What you need to know about Chicago’s new curfew for minors
The curfew moves up by one hour. But there are some exceptions.
The curfew moves up by one hour. But there are some exceptions.
As the City Council gives the green light to Bally’s, a look at the financials show revenue would provide 9% of the $2 billion needed for pensions.
The surprise departure of Ald. Michael Scott Jr. gives Mayor Lori Lightfoot the ability to appoint her second alderperson.
Irvin is a good in-person politician, a side of him that many in the Chicago area haven’t gotten to see so far.
After an hours-long debate, a panel of Chicago aldermen advanced the mayor’s plan to bring a Bally’s casino to the city.
Madigan’s comments may not exactly find a place in the Chicago corruption lexicon, but most of the words previously attributed by the feds to Madigan are far more flat.
The state’s two first-term female representatives, Democratic Rep. Marie Newman and Republican Rep. Mary Miller, were among the biggest losers in the remapping.
The Committee on Public Safety approved the mayor’s ordinance by a comfortable vote of 14 to 3 that did not reflect the barrage of concerns raised about a crackdown roundly condemned as a toothless and desperate headline-grabber that will have no impact on youth violence.
Next to Indiana and Wisconsin, the state has less strict requirements for voter identification, absentee ballots and same-day registration.
Lightfoot earlier this week issued an executive order moving up the curfew for minors. After the ACLU complained, agendas show a new ordinance pitch is coming.