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Uber Eats and Postmates have agreed to make $8.5 million in refunds to struggling Chicago restaurants — and pay $1.5 million on top of that to the city — to settle claims that the companies ignored a 15% cap on delivery fees and listed restaurants without first obtaining their consent.

Lawyers for indicted Chicago Ald. Carrie Austin (34th) told a judge Friday she is “not medically fit to stand trial” and that they will seek to have her prosecution put on hold.

A Chicago City Council Committee rejected sweeping search warrant reforms that were proposed in the wake of the wrongful raid of Anjanette Young’s home by Chicago police in 2019, NBC 5’s Regina Waldroup reports.

Moreno, 50, is trying to reclaim the job he lost to Ald. Daniel LaSpata after a self-destructive string of scandals that derailed his once-bright future.

The catch-all “management ordinance” introduced at Wednesday’s City Council meeting and tied to Lightfoot’s $16.4 billion budget proposes tying the mayor’s future salary to the rate of inflation or 5%, whichever is less.

With Chicagoans on edge and a political target on his back, Chicago Police Supt. David Brown tried Friday to convince a skeptical City Council that “significant progress” is being made in the war on violent crime.

Risking a preelection backlash, City Clerk Anna Valencia and City Treasurer Melissa Conyears-Ervin said Friday they will accept the 20.5% pay raises — to $161,016 — that Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s 2023 budget includes for the city clerk and city treasurer.

The city’s property tax was set to increase five percent without city action, which is the maximum property tax increase allowed by the city. The Consumer Price Index, which the tax increase is connected to, has increased by over 8 percent over the 12 months.

Motorists who park at a private lot and run across the street to buy a cup of coffee won’t have to worry just yet about returning to find their vehicles booted — in the 16 Chicago wards that don’t allow private booting, anyway.

City Council on Wednesday passed an ordinance cracking down on illegal drag racing and drifting in Chicago, towing the vehicle even if the owner is not present.

The full Chicago City Council today is set to vote on two major ordinances that affect drivers on city streets: One would crack down on illegal street racing, and the other would change the threshold for camera tickets.

Chicago City Council this week is set to vote on an ordinance meant to curb illegal street racing, an issue that has become a familiar and disruptive problem affecting several different parts of the city.

Uvalde schools police chief Pete Arredondo plans to step down from City Council seat.

Video obtained by CWB Chicago shows burning gasoline being poured around a group of spectators early Sunday. 

Chicago employers could face a fine of up to $1,000 for not including an expected salary range in a job posting, according to a newly proposed city ordinance.

Chicago restaurants will be required to only market “healthy beverages” with kids’ meals across the city, according to a new ordinance from City Council.

Chicago restaurants will be required to only market “healthy beverages” with kids’ meals across the city, according to a new ordinance from City Council.

Chicago’s City Council has easily approved a $16.7 billion budget that includes a roughly 30% increase in city spending for an array of programs because of a hefty infusion of federal funds

Chicago unveiled the newly-renamed Jean-Baptiste Pointe DuSable Lake Shore Drive Thursday afternoon.