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Aug 2, 2024 · The memo, written by acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove, also instructs the Justice Department’s civil division to work with a newly formed Sanctuary Cities Enforcement Working Group to identify state and local laws and policies that “threaten to impede” the Trump administration’s immigration efforts and potentially challenge them in court.
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Aug 2, 2024 · City Hall is pictured in a file photo. (Michael Izquierdo / WTTW News) The system the city uses to compensate workers who are injured while on the job is operating as it should, more than five years after convicted former Ald. Ed Burke was forced to give up control after more than 30 years, according to a new audit from the city’s watchdog.
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Jan 16, 2025 · Daily Chicagoan: The Cops Can't Search Your Car Just Because They Smell Marijuana. It’s Friday. Whether you’re going to Riot Fest or relaxing around your neighborhood, here are the Chicago stories that will help you keep up with your city.
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Mayor Johnson says alderpeople should stop throwing tantrums and start negotiating the budget seriously. And disgraced former Ald. Danny Solis takes the stand in Michael Madigan’s historic corruption trial.
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Jan 16, 2025 · Former President Jimmy Carter appeared on “Chicago Tonight” a number of times. In this 2006 conversation with John Callaway, Carter talks about his relationship with Mayor Richard J. Daley, and how Daley helped him get the 1976 Democratic nomination for president.
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Dec 4, 2024 · Three and a half years after 13-year-old Adam Toledo’s death spurred demonstrations and renewed calls for police reform, the lawsuit filed by his parents is set to go to trial Nov. 6, ramping up the pressure on lawyers for the city to negotiate a settlement in the high-profile case or face a trial that could lead to a multimillion-dollar jury verdict.
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Jun 25, 2024 · In this Emmy Award-winning series, WTTW News tackles your questions — big and small — about life in the Chicago area. Our video animations guide you through local government, city history, public utilities and everything in between.
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Illinois Sues Over Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Order as Pritzker Says No Word on Raids Targeting Chicago . Illinois is suing to block President Donald Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship, while state leaders brace for potential raids aimed at removing individuals in the U.S. without legal documentation.
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Oct 11, 2024 · A federal court order requiring the Chicago Police Department to change the way it trains, supervises and disciplines officers should be expanded to include traffic stops, but the city’s new police oversight board should be given some power over the hot-button issue, according to a new recommendation.