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The City Council Thursday voted to reject an arbitrator’s ruling that would have allowed Chicago Police officers accused of serious wrongdoing to use an arbitrator instead of the Police Board.

The Chicago City Council voted against police arbitration on Thursday, setting up what may be a legal battle, NBC Chicago’s Charlie Wojciechowski reports.

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson announced that the city will not renew their contract with ShotSpotter, NBC Chicago’s Mary Ann Ahern reports.

Public safety and turnover rate within the office were discussed at Thursday’s Democratic Cook County State’s Attorney debate, as Clayton Harris and Eileen O’Neill Burke sparred on the issues, NBC Chicago’s Mary Ann Ahern reports.

A controversial resolution calling for an unconditional ceasefire in the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas is set for a vote in Chicago’s City Council Wednesday.

A contentious debate regarding the city’s migrant crisis continued in City Council on Wednesday as the city seeks more federal help, NBC Chicago’s Bennett Haeberle reports.

The Chicago City Council debated several controversial ordinances on Wednesday, mulling a proposal on banning the use of natural gas in new construction and delaying a vote on a controversial question over police arbitration, NBC Chicago’s Charlie Wojciechowski reports.

After his two terms as Chicago’s mayor, Rahm Emanuel is now serving as the U.S. Ambassador to Japan. He was home Wednesday and offered his insight not only on the migrant crisis, but also the current political climate.

Rahm Emanuel, U.S. ambassador to Japan and former mayor of Chicago, discusses the city’s current state since he left office, tackles the migrant crisis, and provides perspective on global matters, including the Israel-Palestine conflict.

Leaders from Chicago and the state of Illinois reacted to the verdict reached in the federal corruption trial of longtime former Chicago Ald. Ed Burke, NBC Chicago’s Charlie Wojciechowski reports.

Longtime former Chicago Ald. Ed Burke has been found guilty on 13 of 14 counts in a federal corruption trial, NBC Chicago’s Mary Ann Ahern reports.

Following the announcement of a verdict in which a jury found longtime former Chicago Ald. Ed Burke guilty on 13 of 14 counts, leaders from Chicago and around Illinois are sharing their reactions to the conclusion of the momentous case.

Burke was indicted in 2019 on 14 counts of racketeering, extortion and bribery, accused of using his immense government power to steer business to his private law firm specializing in property tax appeals

After 18 hours of deliberation, the jury has yet to reach a verdict in the federal corruption trial of former Chicago Ald. Ed Burke, NBC Chicago’s Mary Ann Ahern reports.

The second day of jury deliberations in former Chicago Ald. Ed Burke’s federal corruption trial ended without a verdict, NBC Chicago’s Mary Ann Ahern reports.

The public corruption trial of former Chicago alderman Ed burke now rests in the hands of a jury.

Closing arguments wrapped up Friday in the public corruption trial of former Chicago alderman Ed Burke with his defense attorney telling jurors that federal prosecutors have failed to make their case.

Closing arguments in the federal corruption trial of longtime former Chicago Ald. Ed Burke concluded on Friday, NBC Chicago’s Bennett Haeberle reports.

Five years after the FBI raided his offices and six weeks after his federal corruption trial began, former Chicago Ald. Ed Burke on Thursday inched closer than ever to learning his fate, as prosecutors and his defense delivered their closing arguments, NBC Chicago’s Mary Ann Ahern reports.

Chicago’s City Council has voted against a measure that would have asked voters next year if they believe the city should maintain its statutory status as a “Sanctuary City,” or as a “Welcoming City,” amid an ongoing migrant crisis, NBC Chicago’s Charlie Wojciechowski reports.