A resolution calling on President Joe Biden and the U.S. Congress to “facilitate a lasting peace in Gaza starting with a permanent cease-fire,” passed the Chicago City Council’s Human Relations Committee Monday. Unlike the October debate over a resolution supporting Israel shortly after hostilities began, the committee discussion on its surface was civil and almost entirely pro-Palestinian. .
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The Chicago City Council followed Mayor Brandon Johnson’s lead in rejecting a provision Wednesday to allow Chicago police officers accused of serious misconduct to have their disciplinary cases heard behind closed doors, while approving Police Department pay raises and other contract provisions. Wednesday’s 33-17 vote nixes a major part of the deal between the union representing cops and .