Ariel Reboyras

At a confirmation hearing, IPRA chief Sharon Fairley pledged to make her agency a catalyst for change.

The new head of the Independent Police Review Authority and the Police union president faced grilling.

Ald. Ariel Reboyras said, "Work must be done," but Ald. Deb Mell called for "healing" to begin.

The City Council debated a resolution calling for a hearing on the Task Force on Police Accountability.

The city has already paid a $5 million settlement in the shooting death of Laquan McDonald.

Ald. Scott Waguespack sponsored a resolution calling for hearings at Wednesday's City Council meeting.

Aldermen also clashed over city funding for the Active Transportation Alliance.

The aldermanic races for wards largely covering Logan Square and Humboldt Park will be settled Tuesday.

Kathy Byrne, daughter of Chicago's only female mayor, asked that a favorite fountain be relocated, too.

The Human Relations Committee called on President Obama to suspend some deportations.

An Army official urged "education, education and more education."

Neighborhood safety classes announced after a December attack almost killed a 15-year-old girl.

The alderman assured residents that ward services will still be available during repairs.

A California couple who purchased the Hermosa house hopes to open the museum by next year.

Colon will replace Ald. Danny Solis (25th) as chairman of the fourteen-member caucus.