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A Chicago City Council committee preliminarily approved settlements in two police misconduct cases Tuesday that would cost the city nearly $33 million, including $22.5 million to a California woman that apparently would be the largest to a single such plaintiff in the city's history.

The wife of former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. has resigned from the Chicago City Council.

We continue our look at the function of City Council with a broader look at the role of aldermen in Chicago neighborhoods. Alds. Beale, Moore and Waguespack join Rick in studio. We'll recap the Bears Monday-night massacre against the 49ers. And actor Mark Nasser makes us an offer we can't refuse.

City Council voted overwhelmingly in favor of Mayor Emanuel's budget proposals last week. Does the mayor wield a rubber stamp or do aldermen provide significant input? Plus, we look at Notre Dame's new place atop the BCS rankings. And Rick chats with Goose Island's John Hall.

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel made a suprise appearance at Sunday night's fundraiser for The Whiskey Rebellion, a local theater collective formed in 2010.

An analysis of pension fund documents by the Chicago Tribune shows retiring City Council members stand to get millions in benefits thanks to a quiet deal engineered under former Mayor Richard M.

Chicago's city council approved on Wednesday a ban on the sale of synthetic cocaine, also known as bath salts. The ordinance follows a similar ban that went into effect in December for the sale of synthetic marijuana.In presenting the ordinance, Ald.