Ald. Andre Vasquez was almost done arranging chairs inside a barren church basement in Edgewater when he stopped to listen to a woman deliver a warning. The Rev. Beth Brown, a member of the Chicago police community commission, began tallying on her fingers the reasons Mayor Brandon Johnson should scrap his new plan to house migrants in encampments staffed by a security contractor. Too many .
(The Center Square) – More than three years after the murder of George Floyd sparked a movement to defund police departments, Chicago is on track to spend a record $2
(The Center Square) – More than three years after the murder of George Floyd sparked a movement to defund police departments, Chicago is on track to spend a record $2 billion on the city's police department in 2024. May.