Kanye cash follows Chance praise, boosting Amara Enyia mayoral bid

After a stint in the city’s Department of Planning and Development, Chico served as chief of policy for the Finance Committee during the tumultuous period known as “Council Wars” that saw a group of 29 mostly-white aldermen thwart then-Mayor Harold Washington’s every move.

Rapper Kanye West on Monday donated $73,540 to the longshot mayoral campaign of Amara Enyia, six days after Chance the Rapper’s celebrity endorsement elevated Enyia in the crowded race to replace Mayor Rahm Emanuel.

There are dozens of judges seats up for election in November. We compiled a list of recommendations from the area's leading legal organizations.

The attorney general again blames a 2016 surge in gun-related murders on an agreement between the city and the ACLU to rein in police stops. But other big cities have imposed similar limits without murder spikes.