Ann Arbor officials’ inability to work together delays central park group appointmentsANN ARBOR, MI — Ann Arbor’s formation of a Council of the Commons to help plan a future downtown central park and civic commons hit another snag this week. For the second...mlive.com
Ann Arbor council discusses free speech rights, then hears parade of F-bombsAllowing profanity has been a topic of debate since a resident dropped an F-bomb at a recent meeting, an incident some council members argued amounted to obscenity. Speak...mlive.com
Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s plan to close loopholes that let Chicago police cooperate with immigration agents clears committee: ‘We will finally make Chicago a true sanctuary city’Lightfoot’s plan to close loopholes in the city’s Welcoming City Ordinance that allow police to cooperate in some cases with federal immigration agents moved one step clo...chicagotribune.com
Coronavirus in Illinois updates: Here’s what happened Jan. 19 with COVID-19 in the Chicago areachicagotribune.com
$150 bonus for getting the COVID-19 vaccine: How one health care network is working to incentivize vaccines to increase its acceptancechicagotribune.com
Woman killed at Evanston IHOP was shot in the face, her death ruled a homicide — the 4th attributed to gunman killed in police shootoutchicagotribune.com
Councilwoman Leslie Herrick withdraws resolution to name additional historic districts, form commissionarabamericannews.com
Letter from the Editor: Late nights, long to-do lists and meaty stories mark the lives of MLive’s government reportersmlive.com
Flint street vacations could create Cultural Center parking now, future Applewood welcome centermlive.com
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot again tries to pass civilian oversight of Police Departmentchicagotribune.com
Kyle Rittenhouse shootings: Negligence claims filed against City of Kenosha and county over response to protestschicagotribune.com
Read Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s letter to the City Council on the Anjanette Young casechicagotribune.com
Divided Flint council agrees for city to join in settlement of residents water crisis claimsmlive.com
Flint Council votes to hire own attorney, delays decision to settle water crisis cases against citymlive.com
Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s administration tried to block TV station from airing body camera footage of police raid on wrong homechicagotribune.com
Chicago alderman fined by city’s Ethics Board for representing former colleague in criminal casechicagotribune.com
Animal trap thrown through bank window, flower shop owner dies: Ann Arbor top headlines Dec. 4-10mlive.com
Daywatch: Pritzker’s new COVID-19 restrictions, CPS to resume in-person classes in the winter and a gift guide for book loverschicagotribune.com
Ann Arbor’s new City Council to discuss options for more dense development at first meeting tonightmlive.com
Employee tax aimed at Amazon, other retailers among amendments progressive Chicago aldermen introduced to Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s proposed budgetchicagotribune.com