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The City of Chicago announced Friday that officials will begin issuing warnings to drivers traveling six to 10 miles per hour over the speed limit in Automated Speed Enforcement zones.

Despite running on a platform to reform the city of Chicago’s fines and fees program, Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s 2021 budget package includes a controversial rule change that could cost some drivers. Among the modifications included in the budget, which was approved by the Chicago City Council in late November, is new speed camera fines. The plan states those driving...

Despite running on a platform to reform the city of Chicago’s fines and fees program, Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s 2021 budget package includes a controversial rule change that could cost some drivers. NBC 5’s Natalie Martinez reports.

A proposed City Council ordinance has been revised to rename a stretch of Lake Shore Drive in honor of the man who is regarded by many historians as the first non-Indigenous settler of the city of Chicago.

Here are the top headlines you need to know as you start your day on Dec. 11, 2020.

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot has a tough sell ahead as she tries to convince at least 26 Chicago aldermen her budget plan — a mix of higher taxes and fees — is the best way to fill a $1.2 billion hole in the city’s budget. NBC 5 Political Reporter Mary Ann Ahern sat down for a one-on-one conversation with the mayor.

The Chicago City Council voted overwhelmingly to pass an ordinance Wednesday that would ban the sale of flavored vaping products within city limits, a move officials say is designed to keep young people from beginning to use the products. According to a press release, the ordinance specifically targets “liquid nicotine products that create the taste of, or aroma of, menthol,…

The Chicago City Council voted overwhelmingly to pass an ordinance Wednesday that would ban the sale of flavored vaping products within city limits, a move officials say is designed to keep young people from beginning to use the products. NBC 5’s Mary Ann Ahern has more.

Attorneys for indicted Chicago Ald. Ed Burke argued in a court filing on Thursday that prosecutors should not be allowed to use evidence obtained through the wiretaps of his phones because federal investigators improperly obtained court approval to record his calls and coerced a fellow alderman, who was himself the subject of a separate criminal investigation, to cooperate in setting...

The Chicago City Council voted on Friday to ban horse-drawn carriage rides starting in January 2021. Under the ordinance passed Friday, operators will not be able to renew their licenses, and the city will stop issuing new ones, the Chicago Sun Times reported. The city’s 10 existing carriage licenses, each of which has a $500 annual fee, will expire at…

Chicago City Council was scheduled to meet virtually Wednesday, with several items on the agenda, including a vote on Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s pick for the city’s new police superintendent.

The Chicago City Council held its first virtual meeting during the coronavirus outbreak on Wednesday.

The Chicago City Council held its first virtual meeting during the coronavirus outbreak on Wednesday. Mary Ann Ahern reports.

The Chicago City Council’s Committee on Contracting Equity and Oversight has passed an ordinance that would delay the legal sale of marijuana in the city until July 1 due to a lack of black and Latino-owned dispensaries.

Frank Olivo, the former 13th Ward Chicago alderman, is a registered lobbyist for Commonwealth Edison, city records show. Eight months after leaving office in 2011, Olivo signed on to lobby the mayor’s office and his former city council colleagues for the public utility, which has come under intense scrutiny in recent months following a series of federal raids in Chicago…

The Chicago City Council’s Committee on Contracting Equity and Oversight has passed an ordinance that would delay the legal sale of marijuana in the city until July 1 due to a lack of black and Latino-owned dispensaries. NBC 5’s Charlie Wojciechowski.

Calling it a teen epidemic, Illinois officials say they are stepping up their battle against vaping. NBC 5’s Charlie Wojciechowski has the details.

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On Nov. 28, 2018, the political and professional worlds of Chicago Alderman Ed Burke were turned upside down when FBI agents conducted raids on his city hall and ward officers. NBC 5’s Carol Marin reports on what has happened since.

Powerful Chicago Ald. Ed Burke has been charged with attempted extortion for “corruptly soliciting business” for his law firm, weeks after federal agents conducted raids at his 14th Ward office and his finance committee suite on Nov. 29, and then again at City Hall on Dec. 13. The federal complaint was unsealed Thursday.