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1 week ago | 
thebrunswicknews.com | Jake Sheridan |Talia Soglin
CHICAGO - A contentious push to force Uber and Lyft to pay Chicago rideshare drivers more is settled for now after Uber and the unions behind the effort reached a labor peace deal. The Illinois Drivers Alliance, anchored by the Service Employees International Union Local 1 and the International Association of Machinists Mechanics Union Local 701, announced Monday morning that Uber has agreed to not fight its efforts to organize an estimated 100,000 rideshare drivers across Illinois.
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2 weeks ago | 
flcourier.com | Jake Sheridan |Alice Yin |A.D. Quig
CHICAGO — Mayor Brandon Johnson’s chief operating officer is leaving the admin- istration to join the Obama Foundation, ending weeks of speculation — and pushback — over his potential appointment to lead the Chicago Transit Authority. The Obama Foundation told the Tribune John Roberson will join its leadership team as executive vice president starting July 7. And Johnson spokesperson Cassio Mendoza confirmed Roberson’s last day in the mayor’s office will be June 20.
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2 weeks ago | 
gazettextra.com | Jake Sheridan |Alice Yin |A.D. Quig
CHICAGO - Mayor Brandon Johnson's chief operating officer is leaving the administration to join the Obama Foundation, ending weeks of speculation - and pushback - over his potential appointment to lead the CTA. The Obama Foundation told the Tribune John Roberson will join its leadership team as executive vice president starting July 7. And Johnson spokesperson Cassio Mendoza confirmed Roberson's last day in the mayor's office will be June 20. Copyright 2025 Tribune Content Agency.
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2 weeks ago | 
dailyitem.com | Jake Sheridan |Alice Yin |A.D. Quig
CHICAGO — Mayor Brandon Johnson’s chief operating officer is leaving the administration to join the Obama Foundation, ending weeks of speculation — and pushback — over his potential appointment to lead the CTA. The Obama Foundation told the Tribune John Roberson will join its leadership team as executive vice president starting July 7. And Johnson spokesperson Cassio Mendoza confirmed Roberson’s last day in the mayor’s office will be June 20. kAm“x H2?E E@ E92?< y@9? #@36CD@? 7@C 9:D 565:42E:@?
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2 weeks ago | 
arcamax.com | Jake Sheridan |Alice Yin |A.D. Quig
CHICAGO — Mayor Brandon Johnson’s chief operating officer is leaving the administration to join the Obama Foundation, ending weeks of speculation — and pushback — over his potential appointment to lead the CTA. The Obama Foundation told the Tribune John Roberson will join its leadership team as executive vice president starting July 7. And Johnson spokesperson Cassio Mendoza confirmed Roberson’s last day in the mayor’s office will be June 20.
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2 weeks ago | 
thederrick.com | Jake Sheridan |Alice Yin |A.D. Quig
CHICAGO — Mayor Brandon Johnson’s chief operating officer is leaving the administration to join the Obama Foundation, ending weeks of speculation — and pushback — over his potential appointment to lead the CTA. The Obama Foundation told the Tribune John Roberson will join its leadership team as executive vice president starting July 7. And Johnson spokesperson Cassio Mendoza confirmed Roberson’s last day in the mayor’s office will be June 20.
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1 month ago | 
thederrick.com | Jake Sheridan |Joe Mahr
CHICAGO — Chicago’s spending on police misconduct settlements and other police lawsuits is soaring this year, and the steep price for taxpayers could rise hundreds of millions more. Through May alone, the City Council has already approved at least $145.3 million in taxpayer payments to settle lawsuits involving the Chicago Police Department, a record number that dwarfs sums from past years, according to a Tribune analysis.
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1 month ago | 
dailygazette.com | Jake Sheridan |Joe Mahr
CHICAGO — Chicago’s spending on police misconduct settlements and other police lawsuits is soaring this year, and the steep price for taxpayers could rise hundreds of millions more. Through May alone, the City Council has already approved at least $145.3 million in taxpayer payments to settle lawsuits involving the Chicago Police Department, a record number that dwarfs sums from past years, according to a Tribune analysis. kAm%92E 2>@F?E — 72C 23@G6 E96 Sga]e >:==:@? |2J@C qC2?5@? y@9?D@?
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1 month ago | 
dailyitem.com | Jake Sheridan |Joe Mahr
CHICAGO — Chicago’s spending on police misconduct settlements and other police lawsuits is soaring this year, and the steep price for taxpayers could rise hundreds of millions more. Through May alone, the City Council has already approved at least $145.3 million in taxpayer payments to settle lawsuits involving the Chicago Police Department, a record number that dwarfs sums from past years, according to a Tribune analysis. kAm%92E 2>@F?E — 72C 23@G6 E96 Sga]e >:==:@? |2J@C qC2?5@? y@9?D@?
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1 month ago | 
thebrunswicknews.com | Caroline Kubzansky |Jake Sheridan |Olivia Olander
CHICAGO - Damien Morris was feeling "a little tense" Wednesday afternoon. It was the first day of a planned six-day sprint to prevent as much violence as possible in East Garfield Park and Morris, chief program officer for violence prevention and social services nonprofit Breakthrough, was staring down a packed calendar. Memorial Day, the unofficial start of summer, historically marks the beginning of an annual spike in violence that the city has done its best to shake for decades.
