CHICAGO — Local politicians and state legislators continued to pushback on the idea of using public funds to build new sports stadiums in Chicago Thursday, shooting down a new idea from the Chicago Bears and White Sox on where public funding could come from, according to a report in Crain’s Chicago Business. Crain’s Justin Laurence reported mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration is holding discussions with the Bears and White Sox over the course of the next week as the two professional sports franchises try to arrange a financial deal that would...

The jarring video of four Chicago cops firing 96 shots at Dexter Reed and killing him after he shot an officer during a traffic stop last month is putting the city’s complex machinery for investigating such shootings under a microscope once again. A state law, the 2016 Police and Community Relations Act, says an independent law enforcement agency — other than the one involved in the shooting — must investigate such cases. In Chicago, though, no independent law enforcement agencies investigate police-involved shootings for possible crimes. The Civilian Office of...

Some South Loop and Near West Side residents might have to adjust their dog-walking and bike-riding routes this summer in the vicinity of the Democratic National Convention — and they’ll definitely have to find another place to fly their drones. The City Council’s Public Safety Committee on Thursday unanimously advanced an ordinance granting Chicago Police Supt. Larry Snelling and the U.S. Secret Service significant leeway to enforce a still-undefined “security footprint” around the United Center and the west building of McCormick Place during convention events.

A City Hall lawsuit blaming big oil companies for climate change damage and a cover-up filed in February has been moved from state to federal court at the request of the companies. In late March, the case was assigned to Judge Franklin Valderrama in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. A legal expert, however, believes the case will land back in Cook County Circuit Court where it was initially filed. The reason: Chicago’s lawsuit against five of the world’s largest oil and gas companies follows a pattern...

Democratic Mayor Brandon Johnson touted Chicago as being more "open and quite accommodating" to illegal immigrants compared to other blue cities while admitting that its position is "unsustainable." 

During a press conference on Wednesday, Johnson was asked about the city's temporary shelter policy for migrants being bussed to Chicago from the southern border, stressing the reality of "restraints" of city resources.

That said, he appeared to take a victory lap over how generous Chicago has been versus his liberal counterparts.