Members of the City Council’s Public Safety Committee demanded that the leaders of the Chicago Police Department do more to weed out extremists from the department’s ranks.
The Get Stuff Done PAC has raised $1.74 million since early December, including $1 million from Michael Sacks, one of Chicago’s richest men and a frequent donor and adviser to former Mayor Rahm Emanuel.
For the City Council, the Chicago Tribune Editorial Board endorses Julian Perez (26th), Chris Taliaferro (29th), Jessica Gutierrez (30th), Felix Cardona Jr. (31st), Laith Shaaban (33rd),Bill Conway (34th) and Gilbert Villegas (36th).
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A majority of candidates hoping to oust Mayor Lori Lightfoot from City Hall’s fifth floor office have pledged to reopen public mental health clinics. Lightfoot said her network of nonprofit Trauma-Informed Centers of Care provide better and more accessible service.