A plan to sue gang members could end up costing Chicago taxpayers
The proposal has been beset with criticism, most recently from civil rights attorneys. It gets a City Council hearing Friday.
The proposal has been beset with criticism, most recently from civil rights attorneys. It gets a City Council hearing Friday.
In 2019, CPD officers burst into the social worker’s home and fruitlessly searched it while Young stood naked and handcuffed.
Grieving parents have complained for years about a lack of communication from CPD detectives. A new police unit aims to fix that.
When the right to a speedy trial resumed in October many predicted chaos and a rush of dropped cases, but that hasn’t happened.
The number of workers vaccinated against COVID-19 has shot up since Gov. JB Pritzker announced a vaccine requirement.
More than 800 people were killed this year in Chicago, most due to gun violence. Families share the stories of how their loved ones lived.
The city is trying to reform its notorious gang database, but activists say a new policy still puts Black and brown people at risk.
The ruling Monday is a major victory for the police unions which sued the city over vaccine requirements.
The scale of investment in these efforts pales against the backdrop of the city’s most violent year in more than two decades, researchers say.
R. Kelly is scheduled to appear via video in Chicago court Wednesday, weeks after being convicted in Brooklyn. The hearing could answer some lingering questions.