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The Council fell six votes shy of overriding Johnson’s veto of an ordinance allowing the Chicago police superintendent to ...
The Chicago City Council passed a “snap” curfew ordinance on June 18 that allows the superintendent to impose short-notice ...
The City Council drove the final nail in the coffin for a controversial "snap curfew" ordinance, upholding Mayor Brandon ...
The failure of at least 34 members of the Chicago City Council to vote to reject Mayor Brandon Johnson’s action means the ...
The City Council could vote to override Mayor Johnson’s veto of an ordinance allowing for temporary curfews for teens on ...
The final City Council vote on the "snap curfew" ordinance was postponed last month, setting up Wednesday's showdown. The proposed ordinance, sponsored by Ald. Brian Hopkins ...
Downtown Ald. Brian Hopkins introduced a teen curfew ordinance that places the power to declare “snap curfews” solely in the hands of Chicago’s police superintendent.
Chicago alders tried and failed to override Mayor Brandon Johnson’s veto of a measure that would have given Chicago Police ...
City Council approves snap curfew aimed at ‘teen takeovers,’ but mayor says he'll veto it Mayor Brandon Johnson says he will veto the ordinance, which would empower Chicago Police Supt. Larry ...
Hopkins argued it is not a “snap curfew” because in order to declare a curfew and give a 30-minute warning, police would have to collect evidence that a group of 20 or more kids are intending ...
Chicago’s City Council passed a snap curfew ordinance — a targeted, no-cost tool to help outreach workers and police intervene before teen gatherings escalate into violence. Mayor Brandon ...
CHICAGO — Chicago aldermen advanced a measure Tuesday designed to curb so-called “teen takeovers” with curfews after the ordinance’s lead sponsor made a pivotal tweak to the measure ...