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Craig Dellimore

Chicago

Political Editor @WBBMNewsradio, Audacy Chicago 780 AM and 105.9 FM

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  • 1 month ago | audacy.com | Craig Dellimore

    The Chicago City Council Finance Committee is recommending the city pay around $3 million in settlements for two people killed in wrongful police chases, one person injured by a police car, and another injured by a police officer. With little discussion, the Finance Committee approved a $1.5 million settlement for the family of 71-year-old Ezell Island and $1 million for the family of Mignonne Robinson. Both were killed by vehicles involved in police chases officials say were wrongly initiated.

  • 1 month ago | audacy.com | Craig Dellimore

    It's been the target of criticism from Chicago's inspector general, and it was even brought up when Mayor Johnson testified on Capitol Hill last week. Now, we're getting our first look inside the City Hall room where the mayor's office keeps gifts that are given to the mayor and the city as a whole.

  • 1 month ago | audacy.com | Craig Dellimore

    (WBBM NEWSRADIO) - A Chicago City Council Committee has approved a ban on the sale of new fur products in the City. The proposed fur ban had been stuck in the council's Committee on License and Consumer Protection for about a year and a half, but quickly was approved and sent to the full council this time. The ordinance's sponsor, 15th Ward Alderman Raymond Lopez says times have changed.

  • 1 month ago | audacy.com | Craig Dellimore

    (WBBM NEWSRADIO) - Former Mayor Rahm Emanuel isn't ruling out the possibility of trying to get his old job back. Near the end of a nearly hour long interview before the Economic Club Emanuel was asked if he'd consider being mayor again. "I'm not done with public service, and I hope public service is not done with me."That's something the recent U.S. ambassador to Japan has said before, but to applause, he continued.

  • 1 month ago | audacy.com | Craig Dellimore

    WASHINGTON (WBBM NEWSRADIO) - Mayor Brandon Johnson has arrived in Washington D.C. for his expected testimony before the House Oversight Committee Wednesday, and the committee is hyping the expected confrontation in an online video. The video casts the cities of Chicago, Boston, New York and Denver in a dramatically dire light and features Johnson and the other mayors defending their sanctuary city policies.

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8 Apr 25

RT @MVorBroker: The kickoff of construction season for #Chi with ⁦@ChicagosMayor⁩ ⁦@WBBMNewsradio⁩ ⁦@CraigDellimore⁩ https://t.co/R0dVjJX8AX

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12 Mar 25

Mayor Jonson say cuts in federal funding for education “sets a precedent for states to act irresponsibly.” ⁦@WBBMNewsradio⁩ https://t.co/D0OCqaG7uu

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12 Mar 25

Re: Education cuts: Mayor Brandon Johnson says we have an Administration ( in Washington) that doesn’t believe in public education. ⁦@WBBMNewsradio⁩ https://t.co/3U9gOGTiJO