Twenty-eight members of the Chicago City Council sent a letter to Mayor Brandon Johnson on Tuesday that delivered a stark warning to the mayor that his $17.6 billion spending plan is dead in the water. Johnson responded by challenging his critics to identify what city programs they were willing to cut.
Collisions with cars don’t often end well for wildlife, but one lucky bobcat is recovering at DuPage Wildlife Conservation Center after a rescue involving multiple partners.
Chicago taxpayers will pay $260.8 million to 17 men who spent a combined 383 years in prison after being wrongfully convicted based on evidence gathered by disgraced former Chicago Police Detective Reynaldo Guevara.
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Since 2019, the Chicago Police Department has operated under a consent decree.
This federal court order requires CPD to stop routinely violating Black and Latino residents’ constitutional
rights.
It also forces the overhaul of how officers are trained, supervised and disciplined.
WTTW News dives deep into why reform is so slow and how policing in Chicago continues to evolve.
