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A.D. Quig, Crains Chicago
Ald. Scott Waguespack, 32nd, took over the Finance Committee in the wake of federal scrutiny of Ald. Ed Burke, 14th,who had reigned over the powerful office since the 1980s.
Hannah Alani, Block Club Chicago
BUCKTOWN — Since Ald. Scott Waguespack (32nd) was made chair of the City Council’s Finance Committee on May 29, theProgressive Caucus leader has found himself neck-deep in the remnants of Ed Burke’s domain.
CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) – A city ordinance has been filed that would take control of Chicago’s $100 million Workers Compensation Fund and wrest it away from embattled Finance Committee Chairman Edward Burke. Continue reading →
Sun-Times Editorial Board
Last October, Mayor Emanuel broke ground for 312 RiverRun, a project connecting four North Side neighborhoods and three parks with nearly two miles of new bike and pedestrian paths along the riverfront.
Our Urban Times, Elaine Coorens
Question: Alderman Waguespack, what do you see as the top five issues for 2017 in Chicago and your 32nd Ward?
Waguespack provided the following five issues: Continue reading →
Edward T. Johnson
Superintendent of Police
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Aaron Cynic, Chicagoist
Mayor Rahm Emanuel outlined his plan to address Chicago violence Thursday evening to a few hundred people in a gymnasium at Malcolm X College.
“For all the things that make Chicago great, for all the things that make us proud to call ourselves Chicagoans, the violence that is happening corrodes our core,” Emanuel told the crowd. “It is not the Chicago we know and love.”
CHICAGO (July 25, 2016)–The Progressive Reform Caucus issued the following statement on Monday in response to the Emanuel administration’s announced plan for a new community engagement process around police reform and accountability:
“In June, we joined community and civil rights organizations in demanding that the Emanuel administration pursue a comprehensive, citywide community engagement strategy on police accountability and reform, including meetings in the neighborhoods and subject matter hearings in the City Council chambers.
DON BABWIN, Associated Press
CHICAGO (AP) — A task force Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel established to look into police practices said the department must acknowledge its racist past and overhaul the way it handles excessive force allegations, as City Council members neared a final vote on Emanuel’s hand-picked choice for chief — an African-American with 27 years on the force.
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