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Guards arrive for work at the Cook County Jail on Nov. 15, 2016. The County Board on Wednesday is expected to approve paying $380,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by a Minnesota woman who alleged that sheriff's correctional officers and supervisors ignored her repeated complaints about being sexually assaulted.

Cook County approves $380K settlement in alleged jail sex assault of Minnesota woman

May 15, 2019 at 4:16 p.m.

The Cook County Board on Wednesday approved paying $380,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by a Minnesota woman who alleged that sheriff's correctional officers and supervisors ignored her repeated complaints...

CPS says it may fall short on upcoming pension payment

May 22, 2019 at 11:24 p.m.

Chicago Public Schools has enough cash to complete the school year but the system is still short hundreds of millions of dollars needed to make a pension payment due at...

Chicago Board of Ethicschairman William Conlon speaks with a Tribune reporter after adjourning a public meeting on March 21, 2017.

Ethics Board rejects watchdog recommendation that city officials report lobbying

May 15, 2019 at 4:16 p.m.

The Chicago Board of Ethics is declining to follow a recommendation by City Hall's top watchdog that public officials be required to report every time a lobbyist contacts them, according...

Cook County President Toni Preckwinkle, as well as Dr. John Shannon, CEO Cook County Health and Hospital Systems, and some members of Congress, hostsa news conference at Stroger Hospital in Chicago to denounce the Republican health care bill May 8, 2017.

Preckwinkle swipes at Rauner on health care bill

May 15, 2019 at 4:16 p.m.

Democratic Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle took a swipe at Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner on Monday, saying he should have done more to oppose GOP efforts to repeal the...

United Airlines jets wait at gates in 2014 at O'Hare International Airport. The airline drew negative attention after video of a passenger being dragged off a flight went viral.

O’Hare official says CPD, not aviation cops, will respond to airplane disturbances

August 18, 2019 at 4:13 p.m.

The Chicago airport cops who dragged a passenger from a United Airlines flight violated department directives, a conclusion City Hall's top watchdog is now weighing as he considers whether to...

Ald. Edward Burke, shown Nov. 30, 2016, reported earning more than $5,000 from each of five different investments in 2016, documents show.

Chicago Ald. Burke reports profiting from multiple investments

May 15, 2019 at 4:16 p.m.

Chicago's longest-serving alderman reported earning more than $5,000 from each of five different investments last year, including a JPMorgan Chase fund that invests in energy infrastructure, according to documents filed...

Mayor Rahm Emanuel speaks at a newsconference at City Hall in Chicago on April 28, 2017. Emanuel said Chicago Public Schoolswon't end classes early this year.

CPS school year won’t end early, Emanuel says after judge rejects state funding suit

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

Mayor Rahm Emanuel said schools would remain open for the full academic year on Friday just hours after a judge tossed a lawsuit Chicago Public Schools had framed as a...

Anappeals court has reversed an award in the city of Chicago's favor related to a lawsuit the city filed to collect higher tax payments from online hotel reservation firms.

Appellate court deals City Hall a loss with Expedia tax reversal

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

A 12-year-old lawsuit filed by the city of Chicago to collect higher tax payments from online hotel reservation firms took another twist when a state appellate court reversed a $29.1...

Union asks state to halt rebranding of Chicago airport cops as security

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

The union representing Chicago's airport police officers moved Wednesday to halt the city's effort to rebrand them as members of a security force — signs of a battle that is...

City inspector general probe adds to scrutiny in United passenger dragging case

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

The city's top watchdog is investigating the notorious passenger-dragging incident aboard a United Airlines plane at O'Hare International Airport, Inspector General Joseph Ferguson's office acknowledged Tuesday. The confirmation is the...

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