Chicago City Council Finance Committee OKs $27 million deal to end lawsuit from family of woman who was struck by a vehicle fleeing police in August 2020 on South Side. The suit accused the city over officers' alleged violations of city policies forbidding such chases. The family will get $17 million from the settlement.
The deal, which could be approved by Chicago City Council by Feb. 19, would pay $1.25 million to the family of a man all but his own family and their lawyers conceded fired first at Chicago cops. It has drawn intense criticism from aldermen who assert it sends a terrible message to police and the community
The lawsuits, filed by the American Alliance for Equal Rights and the Liberty Justice Center, say Chicago City Hall illegally forced Bally's to agree to racial and sex-based ownership and hiring quotas at the planned new Chicago casino, which resulted in white males being denied the opportunity to invest in the project
The decision OKs Chicago City Hall's denial of an operating permit to the developers of a South Side metal recycling center, which came in response to public pressure. Developers and business advocates say the ruling will give the city sweeping leeway to otherwise illegally use politics to review development projects
The lawsuit is the first of its kind under a new Illinois state law designed to make gunmakers pay for allegedly making Chicago's gang-related gun violence problems worse. Specifically, the new lawsuit accuses Glock of allegedly making it too easy to modify Glock semiautomatic pistols into fully automatic "machine guns"
Former Alabama state judge Tracie Todd, who was twice suspended in Alabama for alleged ethics violations, has sued the city of Chicago for allegedly wrongly withdrawing a job offer that she claims led her to resign her judgeship and move to Chicago to be with her husband
Prosecutors sought 8 years in prison for ex-Chicago Ald. Ed Burke, the highly powerful political figure who was convicted on extortion and political corruption charges in Dec. 2023. Burke held the position of City Council's Finance Chairman for decades, epitomizing political corruption and patronage, according to critics and prosecutors
The lawyer had accused former Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot over smearing his professional reputation, leading to him resigning, over his handling of settlement talks related to ownership of the city's Columbus statue in 2021
Arbitrators ruled the city should pay $2M+ for not enforcing parking rules in neighborhoods in 2020, and the city could owe millions more for strategic maneuvers to bank $10M+ in 2021-2022. Chicago Parking Meters say it's also owed $36M more, as well, for other alleged lax enforcement
Firearms maker Glock has filed a motion to remove Mayor Brandon Johnson's lawsuit, in partnership with anti-guns rights activists, from Cook County's courts to federal court. The lawsuit claims Glock's semiautomatic pistols are too easily modified into "machine guns"
Votes were still being counted, but as of Wednesday morning, nearly 54% of Chicago voters had voted to reject the controversial Bring Chicago Home referendum, strongly backed by Mayor Brandon Johnson and his political allies at the Chicago Teachers Union, among others
The administration of Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has partnered with anti-gun activists to sue firearms manufacturer Glock under Illinois' new consumer fraud law specifically allowing gunmakers to get sued. Glock becomes latest company to be blamed in lawsuits for Chicago's societal woes
Business groups argued an appellate court's decision reinstating the referendum on the ballot would effectively allow the Chicago City Council and other lawmaking bodies across the state to place any referendum questions on any ballot they wish, regardless if the questions are constitutional
The lawsuit had claimed the city should face the class action because plaintiffs still faced a risk of having their cars impounded, unless the city's policies are undone. A federal judge said that is not enough to allow them to move forward with the class action now.
The judge said the referendum supported by Mayor Brandon Johnson in the name of fighting homelessness was illegally placed on the ballot. Supporters said the decision was racist 'voter suppression' and vowed appeal. Opponents say the referendum is a backdoor property tax increase with no safeguards on how the funds would be spent
The lawsuit is backed by some of the same organizations and law firms behind dozens of other similar lawsuits across the U.S., which critics say are politically motivated and designed to bankrupt the industry that fuels the U.S.
The lawsuit asserts the city violated the firefighter's rights by requiring him to sign an error-ridden medical form, essentially foreswearing the use of a wide array of common medications and pain killers, because the city falsely claimed those other meds all were also developed using the same human cell lines as the Covid shots.
A former director of security for the City of Chicago, Pamela Harris, has filed a lawsuit against the city alleging wrongful termination after she alerted superiors to the alleged false invoices submitted by private security vendors and unearned OT paid to watchmen.
Business advocacy groups warned of dire consequences for Chicago and its economy if City Hall is allowed to use "public health" to justify changing the rules midstream when evaluating industrial development permits, as it did when denying $80M Southside Recycling project
O'Reilly Auto Parts says the city issued citations against one of its Chicago stores, but failed to follow its own ordinances and never properly notified O'Reilly of the citations or a hearing date before an administrative law judge.
