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Police issues dominate City Council meeting

Parliamentary maneuvers were used to delay final action on Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s Gang Asset Forfeiture Ordinance and a $1.67 million settlement for a woman dragged out of a car by Chicago police officers at Brickyard Mall in May 2020.

Chicago Sun-Times · Feb 23, 2022

City Council should vote no on asset forfeiture ordinance

City Hall should focus instead on anti-crime measures with a proven track record.

Chicago Sun-Times · Feb 23, 2022

Chicago to drop mask and proof-of-vaccine mandates at the end of the month

CHICAGO — Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot has announced the city will drop its mask mandate for most settings as well as its proof-of-vaccination mandate at restaurants, bars and other indoor establishments at the end of the month Monday, reflecting a renewed hope for normalcy in the city as COVID-19 cases…

Chicago Tribune · Feb 22, 2022

Lightfoot slow to act on promises to use old industrial sites to build new, green economy

But the mayor won praise for rejecting a permit to allow a car- and metal-shredding operation on the Southeast Side. ‘This is what environmental justice looks like,’ EPA Administrator Michael Regan said.

Chicago Sun-Times · Feb 21, 2022

When some of us become ‘the other,’ all humanity is in danger

Some refuse to accept that women of color have a right to belong, even the right to be human. They try to deny our humanity. If they see you as "the other," then they can say — and do — anything to you.

Chicago Sun-Times · Feb 20, 2022

Lightfoot rejects Southeast Side metal shredder’s plan to open

The move ends an almost three-year standoff between residents and the mayor over the relocation of General Iron.

Chicago Sun-Times · Feb 18, 2022

Man angry about parking tickets stalked Lightfoot, fired weapon near her home, prosecutors say

Joseph Igartua repeatedly drove around Lightfoot’s home in Logan Square and tried to deliver a "rambling" letter while he was armed with a handgun, a source said.

Chicago Sun-Times · Feb 17, 2022

Mayor Lightfoot should make her case to the Bears — but keep taxpayers’ money out of it

Chicagoans should not be put on the hook to keep a $4 billion sports franchise from skipping town.

Chicago Sun-Times · Feb 16, 2022

Following Patrick Daley Thompson’s conviction, pressure mounts for Mayor Lori Lightfoot to appoint an Asian American to replace him on City Council

CHICAGO — Leaders in Chicago’s Chinatown and beyond clamored Tuesday for Mayor Lori Lightfoot to appoint an Asian-American successor to 11th Ward Ald. Patrick Daley Thompson, whose federal tax fraud conviction this week could pave the way for the Near South Side enclave to have its first City Hall representative…

Chicago Tribune · Feb 16, 2022

Lightfoot to try again to win passage of stalled gang asset forfeiture ordinance

The City Council’s Committee on Public Safety will meet at 2 p.m. Thursday to consider the revised ordinance that got a frosty reception from alderpersons last month.

Chicago Sun-Times · Feb 15, 2022