Chicago taxpayers have spent at least $285.3 million to resolve lawsuits alleging Chicago police officers committed a wide ...

America First Legal alleged in a civil rights complaint that the city of Chicago practices in racial discrimination based on ...

It will likely cost Chicago taxpayers approximately $52 million in interest to borrow that money and pay off during the next ...

The City of Chicago has sued the U.S. Department of Justice, challenging unlawful DEI conditions on a $6.25 million community ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson’s police settlement borrowing plan revives a practice past mayors discontinued and derided as ...

The Chicago City Council is expected to approve a $17 million settlement in another wrongful conviction case involving a ...

The lawsuit stems from the violent arrest of Hadi Abuatelah that left the then-17-year-old severely injured. The village said the settlement has nothing to do with the merits of the civil rights case.

The Chicago City Council has approved a $90 million settlement for civil rights violations involving former police Sgt. Ronald Watts, resolving 176 lawsuits from wrongfully convicted individuals who ...

The march back toward trial follows a 12 to 15 vote in April by the City Council’s Finance Committee, which rejected a ...

James Gibson is a busy man. The 59 year-old has his hand in a number of projects, from starting an investment firm to writing ...

Oak Lawn Mayor Terry Vorderer said insurance companies forced a $825,000 with a Bridgeview teen regarding an violent arrest in 2022.