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Aldermen advance $15.5 million in settlements for police and Fire Department-related deaths

October 15, 2025 at 4:33 p.m.

An $8 million settlement to the family of Leonardo Guerrero, who died in 2022 in a Chicago Fire Department ambulance, passed with some minor opposition from aldermen.

Former President Barack Obama moderates a conversation with three leaders at the 2024 Democracy Forum at the Marriott Marquis in Chicago on Dec. 5, 2024. (Tess Crowley/baiduhai)

Former President Barack Obama decries ‘politicization of the military’ by President Donald Trump

October 13, 2025 at 4:13 p.m.

Former President Barack Obama talked about whether America had descended into fascism or authoritarianism on the podcast “WTF,” hosted by standup comedian and actor Marc Maron.

Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle presides over a board meeting after giving her 2026 budget speech in the Cook County boardroom on Oct. 9, 2025. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle unveils $10.1B election year budget, tapping reserves

October 9, 2025 at 5:50 p.m.

Toni Preckwinkle’s 2026 budget proposal does not include new taxes, fines or fees. It eliminates a $211 million shortfall thanks in large part to better-than-expected revenues.

Dorval Carter Jr., then-president of the Chicago Transit Authority, at a news conference Jan. 10, 2025, heralding the final part of federal funding for the Red Line Extension project. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Mayor Brandon Johnson considering lawsuit as Trump withholds $2.1B from Chicago, including CTA Red Line Extension funds

October 3, 2025 at 5:42 p.m.

Two major Chicago transit projects are in jeopardy after the White House froze $2.1 billion in federal funding over an investigation into racial preferences in contracting.

Residential properties throughout Chicago's South and West sides, like these on West End Avenue in West Garfield Park, had their property assessments increase last year. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Applications open for Cook County property tax relief fund

September 29, 2025 at 3:02 p.m.

The Cook County Homeowner Relief Fund will pay $1,000 to eligible homeowners who saw a property tax increase of 50% or more in 2021, 2022 or 2023.

Mayor Brandon Johnson arrives at the Harm Reduction Fair in Chicago's Uptown neighborhood on Aug. 27, 2025. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

Chicago budget fight a political minefield for Mayor Brandon Johnson

October 8, 2025 at 10:35 a.m.

To close a $1.15 billion 2026 funding gap by the end of the year, Mayor Brandon Johnson will have to dance through a minefield.

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson presides over a meeting of the City Council in City Hall, Sept. 25, 2025. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

Mayor Brandon Johnson’s council plan falls apart under weight of ‘Where’s mine?’

September 25, 2025 at 7:29 p.m.

Mayor Brandon Johnson had hoped to reshuffle the City Council members who hold the reins of the body’s powerful committees.

The Obama Presidential Center looms over the water at Jackson Park while under construction on Sept. 8, 2025, in Chicago. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Aldermen advance plan to protect affordable housing around Obama center

September 24, 2025 at 7:13 p.m.

Following last minute changes, advocates won passage in the City Council Housing Committee of a more modest Obama center housing protection proposal than they hoped for.

Residential properties throughout the South and West sides, like these shown on Sept. 18, 2025 on West End Avenue in West Garfield Park, had their property assessments double or even triple last year. Those higher assessments will likely help trigger steep hikes in property tax bills for homeowners in the neighborhoods. Experts, and officials with the Cook County assessor's office that produced the new figures, said the higher valuations are being partly driven by investors who have flocked to the few neighborhoods where real estate is still affordable. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Brace for impact: Tax hikes loom for South, West Side homeowners

October 2, 2025 at 6:13 p.m.

Property assessments double for 37,000 homes in Chicago’s historically neglected neighborhoods amid fresh investor interest.

A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent sits outside Cook County domestic violence court, 555 W. Harrison, in Chicago on Sept. 15, 2025. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Cook County commissioners seek cooperation from other officials to sound alert when ICE arrives

September 19, 2025 at 5:06 p.m.

The board members' resolution requests “communication of interactions related to immigration enforcement that occur within County buildings, on County property, or with County staff.”

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