The latest in a string of Guevara-related settlements would go to Jose Maysonet, who spent 27 years in prison after allegedly ...

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Mayor Brandon Johnson hopes to give the Chicago Police Department a bigger pot of cash to spend on overtime next year, but wants the money to come with strings attached. As aldermen wrapped their ...

Allowing CPD to spend unlimited sums of taxpayer money is a “crazy way to run a city,” said Justin Marlowe, a professor in ...

The Chicago Police Department is by far the largest city department, in terms of both headcount and budgeted appropriations.

Chicago residents are mobilizing block by block to resist ICE raids, forming neighborhood “zone defenses” marked by street protests, tear gas clashes, and viral community alerts.

A majority of aldermen signed onto a letter Thursday objecting to reinstating Chicago’s head tax and other components of ...

According to the DOC, Stephen Washington died after a "violent" dispute with a cellmate on Oct. 9. San Antonio woman sentenced for retaliation after dog attack that killed veteran Border Patrol ...

CHICAGO — Aldermen on the city’s Finance Committee approved $15.5 million in taxpayer-funded legal settlements Wednesday to two families whose loved ones died, lawyers said, after police and Fire ...

Meta has removed a Facebook page used to track the presence of immigration agents at the request of the Department of Justice, the company confirmed on Tuesday. Attorney General Pam Bondi said in a ...

The 2025 Bank of America Chicago Marathon is in the books, with records set, emotional moments, and of course, memorable signs. The marathon, which took place Sunday, drew more than 50,000 ...

Vice President JD Vance slammed Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker on Sunday, saying he should "suffer some consequences" for his handling of Chicago’s high crime rate. "I think that Governor Pritzker has ...