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Witnesses at federal court hearings worried that including traffic stops in a consent decree originally issued in 2019 to reform the Chicago Police Department would actually slow attempts to curb the controversial practice.
Brian Crowder, a former dean of students at the Greater Lawndale High School for Social Justice, entered a guilty plea Wednesday in a deal with prosecutors, only to ask for a continuance when he learned he would have to register as a sex offender for life.
El alcalde Brandon Johnson y la presidenta del Condado de Cook, Toni Preckwinkle, saludan a los recién llegados a Chicago, que se han instalado en la escuela St. Bartholomew de Portage Park.
The measure would stiffen penalties for lobbyists who contribute to mayoral campaigns in defiance of a 2011 executive order signed by then-Mayor Rahm Emanuel. In other action, after vigorous debate, the Council approved a "quiet zone" around a West Loop abortion clinic.