Chicago City Council passes reorganization plan, expands …
WEBMar 30, 2023 · An unprecedented reorganization approved Thursday boosts its committee numbers to weaken the mayor’s authority, but critics say that task should have been left up to the incoming Council. By ...
Chicago lawmakers try to stop mayor from dropping gun …
WEB2 days ago · CHICAGO (TND) — Chicago City Council members on Wednesday will try to extend the city's use of a gunshot detection software despite resistance from the mayor. Aldermen will seek to force a vote on whether to allow Chicago Police Superintendent Larry Snelling to extend the city's contract with SoundThinking. The company owns ShotSpotter, a system which uses sensors to locate gunshots, as well ...
Meet Chicago's New City Council: 16 Alderpeople Start Their First …
WEBMay 24, 2023 · CHICAGO — The City Council looks very different for the next four years, with more than a dozen members taking office for the first time and serving their first full terms to represent all corners of the city. There are 50 alderpeople — …
ShotSpotter fight continues as system's days in Chicago dwindle
WEB4 days ago · PUBLISHED: September 16, 2024 at 4:25 p.m. With only weeks to go before ShotSpotter’s Chicago deal ends, aldermen have launched two last ditch attempts to circumvent Mayor Brandon Johnson and ...
Johnson accused of picking another police-related fight with City Council
WEB7 hours ago · Gov. J.B. Pritzker has authorized selling a former Illinois National Guard armory to the city for $1 for the "express purpose" of creating a new police district. But Mayor Brandon Johnson now ...
City Council Votes 33-14 to Again Rebuke Mayor Brandon …
WEB1 day ago · SoundThinking Vice President Gary Bunyard told a City Council committee Sept. 9 it would take some time for the firm to remove the more than 2,000 sensors that dot the city’s West and South sides, Bunyard said. The City Council voted 34-14 in May to pass an order calling for a City Council vote before ShotSpotter is …
Watch Live: Chicago City Council Reconvenes After Chaotic Meeting …
WEBJun 25, 2021 · Chicago City Council is scheduled to reconvene Friday after a chaotic meeting two days earlier ended abruptly, leaving several matters unresolved as members battled with Mayor Lori Lightfoot.
Chicago City Council votes to give police chief ShotSpotter power ...
WEB1 day ago · Photo: Monica Eng/Axios. Chicago's City Council voted 33-14 Wednesday to give police superintendent Larry Snelling power to renew the city's controversial ShotSpotter gun detection contract despite Mayor Brandon Johnson's scheduled termination of it. But about an hour after the vote, Johnson announced he was vetoing the "illegal" ordinance.
Mayor Brandon Johnson’s first Chicago budget passes
WEBNov 15, 2023 · In a broad show of support for Mayor Brandon Johnson’s budding progressive agenda, the City Council on Wednesday overwhelmingly approved his $16.77 billion 2024 budget.
Chicago residents lash out at city council over migrant crisis | Fox News
WEBFeb 21, 2024 · Chicago residents tore into city leaders at a meeting of the city council over the illegal immigrant crisis, accusing them of caring more for foreign asylum seekers than for Americans.
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