Lightfoot calls the now-suspended merit promotional system “illegitimate” because too many officers think promotions are based on who you know.

Interim Supt Charlie Beck suspends these controversial promotions, but City Council Public Safety Committee Chairman Ald Chris Taliaferro says it’s a mistake

Ald Patrick Daley-Thompson withdrew his proposals for quorum roll-calls to start committee meetings and mandate evening sessions because so many aldermen show up to oppose him

The Sun-Times is reporting “Multiple Chicago police employees are under investigation for allegedly engaging in a widespread cover-up to protect then-Supt. Eddie Johnson and conceal the circumstances surrounding an Oct. 17 drinking and driving incident that Mayor Lori Lightfoot says Johnson lied about, prompting her to fire him weeks before his retirement.”

Lightfoot says Johnson lied to her, the public and the media about why he was found slumped over his his car late at night in October

After the City Council vote, she compares herself to Harold Washington and looks forward to smoking a cigar, having a little scotch and welcoming her mother home for Thanksgiving

States Attorney candidate Bill Conway shows up as the doors open but Kim Foxx has somebody else file her petitions

McDonald’s says it “takes seriously its responsibility to provide and foster a safe working environment for our employees, and along with our franchisees, continue to make investments in training programs that uphold safe environments for customers and crew members. In addition to training, McDonald’s maintains stringent policies against violence in our restaurants.”

new ProPublica-Tribune expose draws attention to this legal use of seclusion in IL public schools to deal with unruly, sometimes disabled students

reveals Speaker Madigan removed himself from the casino bill process due to a conflict of interest