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City Council Poised to Approve New Police Contract Despite Opposition from Civil Rights Groups

Sep 13, 2021 | Heather Cherone

A police union contract years in the making heads to city council Tuesday. We talk with alderpeople about that and other city business.

Aldermen Advance Plan To Allow Marijuana To Be Sold — Legally — Downtown

Sep 8, 2021 | Heather Cherone

Workers put the finishing touches on the Sunnyside dispensary in Lakeview on Dec. 30, 2019, just two days before recreational marijuana became legal in Illinois. (WTTW News)

A push by Mayor Lori Lightfoot to allow cannabis to be sold legally downtown cleared a key city panel on Wednesday, even though it won’t allow Michigan Avenue to become a “pot paradise.”

COVID-19 Surge ‘Could Hinder’ Chicago’s Economic Recovery, Financial Officials Warn

Aug 30, 2021 | Heather Cherone

While Mayor Lori Lightfoot contends Chicago is “fiscally bouncing back,” Chicago’s top financial officials made it clear at a hearing Monday that the city’s finances are still mired in the deep hole created by the economic catastrophe of the coronavirus pandemic.

A Look at the Pullman National Monument Ahead of its Labor Day Weekend Opening

Aug 25, 2021 | Marissa Nelson

Six years ago President Barack Obama named the Pullman neighborhood a national monument. And Labor Day weekend, the visitor center in the old clock tower administration building will finally open. (WTTW News)

Six years ago President Barack Obama named the Pullman neighborhood a national monument. On Labor Day weekend, a new visitor center in the century-old clock tower will finally open. Geoffrey Baer visited Pullman to get an exclusive first look.