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TAKING BACK POWER FROM THE MAYOR: A group of Chicago aldermen are backing a newly-drafted ordinance which would reallocate power from Mayor Lightfoot to the 50-member City Council.

'BIG DIFFERENCE': Chicago Public Schools is touting a record-high graduation rate for the class of 2021.

The Chicago Police Department is on track to lose the most officers ever in a year due to retirements and the stress of the job.

Wednesday marked exactly seven years since teenager Laquan McDonald was murdered by a Chicago police officer.

A judge who ordered the president of Chicago’s police officers’ union to stop publicly encouraging his members to disobey the city’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate on Wednesday refused the union’s request to recuse herself from the case.

Indiana officials are making an informal pitch to recruit Chicago police officers who are disgruntled with the city's vaccination mandate.

A young boy has been reunited with his mother after he was found wandering around a CTA Red Line Station on the North Side by himself.

The Fraternal Order of Police filed a complaint about the judge that ruled last week on Chicago’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate conflict.

A man was robbed while riding a CTA Red Line train Wednesday morning on the Near North Side.

So what happens if the city of Chicago is short on officers amid the dispute over the vaccine mandate? At least three suburban counties say their departments will not be helping out.

ARMED MAN SHOT: Chicago's police oversight agency released bodycam video Tuesday showing an officer fatally shooting a man who refused to drop a knife in an Englewood apartment last month.

"We are often in people's homes and businesses, and without that vaccination and/or testing we risk community harm, harming our peers, and harming officers and their families," Chicago Police Supt. David Brown said.

Some members of the House, along with some activists, say Chicago's handling of Laquan McDonald's death should disqualify Emanuel from the post.

The specific issue to be discussed at Wednesday's hearing is whether Judge Cecilia Horan should recuse herself from the case. Over the weekend, the FOP realized that Horan is associated with the city's Gay and Lesbian Bar Association. Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot is a lesbian.

An Elgin man is facing seven felony charges after allegedly shooting a Chicago police officer after attempting to kidnap a woman Monday in the Lincoln Park neighborhood.