Chicago officials are defending a contract extension with a Kansas-based company to staff migrant shelters
The city pledged to hire Chicago agencies to staff shelters despite the $40 million, yearlong extension with Favorite Healthcare Staffing.
The city pledged to hire Chicago agencies to staff shelters despite the $40 million, yearlong extension with Favorite Healthcare Staffing.
The bill sets up a framework to let these employees join a union, but those affected are still seeking changes.
The Community Commission for Public Safety and Accountability will vote Thursday whether to push for the city’s OIG to investigate cops named on an Oath Keepers list.
CTA has said it is getting back on track. Riders who answered a recent WBEZ survey said they aren’t so sure.
Organizing and mobilizing have gone on throughout the Chicago area with nurses and other health care employees, graduate teaching assistants, cannabis store crews, baristas and retail associates.
Jyran Mitchell was injured when he was wrongfully detained by an Illinois state trooper with ties to extremism. The officer was one of a dozen outside Chicago whose names appeared on an Oath Keepers membership list.
The confirmation comes ahead of a community forum about the proposed base camp site Tuesday evening and after local Ald. Julia Ramirez (12th) released a letter distancing herself from plan.
Lawmakers have been away from Springfield since May but they’re coming back for two weeks. What do they do? Why is their schedule like this?
A dozen active-duty law enforcement officers from around the state joined the anti-government group Oath Keepers, a new investigation finds.
A new civilian oversight panel is working with Chicago police on a policy that would bar officers from joining hate and extremist groups.