On Wednesday, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel appeared on “CBS This Morning” to tout his newest proposal, which would require students to have a plan for their future before they would be allowed to receive a high school diploma. “We live in a period of time where you earn what you learn,” Emanuel said. “The school […]

President Donald Trump put Chicago on notice Tuesday that he would “send in the Feds” if the city fails to stem the “carnage” from its surge of violence, CBS News – Chicago reports. He sent that message in a twitter post, in which he cited a 24 percent increase from 2016 in the number of […]

Eddie Johnson, a 27-year veteran of the force, is the department’s chief of patrol. In defiance of critics, embattled Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel has selected an interim superintendent of police, dismissing three candidates that had been recommended by the police board, according to theChicago Tribune. Emanuel informed some city leaders on Saturday that he has selected the […]

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Jordan Marsh, senior corporation counsel for the city, resigned after a judge ordered a new case in a wrongful death lawsuit.

Gov. Bruce Rauner's statement may seem like a dig, but Mayor Rahm Emanuel would likely be protected from the recall even if the bill passed the governor's desk.

Embattled Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel will announce the “de-escalation” plan on Wednesday.   Just days after Chicago was rocked by the latest police-involved fatal shooting that killed a grandmother and college student, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel rushed back from vacation to release a plan for officers to use less deadly force. Emanuel and Interim Chicago […]

Jason Van Dyke's lawyer entered a not-guilty plea Tuesday before a Cook County trial judge.

Arguing that Quintonio LeGrier, 19, was unarmed when Chicago police shot and killed him over the weekend, his father on Monday filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against the city, reports DNAinfo Chicago.

Federal lawyers met with Chicago community leaders and clergy and handed out instructions on how to file complaints against cops.

Democratic State Rep. La Shawn Ford has introduced legislation in Springfield, Illinois that would make it less difficult to recall the mayor.   On the same day that Rahm Emanuel apologized for the police shooting of Laquan McDonald, a state lawmaker introduced a measure in Springfield, Illinois to recall the beleaguered Chicago mayor, according to ThinkProgress. […]

On the same day that Rahm Emanuel apologized for the police shooting of Laquan McDonald, a state lawmaker introduced a measure in Springfield, Illinois to recall the beleaguered Chicago mayor, according to ThinkProgress. The reason the bill is necessary is because there is no legal mechanism to recall the mayor–a vestige of the city’s corrupt “political machine […]

Now we’re wondering when Emanuel is going to take the hint and resign, too. Update at 12/1/2015, 2:38 pm: Chi-town Mayor Rahm Emanuel finally broke down to protestors’ demands at demonstrations for Laquan McDonald and fired Garry McCarthy, the city’s Police Superintendent. In a press conference earlier today, Emanuel said: “A police officer is only […]