Mayor's $830 million city bond sale is a bad idea that needs a serious fix
The city needs to handle its borrowing in the most prudent way possible. Backloading bond repayments in a way that sends the ...
Anjanette Young, victim of botched CPD raid, pushes for reform 6 years later
Mayor Brandon Johnson campaigned on passing the so-called Anjanette Young ordinance. But, two years later, it is still stuck ...
Afternoon Briefing: Chicago’s frigid temps are just right for competitive ice swimmer
Good afternoon, Chicago. With little business to act on, the Chicago Police Board gathered last night for its monthly meeting at CPD headquarters, its first since the head of the Civilian Office of ...
Crain's Chicago Business5hOpinion
Editorial: The City Council should reject the mayor's kick-the-can borrowing plan
Or, as 9th Ward Ald. Anthony Beale said on the City Council floor the other day: "We're all for bonding ... but the terms of ...
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Mayor Johnson to Form Task Force to Rid CPD of Extremist Groups, After 8 Month Delay
Inspector General Deborah Witzburg urged Mayor Brandon Johnson in July to form a task force as part of an effort to ...
Arrests of Triangle immigrants give early clues to Trump’s deportation plans in NC
Federal officials provided little information about immigration operations in the Triangle and across the state.
Frustrated Chicago residents fed up with spending on illegal immigrants, call for Republican leadership
Chicago residents said Democrat city officials care more about illegal immigrants than American citizens living in the city ...
Chicago man has 1996 murder conviction vacated, released from prison after nearly 30 years
A 43-year-old man is being released from prison Thursday after he was wrongfully convicted of murder when he was just 16, a ...
Alderman introduces plan to punish Chicago city employees and officers for having extremist ties
The plan from 47th Ward Ald. Matt Martin follows growing calls for the Chicago Police Department and Mayor Brandon Johnson to ...
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The Times Leader1dOpinion
Sanctuary cities pose an unacceptable risk to public safety
The House Oversight Committee is investigating the policies of sanctuary jurisdictions in Boston, Chicago, Denver and New York City. These cities, which refuse to fully cooperate with federal ...
El País in English3d
In which cities are ICE immigration raids being conducted?
Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Denver, Miami, Atlanta and several locations in Texas have reported large-scale ...
San Francisco Bay View5d
The myth of the legal white immigrant – from La Migra to CalTrans, from sweeps to raids
On the converse, the savior, implicitly and conveniently “legal,” hard-working, wite immigrant (settler) from Europe was never questioned, charged or imprisoned for their hundreds of years of murder, ...