Justin Laurence

The settlement was one of three approved Wednesday totaling $1.9 million.

The apartments planned for the hospital parking lot have split opinions among Uptown neighbors, community advocates and elected officials.

City Council approved plans for the esports center at 5214 N. Sheridan Road.

The civilian commission is a compromise between police reform advocates and Mayor Lori Lightfoot after a two-year standoff.

The senior apartments would help Benedictine Sisters stay on their century-old campus and help bring needed senior housing to the area, the order said.

Built in 1892 as a Schlitz brewing saloon and tied house, the Queen Anne Victorian building was La Luce’s home from 1989 until the restaurant closed in 2016.

The $3.8 billion project will overhaul Bronzeville land that has been sitting empty for more than a decade.

The “state-of-the-art media campus” is planned for a 6.5-acre plot in the far southwest corner of South Shore.

The next phase of the Roosevelt Square project contains three mid-rise buildings with 207 total units and the rehabilitation of an existing building that will be the home of a museum and 15 residential units. 

The building's owners applied for a demolition permit last year, but the community fought back.

The report centers on three male lifeguards accused of sexual assault.

The residential units would include market-rate, affordable and units retained for Chicago Housing Authority residents.

Despite making up 37 percent of the initial applicant pool, Black applicants from 2016-2018 represented just 18 percent of those invited to join the police academy, the report showed. But reforms have since been enacted.

The coalition says the development of DuSable Park should not be "tethered" to a private development nearby that could provide $10 million toward the park's construction.

Aldermen pushed back, fearing a Fifth Floor power grab would limit their influence in their neighborhoods.

Months after city officials lifted a ban on housing north of Lake Street, City Council approved LG Development's revised plan for a 19-story, 414-unit apartment building at 210 N. Aberdeen St.

The change comes as people have sought ways to honor Black historical figures like Jean Baptiste Point du Sable, the first non-Indigenous settler of Chicago.

The roller rink will be built along a troubled street in an effort to use public investment and community engagement to deter crime and help revitalize the area.

The City Council is back Friday after a chaotic Wednesday meeting got pushed back. Meanwhile, 22 aldermen sent Mayor Lori Lightfoot a letter asking her to follow City Council procedures.

The drama began when aldermen were asked to consider Mayor Lori Lightfoot's appointment of Celia Meza as Chicago’s corporation counsel earlier than expected. City Council is “not a council of order anymore,” one alderman said.