Illinois Dem lawmaker pushes bill to legalize attacks on police for people having mental health episode, critics say
An Illinois lawmaker has introduced a bill that critics say will make it legal for anyone experiencing a mental health episode to attack police officers. Democratic state Rep. Lisa Davis, an attorney ...
Multiple businesses broken into on Chicago's Northwest Side and northern suburbs
Police on Tuesday were investigating break-ins at five restaurants in Chicago's North Mayfair neighborhood and at several ...
Starbucks workers, supporters arrested in protest for union contract
Nearly three years after the first Starbucks baristas in Chicago unionized, 11 workers and supporters were arrested by ...
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Starbucks workers strike in six cities across the US with multiple supporters arrested
Union baristas staged a protest in Pittsburgh, New York Eaton, St. Louis, Chicago and Seattle Tuesday to put pressure on the ...
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Police Oversight Board Planned No Confidence Vote Before Chicago Police Misconduct Agency Chief Resigned
The commission believes that strengthening trust in COPA now requires new leadership,” Commission for Public Safety and ...
Chicago City Council rejects proposed fur ban, approves more than $3 million in police misconduct settlements
Several Black aldermen and clergy members rallied ahead of the meeting to urge the council to vote down a proposal from Ald.
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Labour Day’s origins: how Chicago workers’ strike inspired the world, why the date is not the same everywhere
On May 1, 1886, labour activists in the city of Chicago began a strike demanding an eight-hour workday. On May 3, the peaceful protests turned violent when police attacked workers demonstrating ...