.... Jason Ervin, 28th, said the numbers his group supports give Black and Latino candidates better

“ We just want to make sure the data will guide us, so that Chicagoans get fairly represented.” Ald.... After the 2010 census, the remap reduced the number of majority-Black wards by just one in spite of a more precipitous Black population drop citywide. The city won’t get official U.S. Census Bureau data from the 2020 count until late summer or early fall, months later than usual.... In early 2012, the council passed a map plan 41-8, less than two hours after council members put the finishing

Michelle Harris, chair of the Rules Committee, unveiled a map that creates 16 Black-majority wards and an additional ward with a Black plurality.... Gilbert Villegas sounded prepared to continue negotiating.[ Most read] ‘He wanted me to beat him up’: Key witness in Jussie Smollett trial testifies about actor’s alleged plot to stage hate crime？... “ Those meetings should have happened way before Dec....

I know how my colleagues are, ” Cardona said.... “ I approached it gently, not like demanding, because you get more bees with honey.” Asked how he took the mayor’s comments, Cardona said he understood Lightfoot’s position but the caucus still needs to see more.“ I get it.... We’ve got Meza for Law and we got a Latina for procurement....

said that the dog is expected to survive.... Latino aldermen want new city council ward map to

Chicago aldermen, Mayor Brandon Johnson and other elected officials have arrived at the autumn

Confronted for the second time in as many months with the future of police discipline, aldermen

More than a dozen Chicago aldermen have filed notice to force a special meeting of the City Council

Will any of them turn it down?... Sep 3, 2021 Politics Chicago aldermen are up for their biggest

At the time, aldermen in opposition voiced long-running frustrations with how the council handles