The Latest Breaking News from City Council

What I’ve heard repeatedly is that, much like teachers, police officers are being asked to do their job and someone else’s job,” the mayor-elect told the Sun-Times.

PHILADELPHIA — The short-term rental industry, embodied by Airbnb, proved a polarizing subject at a Wednesday City Council hearing. Both hosts and neighborhood groups testified passionately, if at cross purposes, about the industry’s effect on Philadelphia’s neighborhoods.

CHICAGO — After a lengthy and highly charged election season, Chicago voters have gone to the polls to choose between Cook County Commissioner Brandon Johnson and former Chicago Public Schools CEO Paul Vallas for mayor.

More than a quarter of the seats in Chicago’s City Council will be determined through runoff elections on Tuesday. Explore our coverage, get to know the candidates and understand why it matters.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Allendale United Methodist Church bills itself as a “social justice, anti-racist, LGBTQ affirming congregation of believers.” Its pastor, the Rev. Andy Oliver, has led the way, speaking out on inequality and perceived injustices behind and beyond the pulpit.

Christchurch City Council staff are voting with their feet by leaving in the hundreds

MINNEAPOLIS — The Minneapolis City Council on Friday morning unanimously approved a sweeping plan to reform policing that aims to reverse years of systemic racial bias.

DETROIT — Kassie Weje, a 16-year-old junior at University High School in Ferndale, said her little sister was first exposed to other kids vaping at school when she was in fifth grade.

Today’s update is about an eight-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.