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Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson signed an executive order Monday to create a task force focused on reparations for the city’s Black residents. As part of the executive order, the task force will ...
CHICAGO (CN) — Windy City Mayor Brandon Johnson signed a municipal executive order on Monday to establish a “Reparations Task Force to develop a Black Reparations Agenda.” Johnson’s office said the ...
The task force looked at current challenges within Chicago’s network of transportation systems—from public transit accessibility concerns to frustrations with ride-hailing services.
The mayor of Chicago signed an executive order Monday to establish a task force that will make recommendations for reparations to address policies that have harmed Black residents over the decades.
Mayor Johnson explains how the new task force will make a commitment to establish fitting solutions for Black Chicagoans who have faced discrimination from systemic racism.
Seeking to calm growing criticism about his administration's handling of police misconduct cases, Mayor Rahm Emanuel has appointed a new "police accountability task force." In a press release, the ...
Chicago’s new task force will include the input of victims’ rights representatives, law enforcement organizations as well as youth and religious leaders, the mayor’s office said.
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel will form a task force that will consider implementing the so-called “universal basic income” program in the city, as the embattled mayor seeks to cement his ...
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson was told the federal task force is looking into allegations that local schools may have failed to protect Jewish students from unlawful discrimination.
Chicago officials are set to once again tackle the thorny issue of reparations, as a new task force formed by Mayor Brandon Johnson launches an effort to determine whether and how the city should ...
Though Chicago was one of the cities where the monuments were lifted, Lightfoot at first resisted their removal and insisted afterward that the Grant Park statue should eventually return.