The Department of Justice has launched a probe into the city of Chicago's hiring practices in what Chicago mayor Brandon Johnson has quickly labeled the latest hostile attack on diversity by the Trump administration.

Ishan Daya apologized for tearing down the poster in 2023, whose wording he also called “racist and dehumanizing.”

The ordinance faced a scheduled vote Wednesday, but Alds. Jason Ervin and Andre Vasquez used a procedural maneuver to delay its consideration.

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson will seek approval from aldermen to sell as much as $4.3 billion of debt for O’Hare International Airport, according to a filing posted on the city clerk’s website.

Gates’ leadership caucus, known as CORE, has led the CTU for 15 years. With one challenger, they won with 64% of the vote in Friday's membership election, according to the CTU.

Chicago Parking Meters LLC, the private entity that’s already made billions off its deal with the city, sued her for the loss in income. The investors initially demanded $322 million, citing lapses in meter enforcement, the suspension of ticketing and a later dispute over how parking revenue was shared.

We're halfway through Mayor Brandon Johnson's term, and the city the mayor described in a series of recent interviews to mark the milestone hardly resembles what we see. We agree with the mayor that Chicago is a great American city,

The pandemic dispute was resolved by the $15.5 million cash payout, plus $7.2 million in legal fees from the city. The city gets to keep $26.2 million in parking meter revenue.