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by Ashlee Rezin
1:03pm
Tue Apr 23

Call For Legislative Help In Fighting CPS School Closures Rings Loud At Congressional Forum (VIDEO)

Education

The proposal to close 54 schools across the Chicago Public Schools system is unsafe and will destabilize communities already hit hard by the economic depression, according to speakers at a Congressional Forum hosted by U.S. Reps. Bobby Rush (D, IL-1) and Danny Davis (D, IL-7) over the weekend.

PI Original
by Ashlee Rezin
8:14pm
Fri Feb 22
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Lawmakers, CPD, NRA & Community Voice Views On Concealed Carry In Illinois At Hearing

Gun Control

The Illinois House Judiciary Committee held its second public hearing on gun control today in downtown Chicago. As the June deadline to draft a concealed carry law looms, legislators heard testimony from Chicago’s elected officials and advocates on both sides of the argument. 

Quick Hit
by Matthew Blake
5:32pm
Fri Oct 26, 2012

More Police Manpower Possible In Affluent Downtown

The Chicago City Council will likely not press Mayor Rahm Emanuel to hire more police officers than the figure already laid out in Emanuel’s proposed 2013 budget.

However, one idea from Police Department Superintendent Garry McCarthy’s city council testimony this week is to allow private business to hire off-duty police for additional protection. Ald. Brendan Reilly (42nd) suggested the plan as a way to protect downtown businesses in “hospitality and tourism areas.” Read more »

Quick Hit
by Matthew Blake
10:41pm
Wed Oct 24, 2012

Chicago Aldermen May Not Press For More Police Hires

If there was any part of Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s proposed 2013 city budget that aldermen might question, it was the number of police on the street. Murders are up this year citywide and several aldermen say Chicago needs more cops. There are about 1,000 fewer police officers in the CPD today than five years ago.

But Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy was only partly scathed at a council budget committee hearing today, suggesting aldermen will not revise Emanuel’s budget in order to hire more police.

Council members did question how Emanuel and McCarthy arrived at the figure of having 12,500 officers by the end of 2013.

Ald. Scott Waguespack (32nd) asked the police head if there was a “written formal analysis” on staffing. McCarthy responded there was not. Read more »