Chicago’s new spending on mental health doesn’t end dispute over reopening clinics
An unprecedented $86 million will be spent on mental health in 2022, but activists say the fight to reopen shuttered clinics isn’t over.
An unprecedented $86 million will be spent on mental health in 2022, but activists say the fight to reopen shuttered clinics isn’t over.
It’s the latest twist in the fight between the city of Chicago and the main police over the vaccine mandate, which took effect Friday.
City workers who don’t report their vaccine status starting Oct. 15 won’t get paid. The plan’s getting more pushback from at least one union.
Gardiner made misogynistic comments about colleagues and residents in texts, and allegedly retaliated against opponents.
The deal, supported by 80% of union members, also allows the city to investigate complaints against officers without a sworn affidavit.
Lending is a critical way money moves into communities, but many banks have dismal records in Chicago’s Black and Latino neighborhoods. A new ordinance hopes to change that.
Chicago’s inspector general finds the city’s process for designating banks to hold city deposits is uncoordinated and lax.
Chicago has increasingly depended on contracts with nursing agencies to fill service gaps that used to be filled by full-time city nurses.
Chicago aldermen gave final approval to the Bronzeville Lakefront development Wednesday, which is on the site City Hall had hoped to use for its failed 2016 Olympic bid.
Council members could give final approval Wednesday to a plan that gives publicly-elected representatives a say in police policy and leadership.