Carlos Ramirez Rosa

The proposal, set for a final vote Oct. 11, seeks to build affordable housing in 3 hot neighborhoods.

State Sen. Daniel Biss and Ald. Carlos Ramirez-Rosa split over differences of opinion on Israel.

Ramirez-Rosa, 28, said he was running for statewide office to "put working people first."

Elected alderman in 2015, Rosa is among the youngest to be elected to the Chicago City Council. 

The developer will present its plan Thursday for 48 apartments at the corner of Montrose and Bernard.

The zoning change sailed through the City Council in a 49-1 vote on Wednesday.

Ald. Ramirez-Rosa said any further cuts to CPS could prompt students to walk out of class in protest.

Chicago has never had rent control and it's been outright banned at the state level since 1997.

Six probationary officers are undergoing training, aldermen report.

Kit Kat, Butterfinger and Jolly Ranchers are union-made, according to Ald. Carlos Ramirez-Rosa.

The new Independence branch will be located inside a mixed-income housing development.

The station will get safer street-level access for commuters as well, Mayor Rahm Emanuel said.

Critics said the new Civilian Office of Police Accountability has little actual civilian involvement.

The library branch will reopen in its former leased digs while the city tries to buy the land.

Aldermen Ameya Pawar and Carlos Ramirez-Rosa submitted the proposal.