessary after Mayor Lori Lightfoot failed to back an ordinance on the immediate right to legal counsel in police custody, a measure called for by her Police Accountability Task Force four years ago, advocates say.
A six-month development freeze around the new Northwest Side trail gives community groups a chance to explore strategies to preserve affordable housing — and park projects like El Paseo and the Obama Presidential Center could benefit from its lessons.
Aldermen urged the Lightfoot administration to invest in public facilities instead of allocating new funding to private providers as the best way to rebuild the city’s mental health safety net.
William Calloway said organizers will consider a mass protest on Black Friday if they don’t get a response from U.S. Attorney John Lausch.
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.
Despite common ground with Mayor Lori Lightfoot, disagreement on Chicago Public Schools’ financial position and who manages control over staffing decisions is pushing the teachers union to strike.
The city is spending millions on creating jobs to clean up vacant lots and green public spaces in areas with high shooting rates, an approach backed by research on blight and crime.
Prodded by Michelle Obama and other government leaders, Walmart and other major US retailers vowed to build hundreds of stores in food deserts. What happened?
The Woodlawn developer continued to land millions in public housing contracts despite his decades-long record of self-dealing and mismanagement.
By short-circuiting the conversation, as Rahm Emanuel did, the new mayor risks further polarizing the debate over police reform.