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Chicago Inspector General Joe Ferguson speaks at police headquarters on Oct. 3, 2017. Ferguson's office on April 10, 2018, released its findings on practices of the city's building inspectors.

Watchdog: Chicago Buildings Department lets most complaints linger, including some posing ‘serious threats to life’

May 15, 2019 at 4:49 p.m.

Chicago building inspectors are tardy in responding to most complaints, sometimes when dangerous conditions are reported, according to an audit released Tuesday by Inspector General Joe Ferguson. The Department of...

Ald. Ariel Reboyras takes a seat before a meeting in the City Hall council chambers on March 28, 2017.

Alderman says he’ll hold neighborhood meetings on dueling plans for police oversight

May 15, 2019 at 4:49 p.m.

An aldermanic ally of Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Friday said he plans to hold meetings in Chicago neighborhoods to consider competing proposals for civilian oversight of the Police Department. Ald....

Republican Cook County Board Commissioner Timothy Schneider listens during a board meeting. Democrat Kevin Morrison, vying to face Schneider in November, may have eked out a narrow victory in the primary after counting provisional ballots.

Favored Democratic candidate wins by 12 votes, now aims for Rauner-allied county commissioner

May 15, 2019 at 4:49 p.m.

Two weeks after voters went to the polls, one of two Democrats vying to take on Republican Cook County Board Commissioner Timothy Schneider in November has declared victory in the...

Mayor Rahm Emanuel speaks at the City Club of Chicago luncheon on March 14, 2018. A judge on April 2 struck down a Chicago Park District pension fund overhaul that had been championed by Emanuel.

Court strikes down Chicago Park District pension plan

May 15, 2019 at 4:48 p.m.

A Chicago Park District pension fund overhaul that Mayor Rahm Emanuel once held up as a model of city-union cooperation has been struck down by a judge, in a ruling...

Mayor Rahm Emanuel, seen here on March 7, 2018, and Ald. Edward Burke introduced a "Safe Guns Policy" ordinance on March 29, to force banks doing business with the city to set gun-control sales restrictions on their customers.

Emanuel, Burke move to force the hand of banks on gun control

May 15, 2019 at 4:48 p.m.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel wants banks doing business with the city to set gun-control sales restrictions on their business customers. It’s a potentially far-reaching measure that could raise the media-conscious mayor’s...

Paul Vallas, shown in March 2017, served as Chicago Public Schools superintendent under Richard M. Daley when he was mayor. Vallas plans to challenge Mayor Rahm Emanuel in the 2019 mayoral race.

Former CPS chief Paul Vallas to enter Chicago mayoral race, attorney says

May 15, 2019 at 4:48 p.m.

After talking for months about taking on Mayor Rahm Emanuel in next year’s election, former Chicago Public Schools CEO Paul Vallas soon will make it clear he’s running, his election...

Ald. Ariel Reboyras relaxes before a meeting in the City Hall council chambers on March 28, 2017.

Counterproposals for police oversight board don’t include power to fire superintendent

May 23, 2019 at 12:40 a.m.

A close ally of Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Wednesday countered a controversial plan for a police civilian oversight board empowered to fire the superintendent with a pair of proposals for...

A device called a bump stock is attached to a semi-automatic rifle at a gun store and range in Utah. Bans on bump stocks and civilian use of body armor were advanced by Chicago aldermen March 27, 2018.

Bans on bump stocks, body armor move forward in Chicago

May 15, 2019 at 4:48 p.m.

Bans on bump stocks and civilian use of body armor were advanced by Chicago aldermen Tuesday as they reacted to last year’s mass shooting on the Las Vegas Strip and...

The release of condominium owners' personal email addresses and phone numbers would be limited in Chicago under a measure advanced by aldermen on March 26, 2018.

Chicago aldermen want to limit release of condo owner emails, phone numbers to reverse state law

May 15, 2019 at 4:48 p.m.

The release of Chicago condominium owners’ private email addresses and phone numbers to their neighbors would be limited under a measure that gained steam Monday despite objections that such a...

Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle and challenger Bob Fioretti, a former Chicago alderman, before the Tribune Editorial Board on Jan. 24, 2018, in Chicago.

Preckwinkle wins at polls despite pop tax backlash, now will run to lead Cook County Democrats

May 15, 2019 at 4:48 p.m.

Just five months ago, Democratic County Board President Toni Preckwinkle was widely viewed as politically vulnerable when the pop tax she vociferously defended was repealed by commissioners amid a public...

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