Heather Cherone
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CPD is on track to spend at least $241 million on overtime by the end of 2025, according to a WTTW analysis based on data published by Chicago's inspector general.
Chicago spent more than $212 million on overtime for members of the Chicago Police Department in the first 10 months of 2025 — 6% more than the amount Mayor Brandon Johnson plans to set aside for police overtime in all of 2026, records show. https://to.wttw.com/49QGPU6
Chicago Spent $212M on Police Overtime So Far This Year, 6% More Than New Limit Set for 2026
Chicago Police Supt. Larry Snelling told the Chicago City Council on Nov. 5 that he was confident that CPD would be able to spend no more than $200 million on overtime in 2026.
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December 1, 2025 at 6:56 PM
CPD is on track to spend at least $241 million on overtime by the end of 2025, according to a WTTW analysis based on data published by Chicago's inspector general.
“This community, long subject to environmental injustice, deserved access to the truth. City government has an obligation to protect its people from this kind of harm and it failed miserably in doing so. So, if given the choice, I would do it again.”
December 1, 2025 at 4:09 PM
“This community, long subject to environmental injustice, deserved access to the truth. City government has an obligation to protect its people from this kind of harm and it failed miserably in doing so. So, if given the choice, I would do it again.”
NEW: A federal jury is set to decide whether Chicago police officers violated the civil rights of the Chicago man they shot during a February 2020 incident in the Grand Red Line CTA station, records show. @wttw.bsky.social
Lawsuit Filed by Man Police Shot in CTA Red Line Station Set for Trial
The trial, set to start Dec. 8 and last 10 days, represents a high-stakes gamble for the city, whose lawyers typically recommend settling civil cases involving actions by the police that led to crimin...
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December 1, 2025 at 3:23 PM
NEW: A federal jury is set to decide whether Chicago police officers violated the civil rights of the Chicago man they shot during a February 2020 incident in the Grand Red Line CTA station, records show. @wttw.bsky.social
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November 30, 2025 at 4:03 AM
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I saw “Arcadia” at the Goodman Theatre when I was in high school and it was transformative
November 29, 2025 at 5:46 PM
I saw “Arcadia” at the Goodman Theatre when I was in high school and it was transformative
NEW: The Chicago Board of Ethics fined ex-Inspector General Joe Ferguson $5,000 for violating the city’s ethics law by divulging a confidential report that found officials could have stopped a plume of dust from enveloping Little Village when crews demolished a former power plant. @wttw.bsky.social
Former Inspector General Joe Ferguson Fined $5K for Revealing Botched Little Village Smokestack Implosion Could Have Been Prevented
Inspector General Joseph Ferguson, who paid the $5,000 fine, said that while he was disappointed by the board's decision, he had no regrets about his decision to divulge the confidential report.
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November 28, 2025 at 6:17 PM
NEW: The Chicago Board of Ethics fined ex-Inspector General Joe Ferguson $5,000 for violating the city’s ethics law by divulging a confidential report that found officials could have stopped a plume of dust from enveloping Little Village when crews demolished a former power plant. @wttw.bsky.social
NEW: Chicago spent more than $212M on overtime for members of CPD in just the first 10 months of 2025 — 6% more than the amount Mayor Brandon Johnson plans to set aside for police overtime in all of 2026, records show. @wttw.bsky.social news.wttw.com/2025/11/28/c...
Chicago Spent $212M on Police Overtime So Far This Year, 6% More Than New Limit Set for 2026
Chicago Police Supt. Larry Snelling told the Chicago City Council on Nov. 5 that he was confident that CPD would be able to spend no more than $200 million on overtime in 2026.
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November 28, 2025 at 5:30 PM
NEW: Chicago spent more than $212M on overtime for members of CPD in just the first 10 months of 2025 — 6% more than the amount Mayor Brandon Johnson plans to set aside for police overtime in all of 2026, records show. @wttw.bsky.social news.wttw.com/2025/11/28/c...
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Happy Thanksgiving, Chicago! What are you thankful for this year? 🦃
November 27, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Happy Thanksgiving, Chicago! What are you thankful for this year? 🦃
A reminder
November 26, 2025 at 8:19 PM
A reminder
BREAKING: The Illinois Supreme Court agreed Wednesday to decide whether Chicago police officers accused of serious misconduct have the right to ask an arbitrator — and not the Chicago Police Board — to decide their fate, but those proceedings must take place in public. @wttw.bsky.social
Illinois Supreme Court to Decide Whether Serious CPD Discipline Hearings Must Take Place in Public
The decision by the state’s highest court keeps the system Chicago officials used for 60 years to hold officers accused of the most egregious misconduct in a deep freeze. Oral arguments will take plac...
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November 26, 2025 at 4:34 PM
BREAKING: The Illinois Supreme Court agreed Wednesday to decide whether Chicago police officers accused of serious misconduct have the right to ask an arbitrator — and not the Chicago Police Board — to decide their fate, but those proceedings must take place in public. @wttw.bsky.social
"A @nytimes.com analysis of hours of police radio and hundreds of videos posted to social media refutes the federal government’s claims that the Chicago Police Department didn’t respond quickly to the scene, leaving federal agents to fend for themselves during what they called a riot."
Times Analysis Finds Errors in Trump’s Supreme Court Filing That Calls for National Guard in Chicago
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November 25, 2025 at 7:49 PM
"A @nytimes.com analysis of hours of police radio and hundreds of videos posted to social media refutes the federal government’s claims that the Chicago Police Department didn’t respond quickly to the scene, leaving federal agents to fend for themselves during what they called a riot."
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What's your favorite Thanksgiving side dish? Tell us why.
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November 25, 2025 at 6:35 PM
What's your favorite Thanksgiving side dish? Tell us why.
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Exclusive: FEMA and Illinois officials pulled dozens of personnel back from surveying flood-damaged neighborhoods in Chicago because immigration agents were conducting patrols nearby, messages show.
With ICE in the area, FEMA workers were pulled from storm damage work
The decision to halt disaster assessment work came amid the immigration crackdown in Chicago. Officials worried FEMA’s efforts could put residents and surveyors at risk.
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November 25, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Exclusive: FEMA and Illinois officials pulled dozens of personnel back from surveying flood-damaged neighborhoods in Chicago because immigration agents were conducting patrols nearby, messages show.
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Elianne Bahena, a member of the 10th Police District Council, who was one of two city employees detained after an ICE raid in Little Village, said a lot of her work has been focused on making sure residents in Little Village and North Lawndale know their rights amid ICE raids.
November 25, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Elianne Bahena, a member of the 10th Police District Council, who was one of two city employees detained after an ICE raid in Little Village, said a lot of her work has been focused on making sure residents in Little Village and North Lawndale know their rights amid ICE raids.
“I was ready to give him anything he wanted,” Mohamedou Ould Slahi testified about his treatment at the hands of ex-CPD Detective Richard Zuley. “When I told him I was not involved, he tortured me. When I told him I was involved, they treated me better.” @wttw.bsky.social
Man Testifies Ex-CPD Detective Brutally Tortured Him at Guantanamo Bay
Mohamedou Ould Slahi testified he was treated well at the U.S. detention camp at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, until then-CPD Detective Richard Zuley took command of the investigation into his ties to al-Qaid...
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November 25, 2025 at 3:30 PM
“I was ready to give him anything he wanted,” Mohamedou Ould Slahi testified about his treatment at the hands of ex-CPD Detective Richard Zuley. “When I told him I was not involved, he tortured me. When I told him I was involved, they treated me better.” @wttw.bsky.social
BREAKING: Chicago police officers can turn off their body-worn cameras while being questioned by their supervisor immediately after they shoot a member of the public, the federal judge overseeing efforts to reform the Chicago Police Department ruled Friday. @wttw.bsky.social
CPD Officers Can Turn Off Cameras While Being Questioned About Shootings, Federal Judge Rules
However, U.S. District Court Judge Rebecca Pallmeyer ruled that officers must have their cameras on if a deputy chief asks them to answer additional questions about the shooting.
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November 24, 2025 at 7:11 PM
BREAKING: Chicago police officers can turn off their body-worn cameras while being questioned by their supervisor immediately after they shoot a member of the public, the federal judge overseeing efforts to reform the Chicago Police Department ruled Friday. @wttw.bsky.social
FULL STORY: Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino, and the agents who led a series of increasingly aggressive raids across Chicago and its suburbs, falsely depicted ordinary Chicagoans as professional agitators determined to mount a violent resistance, a federal judge determined. @wttw.bsky.social
Border Patrol Chief Greg Bovino, Federal Agents Repeatedly Lied About What They Did During Aggressive Immigration Raids: Judge
U.S. District Court Judge Sara Ellis used a blistering 233-page ruling to painstakingly detail how agents falsely asserted in court and in official reports that they had been confronted with unrelenti...
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November 24, 2025 at 2:59 PM
FULL STORY: Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino, and the agents who led a series of increasingly aggressive raids across Chicago and its suburbs, falsely depicted ordinary Chicagoans as professional agitators determined to mount a violent resistance, a federal judge determined. @wttw.bsky.social
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Patty Garcia, handpicked by U.S. Rep. Jesus “Chuy” García to replace him in the U.S. House of Representatives, vowed Thursday to stand on her own and earn the support of residents across the city’s Southwest Side.
"This isn't a done deal." Garcia said. https://to.wttw.com/4igLLUr
"This isn't a done deal." Garcia said. https://to.wttw.com/4igLLUr
November 21, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Patty Garcia, handpicked by U.S. Rep. Jesus “Chuy” García to replace him in the U.S. House of Representatives, vowed Thursday to stand on her own and earn the support of residents across the city’s Southwest Side.
"This isn't a done deal." Garcia said. https://to.wttw.com/4igLLUr
"This isn't a done deal." Garcia said. https://to.wttw.com/4igLLUr
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A Mauritanian man will testify Monday about torture he says he endured at Guantánamo Bay—at the hands of former Chicago detective Richard Zuley.
His story is one thread in a web connecting Zuley to the post-9/11 legacy through this city.
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His story is one thread in a web connecting Zuley to the post-9/11 legacy through this city.
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Man Who Said He Was Tortured by Ex-CPD Detective at Guantanamo Bay Set to Testify
Circuit Court Judge Adrienne Davis is weighing whether to overturn the conviction of Anthony Garrett in connection with the murder of 7-year-old Dantrell Davis, who was shot and killed by a sniper at ...
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November 21, 2025 at 6:47 PM
A Mauritanian man will testify Monday about torture he says he endured at Guantánamo Bay—at the hands of former Chicago detective Richard Zuley.
His story is one thread in a web connecting Zuley to the post-9/11 legacy through this city.
🔗 news.wttw.com/2025/11/20/m...
His story is one thread in a web connecting Zuley to the post-9/11 legacy through this city.
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BREAKING: Chicago police officers will be allowed to file felony gun charges without first getting approval from a prosecutor throughout the city, Cook County State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke announced Friday. @wttw.bsky.social
Program Allowing CPD Officers to Directly File Felony Gun Charges to Expand Citywide, Top Prosecutor Announces
The Felony Review Bypass Pilot Program was “an unqualified success,” Cook County State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke said.
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November 21, 2025 at 5:38 PM
BREAKING: Chicago police officers will be allowed to file felony gun charges without first getting approval from a prosecutor throughout the city, Cook County State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke announced Friday. @wttw.bsky.social
NEW: A man is set to testify about the torture he says he suffered at the hands of a ex-CPD detective while being held at Guantánamo Bay as a judge weighs whether to overturn the conviction in one of Chicago's most notorious murders, @jaredrutecki.bsky.social & I report for @wttw.bsky.social
Man Who Said He Was Tortured by Ex-CPD Detective at Guantanamo Bay Set to Testify
Circuit Court Judge Adrienne Davis is weighing whether to overturn the conviction of Anthony Garrett in connection with the murder of 7-year-old Dantrell Davis, who was shot and killed by a sniper at ...
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November 21, 2025 at 3:17 PM
NEW: A man is set to testify about the torture he says he suffered at the hands of a ex-CPD detective while being held at Guantánamo Bay as a judge weighs whether to overturn the conviction in one of Chicago's most notorious murders, @jaredrutecki.bsky.social & I report for @wttw.bsky.social
