Carrie Austin

Eric Garner's death in New York leads to a Chicago proposal. 

Fire Commissioner Jose Santiago testified before City Council budget hearings.

Joseph Ferguson said he could assume the duties of the legislative inspector general.

But critics attacked it as "election-year fluff" with no real content.

Ald. Edward Burke questioned how much public money was spent on the festival.

Ald. Ameya Pawar worked to expand the pool of applicants for the new position of budget analyst.

Ald. Ameya Pawar said it's "getting ahead of ourselves" to name possible office heads.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel said the cameras were doing as intended, to diminish speeding near schools and parks.

Morehouse College freshman Jawuan Johnson, of Auburn Gresham, received the scholarship.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel stressed "quality of life" issues instead at a Police Department media event.

Ald. Anthony Beale expressed concerns about city workers just "sitting around."

Budget Director Alexandra Holt said overtime adds flexibility and puts more police on the street.

Magic Johnson Bridgescape, an alternative high school, recently opened a campus in Roseland.

Ald. Ameya Pawar's proposal was part of Mayor Emanuel's 2014 budget recommendation.

Several African-American aldermen made the plea to reinstate funding, but the state held firm.