Heather Cherone

I see the timeline has a lot questions about TIFs this rainy morning ... This guy has answers, courtesy of @wttw https://t.co/uZYVb1DBgV https://t.co/QY33WMuwj1

Just five months into the year, Chicago taxpayers have spent at least $165 million to resolve more than two and a half dozen lawsuits, exceeding its budget to resolve lawsuits alleging police misconduct by more than 100%, city records show. @wttw https://t.co/jbbPR8EwOo

BREAKING: The family of a 10-year-old girl who was killed after a 2020 police chase received $62.5 million from the city, the latest massive payment prompted by a Chicago police pursuit that violated department policy, records obtained by @WTTW News. https://t.co/jbbPR8EwOo

It is unclear how the city will find the $64.5M the City Council agreed to pay Wednesday to resolve 4 lawsuits alleging police misconduct, since it has exhausted the $82M officials set aside to cover CPD misconduct settlements and judgments in 2025. @wttw https://t.co/nqwsAzGRVK

NEW: Mary Richardson Lowry -- the city's top lawyer -- said the city has yet to be formally notified by the Trump administration that this probe has been opened. "We saw it on social media." @wttw https://t.co/pFJX3OcVaV

FULL STORY: 17 members of the Chicago City Council joined together in a show of force to block a vote on a plan to allow CPD officials to preemptively impose a curfew & begin enforcing it with 30 minutes notice to stop large teen gatherings. @wttw https://t.co/kx4WuydCDt

FULL STORY: Just five months into the year, Chicago taxpayers have spent at least $144.5 million to resolve nearly two and a half dozen lawsuits, exceeding its budget to resolve lawsuits alleging police misconduct by more than 76%, city records show. https://t.co/nqwsAzGRVK

This WILL NOT have any impact on the consent decree that requires the Chicago Police Department to stop routinely violating Black and Latino residents’ constitutional rights. It does not involve the U.S. DOJ, because Trump refused to do so in 2017. https://t.co/8xFONArawz

Final vote set for tomorrow.

Heather Cherone @HeatherCherone

BREAKING: A key City Council committee voted 10-7 to advance a proposal to allow Chicago Police Department officials to pre-emptively impose a curfew anywhere in the city & begin enforcing it with just 30 minutes notice in an effort to stop large teen gatherings. @wttw

BREAKING: A key City Council committee voted 10-7 to advance a proposal to allow Chicago Police Department officials to pre-emptively impose a curfew anywhere in the city & begin enforcing it with just 30 minutes notice in an effort to stop large teen gatherings. @wttw

“We’re not going to be intimidated by the tyranny that’s coming from the federal government. The diversity of our city is our strength.” @wttw https://t.co/tOx17PSl9T

RT @GeorgeWPapajohn: This disturbing incident occurs as the Trump admin pulls back on civil rights oversight across the country. @jsmithri…

BREAKING: Federal prosecutors will probe whether Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson improperly hired city employees because they are Black, the Trump administration announced Monday. @wttw https://t.co/pFJX3OcVaV

RT @MariahWoelfel: Dozens of people were arrested protesting at the DNC. What happened to their cases? The city of Chicago continues to pr…

Even as Mayor Johnson continued to question the constitutionality of a proposal to allow CPD officials to impose a curfew anywhere in the city with 30 minutes notice, supporters of the plan will try again Tuesday to send the measure to a final vote. @wttw https://t.co/NnccfQfv5I