Politics
The mayor is a week away from unveiling a 2026 city budget that needs to erase Chicago’s $1.15 billion shortfall after two straight years of deficit spending.
An ally of Mayor Brandon Johnson, Hedspeth’s 18-month tenure was marked by internal turmoil, with high staff turnover and bullying accusations.
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The governor said the Trump administration is keeping him in the dark about immigration enforcement and National Guard deployments.
Three workers who spoke with the Sun-Times said they haven’t been furloughed, but they’ve dealt with uncertainties and fragmented coordination since the federal government shut down Oct. 1.
Hatem Abudayyeh of the U.S. Palestinian Community Network reflects on the two years that have elapsed since Hamas’ attacks on Israel led to devastation in Gaza.
Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney alleged.
Jackson Jr., 60, plans to announce his run for the open 2nd Congressional District seat this week, according to his spokesman.
Democrats on the Committee on Homeland Security and the House Committee on the Judiciary joined Illinois Democrats Reps. Delia Ramirez and Jesus “Chuy” Garcia Monday in sending a letter to U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi and Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem that demanded answers about the raid they called a “violent, heavy-handed immigration enforcement operation.”
It’s the latest of three executive orders that Johnson has signed, all aimed at the deportation campaign that President Donald Trump has imposed in the Chicago area. How and whether they’ll actually be enforced is another question.
The 13-4 vote is a bitter defeat for advocates of transportation and people with disabilities who tried to persuade Chicago to join Toronto in clearing its sidewalks at city expense for a decade.
Gov. JB Pritzker on Friday accused President Donald Trump of “holding bipartisan funding hostage” and hurting hardworking people.
A federal judge said Monday she wouldn’t hear arguments over Illinois’ bid to block the deployment until Thursday, even after a Trump administration lawyer confirmed that Texas troops are on their way.
Marimar Martinez and Anthony Ian Santos Ruiz are accused of driving their vehicles in a civilian “convoy” that was following federal agents. Brighton Park neighbors question use of tear gas and other tactics of federal agents.
While all outbound lanes will be open for the first time since construction started last spring, work will continue through late October on several outbound ramps.
Noura Ebrahim with the U.S. Palestinian Community Network (USPCN)-Chicago and coordinator of Boycott Divest and Sanctions Chicago said protesters have been demonstrating every week in support of Palestinians and that they “will never surrender our right to exist as a people.”
President Donald Trump’s move comes after Gov. JB Pritzker said earlier this week the Department of Homeland Security requested deployment of 100 military troops to Illinois “for the protection of ICE personnel and facilities.”
Top Illinois Democrats have said for months that local police won’t participate in immigration investigations, but they also won’t stand in the way.
Dozens of law enforcement officers from multiple agencies were on the scene in Broadview, with ICE agents largely in the background, to quell protests that had gotten extremely intense in recent weeks.
Ald. Julia Ramirez says community members have complained about the work being done around the massive structures. Most of the demolition has been completed, city health officials said.