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Daywatch: Blackhawks owners propose 700-acre development
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 2 years agoGood morning, Chicago. In the aftermath of the 2020 police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, police departments across the country — and internationally — have continued to struggle to ...
Chicago police leaders say applications have increased in 2022 amid national cop staffing shortage
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIn the aftermath of the 2020 police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, police departments...
Police officers severely disabled by COVID-19 denied benefits
WTTV via Yahoo News· 7 months agoWhen the pandemic hit, the city went on lockdown. First responders pulled long hours to keep the...
Gov. J.B. Pritzker signs bill to provide benefits for Chicago first responders disabled by COVID-19
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA day before the state and federal governments’ COVID-19 mitigation protocols are set to expire,...
Chicago police officers injured or killed while off duty highlight choice to grant on-duty benefits
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 month agoCHICAGO — The Chicago Police Department and its pension board have now each determined that former...
Lightfoot defends police pension board against criticism it unfairly denied cops with COVID full...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIn dueling news conferences, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot and Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza clashed over whether the city’s benefits for police officers disabled by COVID-19 is fair to ...
Mayor Johnson aims to tackle a problem that vexed his predecessors: Woefully underfunded pensions
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 year agoChicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has created a task force to look for solutions to Chicago’s underfunded pensions, asking the group to address one of the city’s deepest and most intractable financial ...
While stymied on a budget, Illinois legislators addressed issues including abortion, book bans and...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 year agoWhile failing to get a budget done by its self-imposed deadline, the Illinois General Assembly passed measures addressing issues ranging from abortion rights to full-day kindergarten during ...