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Mayoral candidates Brandon Johnson and Paul Vallas attend a public safety mayoral forum at the University of Illinois at Chicago Forum Tuesday, March 14, 2023, in Chicago. (Armando L. Sanchez ...

Whoever wins tomorrow’s election for mayor will face several daunting challenges when it comes to crime and public safety, report my colleagues Frank Main and Tom Schuba. The city is currently ...

Susan Lee, Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s ex-deputy mayor for public safety who now works at the Chicago CRED anti-violence group, said it can’t be forgotten that the city has one of the highest ...

CHICAGO — The Monday after making it into the Chicago mayoral runoff, ... Questioned by a reporter about his public safety plan, ...

With Chicago's municipal election just weeks away, voters are trying to gauge where mayoral candidates stand on hot-button issues including crime and public safety.

Since the 2023 municipal race elected a new mayor and 13 new aldermen to lead Chicago, the city’s political winds have shifted. The main issues facing these new officials—crime and public safety, ...

The “Our City Our Safety” plan was launched in the summer of 2020 and followed an emerging trend of treating gun violence as a public health issue. The plan aimed to narrow Chicago’s ...

The 60-page report, titled Reimagining Public Safety: Community Listening Sessions with Black Communities and Public Defenders, asked more than 100 Black Chicago residents to define what public ...

To arrest these alarming trends, Chicago should enact a local public safety ordinance. While yearly murders and shootings were down in Chicago through the end of 2023, the city’s murder rate remains ...

Crime Is the Only Issue in Chicago Mayor’s Race Lori Lightfoot says it’s going down, but all the other candidates said they wouldn’t rehire her police superintendent. By ...

As a physician on Chicago's West Side, my patients show me the impact of the environment on everyone's health, every single day. When parents are afraid to allow their children to play outside and ...