City of Chicago
Recent News About City of Chicago
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Uber driver on red light cameras: 'I think they need to be taken away'
Brandy Thomas just wants to drive and make money to support her family.
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Band founder speaks about Chicago's ticket violations affecting minorities
The City of Chicago ticketing policy has reportedly affected minority neighborhoods disproportionately and many, including one local band member and founder, said she too has noticed the automatic cameras in the city are primarily located in certain neighborhoods.
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'Mr. Ceasefire' no fan of aggressive ticketing policies, overnight winter parking ban
Tio Hardiman, known on the streets as "Mr. Ceasefire," spends his days, and many nights, stemming gang violence in some of the city’s toughest neighborhoods.
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Uber driver on ticket debt: 'I got shut down for a whole week unnecessarily'
Toby Mitchell learned in early September that she had been deactivated as an Uber driver due to traffic violations.
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Violence Interrupters plans '24-hour boots on the ground' over holidays
The holidays bring with them the risk of heightened violence, and for Tio Hardiman, the executive director of Violence Interrupters, that means “24-hour boots on the ground.”
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The Quarry owner: 'We are bringing together music, food, beer and families'
Ryan DeYoung believes in good music, quality food and the power of entrepreneurship.
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Chicago native on child support, city policies: 'They'll take everything you have if they can'
Child support enforcement can have a negative effect on Black, low-income, non-custodial fathers and their children, according to a 2016 report from the Urban Institute.
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Chicago’s 'Mr. Ceasefire' came by his nickname the hard way
In 2003, Tio Hardiman talked his way out of a potentially deadly conflict when five gang members confronted him on the Southside.
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Hardiman: 'Too many crimes are being committed'
No one escapes the ravages of violent crime in the toughest neighborhoods in Chicago.