Mayor Daley hopes to hold a face-to-face meeting today with leaders of the unions representing Chicago city workers in an effort to stave off proposed budget-cutting layoffs. The mayor has been trying to get city workers to accept 16 unpaid furlough days and forgo paid overtime in an effort to close a budget deficit that is projected to be around $400 million. more ›

At a press conference today, Police Superintendent Philip J. Cline released a report saying that of 244,309 traffic stops made by Chicago police in 2004, 176,500 of the individuals pulled over were minorities compared to 67,809 that were not minorities. That means that of all drivers Chicago police pulled over in 2004, 72% of them were minorities. Seems a bit unbalanced no? Chicago police officers participated in the traffic-stop survey to comply with legislation sponsored... more ›