Fran Spielman

The lawsuit, filed by 66 cities, challenges Trump administration initiatives that seek to withhold federal funding from cities that prohibit their police officers and other employees from enforcing federal civil immigration laws.

Aunque Burke ya no está en prisión, sigue bajo la jurisdicción de la Oficina Federal de Prisiones. Cuando eso termine, se espera que comience a cumplir un año de libertad supervisada.

The settlements would broadside an already severely cash-strapped City Hall, which ended last year with a zero balance in its operating checkbook.

La demanda, presentada por 66 ciudades, impugna las iniciativas de la administración del presidente Donald Trump que buscan restringir los fondos federales a las ciudades que prohíben a sus oficiales de policía y otros empleados hacer cumplir las leyes federales de inmigración.

By a vote of 17 to 16, the City Council's Finance Committee decided not to raise the threshold for authorizing future borrowings from a simple majority or 26 votes to a two-thirds majority or 34 votes.

After months of negotiations, the Committee on Ethics and Government Oversight approved a watered-down ordinance aimed at removing some of the impediments to inspector general investigations.

Ald. Bennett Lawson (44th) spent more than a year trying to find common ground on the volatile issue of accessory dwelling units that pitted bungalow belt Council members against colleagues with more density.

Deborah Witzburg's second quarter report accuses a pair of city employees—including a Chicago Police officer and an assistant housing commissioner—of fraudulently obtaining Payroll Protection Program loans for side businesses that did not exist.

Mayor Brandon Johnson wants to improve public safety and aesthetics of retail corridors by levying fines as high as $500-a-day against businesses that cover more than 25% of their window space without a permit.