Pilsen Developer Demands City of Chicago Make Ald. Solis Testify Under Oath
A Pilsen developer claims city lawyers are stalling requests to depose Ald. Danny Solis, who’s been out of sight.
A Pilsen developer claims city lawyers are stalling requests to depose Ald. Danny Solis, who’s been out of sight.
Lori Lightfoot won the mayor’s race with by a gargantuan margin. City Council veterans got the boot. Here’s what it means.
Lori Lightfoot was catapulted into the spotlight in the fallout from Laquan McDonald’s murder. But before that, she was hardly a household name in Chicago. WBEZ’s Claudia Morell zooms in on three pivotal moments in the life of the unlikely mayoral frontrunner — moments where she defined her circumstances, and moments where she was defined by them.
They agree on a lot, but how they got to those viewpoints is pretty different.
The mayoral candidate also defended her record on police reform and called taxpayer funding for the Lincoln Yards development “problematic.”
South Side Ald. Willie Cochran pleaded guilty to a fraud charge in federal court Thursday.
Pawar has one of the worst attendance rates in the City Council, according to a WBEZ analysis with The Daily Line.
Cochran used his City Hall email to notify business and religious leaders about his intention to take a guilty plea on federal charges.
The plans to build a mini-city along the North Branch of the Chicago River have been winding their way through the byzantine City Council process for the last year. The $6 billion project, known as Lincoln Yards, is one that Mayor Rahm Emanuel wants to lock in before he leaves office in May. But with the clock ticking, public money on the line, and a heated runoff election just weeks away, the development along the muddy riverfront is leading to a lot of political mudslinging at a pivotal moment in Chicago.
Lightfoot says she isn’t contradicting her message of transparency by taking money from a group that doesn’t disclose its donors.