Justin Laurence

Lawyers say the Chicago Police Department has yet to turn over vital evidence, like body cam footage and police reports taken after a Black woman was grabbed by an officer telling her to leave a closed park.

City Council will now vote on Lightfoot's push to allow weed shops in much of Downtown at the next City Council meeting, which is set for Monday.

Courtenay Elementary will get $2.1 million in city funds to update its play area for all ages of students.

In four months, Chicago restaurants will be mostly banned from giving out single-use plastics with meals.

Gardiner is facing increasing scrutiny from colleagues and constituents over leaked text messages that reveal he sought to withhold city services to ward critics and demeaned others with misogynistic language.

The new residences and apartments are planned for 525 S. Wabash and 1400 S. Wabash.

The 56-unit building will offer one- and two-bedroom affordable apartments, 22 parking spaces, an elevator and commercial space.

The $31 million project next to the Cottage Grove Green Line station is the first project approved under the new Woodlawn affordable housing protections.

Supporters hope the long-anticipated project will help revive the prominent Northwest Side intersection and draw in more businesses.

The 21-story building will have 178 residential units, retail on the first floor and 53 parking spaces.

Jamal Properties plans two apartment towers with more than 1,000 units, while DAC Developments plans 288 apartments in West Loop.

Lakeview-based Timeline Theatre is moving to a bigger facility in Uptown and will inhabit a rebuilt warehouse building on Broadway.

The development, first proposed in 2019, will now move forward after the City Council granted a rezoning request.

If passed by the City Council, Chicago restaurants would largely be banned from giving customers unsolicited plasticware, napkins or condiment packet.

Some aldermen said they hope there would be a change to the state’s Open Meetings Act to allow some committee meetings to operate virtually in the future.

The ordinance would enable the city to sue purported gang members in civil court and try to seize their assets. But critics say the plan relies on an error-ridden gang database that was supposed to be overhauled.

The project has been praised for its potential to revive the once-thriving retail district, but the lack of affordable units has drawn criticism.

More than 20 elected officials are calling on Gardiner to publicly apologize after he urged staff not to help constituents who criticized him and called female residents and City Hall staffers “b-tch” and “c-nt.”

Ald. Brendan Reilly wrote Mayor Lori Lightfoot to demand more police patrols after a viral video showed two men being attacked in his ward.

The Crisis Assistance Response and Engagement program will create teams focused on de-escalating an emergency and providing follow-up treatment.