Will Burns

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

Refugees are vetted "far more thoroughly than American gun owners," Ald. Ed Burke said. 

Quad Communities Development Corp. is starting over on a zoning change to use the former Lincoln Centre.

Aldermen cheered the governor's announcement, but said they weren't backing down.

"We are complementing what is happening at the north end of the park," said architect Philip Castillo.

Protesters accused Ald. Burns of blocking a resolution seeking a moratorium on new charter schools.

The Plan Commission approved placing the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art on the lakefront.

Police would not say who they had arrested in connection to the gang blamed for shootings in Kenwood.

Ald. Will Burns has received campaign contributions from the Illinois Network of Charter Schools.

The hunger strikers took their protests to Little Black Pearl Art and Design Academy.

The activists have not eaten for five days to get CPS to make a decision on Dyett High School.

The 24th annual fair will also offer free health screenings on Aug. 15.

Back-to-school events Aug. 15 are planned at Sixth Grace Church and King High School.

The Rev. Michael Pfleger called it an "orchestrated distraction" from the city's real gun violence.

It is also expected to serve as a field house for the Bronzeville neighborhood.