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City trucks plow and salt along the streets as a blowing lake-effect snow falls along the lakefront at Montrose Beach in Chicago on March 14, 2017.

Plow, truck drivers union reaches tentative deal with city, averting strike vote

May 31, 2019 at 4:10 p.m.

The union representing the city’s snowplow and garbage truck drivers announced Sunday it reached a tentative five-year contract agreement with the city of Chicago. Teamsters Local 700 members were scheduled...

The Chicago City Council debates Mayor Rahm Emanuel's budget on Nov. 21, 2017.

2018 to be another rough year for Chicago taxpayers

May 31, 2019 at 4:09 p.m.

2017 was particularly hard on Chicago taxpayers, who were hit with a major state income tax hike, the latest in a series of property tax increases at City Hall and...

High-ranking Cook County prosecutor resigns after inquiry into case referrals to former employer

May 23, 2019 at 12:17 a.m.

A top member of the Cook County state’s attorney’s office resigned Friday after an internal review found he had referred business to his old law firm, allowing it to charge...

Cook County Assessor Joseph Berrios appears before the county board to answer questions raised by a Tribune investigation of property tax rates on July 18, 2017.

Lawsuit targets Berrios over biased residential assessments in Cook County

May 23, 2019 at 12:17 a.m.

A group of public-interest lawyers filed a lawsuit Thursday alleging that embattled Cook County Assessor Joseph Berrios violated state and federal civil rights and housing laws by knowingly producing inaccurate...

Marijuana plants grow under closely monitored conditions at Cresco Labs in Joliet in 2016. Cook County plans to include an advisory referendum in the March 20 primary election, asking voters if recreational marijuana use should be made legal for adults in Illinois.

Cook County voters to be asked next year about legalizing marijuana

May 15, 2019 at 4:38 p.m.

Cook County voters will get their say on whether recreational marijuana use should be made legal for adults in Illinois, after commissioners on Wednesday voted to put that question on...

Why Claypool had to go as Emanuel’s CPS chief

May 31, 2019 at 4:10 p.m.

It was the type of top-notch send-off that few receive at City Hall, and certainly no one who departs under a dark ethical cloud. One by one, school board members,...

CPS chief Forrest Claypool resigns after being accused of ethics probe cover-up

May 31, 2019 at 4:09 p.m.

Chicago Public Schools CEO Forrest Claypool resigned Friday, becoming the second district leader appointed by Mayor Rahm Emanuel to leave office amid allegations of wrongdoing. Claypool was accused of orchestrating...

Mayor Rahm Emanuel speaks at the unveiling of the Chicago Cultural Center mural on Dec. 4, 2017.

Emanuel gets lower interest rate under new borrowing approach

May 31, 2019 at 4:10 p.m.

City Hall’s first round of borrowing under a new debt structure that Mayor Rahm Emanuel is counting on to save tens of millions of dollars went as planned Wednesday, officials...

Chief Circuit Judge Timothy Evans sued Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle, contending the county doesn't have the authority to tell him who to lay off.

Preckwinkle can’t make chief judge lay off 155 for now, judge rules

May 31, 2019 at 4:09 p.m.

A judge ruled Tuesday that the Cook County Board can’t make Chief Circuit Judge Timothy Evans lay off employees, averting for now more than 155 job cuts that were supposed...

Chicago Aldermen Proco "Joe" Moreno, from left, Carlos Ramirez-Rosa and Raymond Lopez join Cook County Commissioner Jesus "Chuy" Garcia in the race to succeed U.S. Rep. Luis Gutierrez.

3 aldermen join ‘Chuy’ Garcia in crowded field to replace Rep. Luis Gutierrez

May 31, 2019 at 4:10 p.m.

Three Chicago aldermen and a Cook County commissioner are among seven Democrats who filed petitions to appear on the primary ballot to succeed U.S. Rep. Luis Gutierrez, whose announcement that...

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