Under contract until 2035 to buy a share of Prairie State's electricity and help pay off $5 billion in debt, towns are now being asked to extend to 2050.
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Five years after pledging to firm up recordkeeping on incidents where police officers point their weapons at people while performing their duties, the Chicago Police Department is still chasing goals outlined in a federal consent decree guiding reform.