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City Council urged to reject arbitrator’s ruling that would shield the most serious disciplinary cases from public view.

A pilot launched under former Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot provided 5,000 residents with $500 a month for a year with no strings attached.

Alderpersons Bill Conway (34th) and Brendan Reilly (42nd) sounded the alarm about the future of “LaSalle Street Reimagined” during Wednesday’s budget hearing, seeking assurances from city planning officials that developers now fronting huge costs can count on the city to be their partner.

Ald. Ray Lopez introduces an ordinance that would fine parents and require family counseling and community service for minors who commit a host of offenses.

The current immigration mess shouldn’t be placed on the shoulders of Texans or Chicagoans or New Yorkers, a suburban letter writer says.

“We’re here to pressure our own government,” one demonstrator said. “But we’re also here as part of a global mobilization to show all the complicit parties that we are watching, and we are paying attention.”

Mayor Brandon Johnson presided over a sometimes raucous special City Council meeting on Friday to pass a resolution condemning the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks on Israeli civilians.

A former Hamas leader’s call for a “day of rage” Friday motivated by the Israel-Hamas war has sparked uneasiness and confusion in cities across the U.S.

Former Ald. Ed Burke is accused of using his seat on the City Council to steer business to his private law firm amid schemes that involved the Old Post Office, a Burger King at 41st Street and Pulaski Road, and a Binny’s Beverage Depot.