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HUD asked the owner of a Section 8 housing development on the city's Far South Side to cancel the security contract after a Reporter investigation. But the private security company can still work at other federally subsidized properties.
Sandra Bland's death in jail raised questions about how and why people die behind bars. Nationally, about a third of deaths are ruled suicides. Most are due to chronic disease.
The Cook County Responsible Business Act would charge Walmart, McDonald's and other companies whose employees rely on public assistance.
At City Council budget hearing, black aldermen said police Supt. Garry McCarthy has failed to curb violence on Chicago's South and West sides.
Seven Chicago communities, all of them predominately black, have the highest percentage of residents living in deep poverty.
A recent settlement agreement with the Chicago Housing Authority would end a 2013 lawsuit filed by the Cabrini-Green Local Advisory Council, but not all of the redevelopment issues are settled.