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Illinois Supreme Court upholds police and fire pension funds consolidation
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 3 months agoCHICAGO — The Illinois Supreme Court on Friday upheld a landmark law that consolidated hundreds of...
Chicago police leaders say applications have increased in 2022 amid national cop staffing shortage
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIn the aftermath of the 2020 police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, police departments...
Pension debt, property taxes, budget holes: Chicago’s next mayor faces huge financial problems
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAt a packed City Club luncheon in late January, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot presented a hopeful picture of the city’s economic outlook. Speaking to a crowd of movers and shakers at Maggiano ...
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· 11 months 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 ...
Mayor Brandon Johnson’s first big fiscal test: How to translate campaign promises into dollars and...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 9 months agoCHICAGO — Brandon Johnson strode into a conference room this month at Malcolm X College, where...
Gov. J.B. Pritzker signs bill to provide benefits for Chicago first responders disabled by COVID-19
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 12 months agoA day before the state and federal governments’ COVID-19 mitigation protocols are set to expire,...
Daywatch: Blackhawks owners propose 700-acre development
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 year 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 ...
Police officers severely disabled by COVID-19 denied benefits
WFLA via Yahoo News· 6 months agoWhen the pandemic hit, the city went on lockdown. First responders pulled long hours to keep the...
