City Council approves Lightfoot’s $11.6B budget plan
November 26, 2019
The Chicago City Council has passed Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s $11.6 billion budget plan by a 39-11 vote. Lightfoot’s office says Tuesday the budget is balanced and will close an $838 million shortfall without a “significant” increase in new property taxes. Lightfoot says in a release that...
Burke faces new charges in superseding indictment
May 30, 2019
One of the most powerful City Council members in Chicago history faces new federal charges that include racketeering. Among the charges in the superseding indictment handed down Thursday is that Edward M. Burke threatened to oppose a Chicago museum's admission fee increase because it didn't respond...
Chicago mayor gets first reforms through City Council
May 29, 2019
Mayor Lori Lightfoot has begun implementing reform to Chicago's City Hall. During her first time chairing a City Council meeting, Lightfoot got aldermen to go along with her picks to chair council committees that will vote on key parts of her agenda. The aldermen also approved new operating rules...
OPINION: With a fresh City Hall, Chicago’s new mayor faces an uphill battle
Stuart Dantoin, Contributing Writer
May 28, 2019
Lori Lightfoot, the first openly gay African-American woman to be elected mayor of Chicago, won a sweeping mandate of 73.7% of the vote. Lightfoot gained public support form public attorneys, the former Chicago Public Schools board president, and numerous co-runners who lost the first round. Lightfoot...
OPINION: As a new Chicago City Council prepares to be sworn in, “new progressives” take hold
Grace Del Vecchio, Contributing Writer
May 13, 2019
"Socialism has appeared many times in history, in many different forms, but now, in the U.S. and specifically in Chicago, it has taken on a young and relatable modern face."
February 20, 2020 • No Comments
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Gov. J.B. Pritzker proposed a $40.7 billion state budget Wednesday — virtually...
Trump commutes former Illinois Gov. Blagojevich’s sentence
February 18, 2020
President Donald Trump on Tuesday commuted the 14-year prison sentence handed...
Shooting at Jackson Red Line stop kills one, injures two
February 17, 2020
A man was killed and two others injured in a shooting early Monday morning in...
DePaul faculty diversity upsets but doesn’t shock
February 16, 2020
A report released by Faculty Council last week pointed to a notable lack of...
Izabella Grimaldo and Jonathan Aguilar
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La expresión es un forma de identificar y realizar...
Jovan Gonzalez and Maria Guerrero
February 19, 2020
El activismo siempre ha sido algo poderoso que ha cambiado...
Maria Guerrero, La DePaulia Managing Editor
February 18, 2020
Un centro de cine local estrenó películas latinoamericanas...
Jovan Gonzalez, Contributing Writer
February 15, 2020
El sueño americano puede reflejarse distintamente....
Hannah Mitchell and Shane René
February 16, 2020
On this week's episode of Page 29, we sit down with...
Ryan Gilroy, Copy Editor & Staff Photographer
February 16, 2020
DePaul men's basketball just had one of its most humiliating...