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City Hall Locks Down For Active Shooter Drill
An active shooter drill took place at City Hall on Friday, causing a lockdown at the facility, NBC 5’s Charlie Wojciechowski reports.
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How Much Money Do Elected Officials in Chicago Make?
Just as the 2022 midterm elections come to a close, voters in Chicago are already gearing up for the mayoral and aldermanic elections in February 2023.
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Lawyers: Indicted Ald. Carrie Austin ‘Not Medically Fit' For Trial
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.
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After Descent Into Alcoholism Cost Him City Council Seat, Proco Joe Moreno Aims For a Comeback
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.
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Lightfoot Proposes Annual Pay Raise For Chicago's Mayor Capped at 5%
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.
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Chicago City Clerk, Treasurer Defend Pay Hikes Over 20%
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.
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Chicago Switches Lights Out For National COVID-19 Memorial Service
Chicago skyscrapers went dark Tuesday night during the national COVID-19 memorial service.
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Chicago Switched Lights Out For National COVID-19 Memorial Service
Chicago skyscrapers will go dark Tuesday night during the national COVID-19 memorial service, according to the mayor’s office.
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Hundreds of Demonstrators Outside City Hall Push for Community Council to Oversee Police
The Citizens Police Accountability Council or “CPAC” would have the authority to investigate and fire police. NBC5’s Sandra Torres reports.
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Mayor Lori Lightfoot Fires Longtime City Hall Spokesman
Longtime Chicago City Hall spokesman Bill McCaffrey was fired by Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Friday after he raised ethical concerns, the Sun-Times reported. ”Bill McCaffrey is no longer with the Office of the Corporation Counsel,” Lightfoot’s office said in a statement Saturday. “As this is a personnel matter, we will not be commenting further.” McCaffrey declined to comment on...
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Towns Split as Home Buyouts Help People Move on After Floods
Tammy Kilgore raised the giant claw of a John Deere excavator high in the air, then slammed it down on the roof the house where she had spent nearly her entire adult life. The shingles crunched, but not much else. So she did it again, and again — each time taking a bigger bite with the mouth-like claw, until the...
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As Legal Cannabis Arrives In Illinois, Some Communities Say ‘No Thanks'
“There is a huge pro-marijuana culture,” said Town Clerk Miranda Fisher. “And I would say not a lot of people have come out publicly to oppose it.”
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Uber Urges Riders to Fight City Hall In Hopes of Blocking Lightfoot's Proposed Tax Hike
Uber is trying out a new tool when lobbying against higher rideshare taxes in Chicago – and that tool could be you.
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Former Fort Worth Police Chief Says He Was Fired for Investigating City Hall Corruption
Former Fort Worth Police Chief Joel Fitzgerald said Sunday he’s a whistleblower who was fired within hours of meeting with the FBI about city hall corruption.
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Chicago Teachers Say ‘Tentative Deal' Reached, But Strike Will Continue
In a social media post, the Chicago Teachers Union has announced it has reached a tentative deal with Chicago Public Schools, but says that a “return to work” agreement has yet to be reached in the ongoing teachers strike.
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Alabama Capital Elects First Black Mayor in 200-Year History
Alabama’s capital, a city once known as the cradle of the Confederacy and later the birthplace of the civil rights movement, elected its first African American mayor Tuesday. Probate Judge Steven Reed, 45, clasped the history-making victory to be elected the next mayor of Montgomery after defeating businessman David Woods by a decisive margin. Reed won about 67% of the...
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