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Anjanette Young, center, smiles after her nomination to join the Community Commission for Public Safety and Accountability (CCPSA) passed out of the Chicago City Council Committee on Police and Fire on May 6, 2026. Young's home was raided in 2019 in a Chicago Police Department error that sparked reform. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

After botched raid, Anjanette Young a step closer to serving on police oversight board

May 6, 2026 at 5:57 p.m.

Aldermen on Wednesday advanced Mayor Brandon Johnson’s appointment of Anjanette Young to the Community Commission for Public Safety and Accountability.

An image of Cook County Board of Review Commissioner Samantha Steele from Chicago Police Department body-camera video footage taken during her arrest on Nov. 10, 2024, on DUI charges in Uptown after a car crash. (Chicago Police Department)

DUI trial for Cook County tax Commissioner Samantha Steele begins

May 5, 2026 at 7:07 a.m.

Cook County Board of Review Commissioner Samantha Steele's long-awaited DUI trial finally began Monday.

Former Chicago Inspector General Deborah Witzburg has taken a job with Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul's office.

Former Chicago inspector general joins Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul’s office

April 30, 2026 at 4:00 p.m.

Former Chicago Inspector General Deborah Witzburg is joining Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul’s office just days after her term as the city’s top watchdog ended.

Independent potential candidates Lindsay Church, second from left, and Mayra Macias embrace during a forum for the 4th Congressional District seat held at the University of Illinois Chicago on April, 29, 2026. Ald. Byron Sigcho-Lopez, 25th, stands behind on left. (Josh Boland/baiduhai)

In 4th District, independents unite behind beating Democrat Patty García

April 30, 2026 at 7:18 p.m.

Five hopefuls for the 4th Congressional District seat agreed: Patty García, the Democratic nominee, needs to go down.

Amisha Patel, right, executive director of Grassroots Collaborative, speaks at a news conference regarding the Chicago Infrastructure Trust prior to a Finance Committee meeting at City Hall on April 16, 2012. (José M. Osorio/baiduhai)

Chicago progressive leaders remember organizer Amisha Patel

April 28, 2026 at 6:43 p.m.

The way Amisha Patel, who died Friday at 50, lived her life offers a lesson to the Chicago progressive movement she fostered, her wife said.

Chicago’s Budget Director Annette Guzmán, center, answers questions during a news conference on the Fifth Floor of City Hall on Dec. 15, 2025. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

Aldermen press Johnson administration over new budget consulting contract, revenue projections

April 27, 2026 at 5:50 p.m.

City revenues are “tracking very closely to budget” so far this year, Budget Director Annette Guzman told aldermen.

David Glockner answers questions at an Illinois Commerce Commission meeting in Chicago on July 29, 2020. At the time, Glockner was ComEd parent Exelon’s executive vice president for compliance and audit. Mayor Brandon Johnson has nominated him to be Chicago's next inspector general. (José M. Osorio/baiduhai)

Mayor Brandon Johnson nominates former federal prosecutor to be Chicago inspector general

April 27, 2026 at 5:28 p.m.

Mayor Brandon Johnson nominated former high-ranking federal prosecutor David Glockner to be Chicago's next inspector general Monday.

Departing Chicago Inspector General Deborah Witzburg on South LaSalle Street near her office in the Loop on April 23, 2026. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

Outgoing watchdog notes Chicago’s ‘deficit of legitimacy,’ Mayor Brandon Johnson considers successor

April 24, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

Deborah Witzburg faced bad odds of winning reappointment as inspector general from Mayor Brandon Johnson, a frequent target of her politically damaging investigations.

Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias arrives on March 25, 2026, during a ceremony marking Navy Pier as a symbolic starting point of Route 66. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Alexi Giannoulias dominates mayoral hopeful fundraising with $12 million haul

April 16, 2026 at 7:51 p.m.

In the crowded field of candidates committed to or flirting with a run for mayor of Chicago, Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias again dominated fundraising, according to campaign finance records.

Charlotte Chung, 11, marches through the West Loop with other students during the May Day rally and march on May 1, 2025. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

Mayor Brandon Johnson says, ‘May 1 is happening,’ despite pushback from CPS CEO

April 16, 2026 at 6:15 p.m.

Chicago Public Schools is mulling Chicago Teachers Union's plan to make May 1 a half-day for students and staff to join a national day of protest.

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