For the City Council, the Chicago Tribune Editorial Board endorses Ronnie Mosley, (21st), Michael Rodriguez (22nd), Silvana Tabares(23rd), Monique Scott (24th), and Byron Sigcho Lopez (25th).
It is nearly unprecedented for City Council committee chairs to urge the defeat of the mayor that hand-picked them for their high-profile positions, which comes with power at City Hall and an annual budget of nearly $200,000.
A federal judge has granted a stay in a case of alleged police misconduct. U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of West Virginia Irene Berger's
CHARLESTON – The defendants in a police brutality civil lawsuit have asked a federal court to stop all discovery until the conclusion of a parallel criminal investigation.