Chicago’s top cop defends clearing officers with connections to extremist group
Newly released records show officers acknowledged ties to anti-government Oath Keepers – but said their involvement was limited.
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Newly released records show officers acknowledged ties to anti-government Oath Keepers – but said their involvement was limited.
The statistics, compiled by the Chicago Police Department, show response times over the last six years were more than two minutes quicker with a ShotSpotter alert than when the gunshot detection alert was accompanied by a 911 call.
The move would ease tax burdens on pot shops. Those savings could be passed on to customers, industry leaders said.
The campus joins protests across the country calling on universities to divest from companies supporting Israel.
The city has hundreds of millions of dollars to spend by the end of 2026 — or it’s down the drain.
Ranked choice voting could be an option in Illinois in 2028. We’re breaking down what that change would look like and why it matters.
Gov. JB Pritzker’s office estimates the drugs — which include Wegovy, Mounjaro and Ozempic — will cost taxpayers $210 million the first year. But others put that number much higher.
The city has until the end of the year to allocate hundreds of millions of federal COVID relief money or risk losing it.
Hundreds of University of Chicago students set up an encampment in the Main Quadrangle on Monday, joining groups on over 100 university campuses nationwide in support of Palestinians.
The Bears put the figure at $4.7 billion. But a state official says the tally to taxpayers goes even higher when you include the cost of refinancing existing debt.