Minneapolis council approves limited expansion of gunshot detection system
In a 13-0 vote, the City Council signed off on a two-year contract renewal with ShotSpotter that spreads acoustic sensors ...
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Paul Lisnek on a potential shakeup at CPS, the likely end of ShotSpotter, the presidential race and more
WGN Political Analyst Paul Lisnek joined WGN Evening News to discuss several big stories from the week. This week's topics include reports of Mayor Brandon Johnson asking Chicago Public Schools CEO ...
Paul Lisnek on a potential shakeup at CPS, the likely end of ShotSpotter, the presidential race & more
This week’s topics include reports of Mayor Brandon Johnson asking Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez to step down, ...
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ShotSpotter support highest in Black, Hispanic Chicago wards mayor claims it hurts
Where is support strongest for the gunshot detection system Chicago’s mayor wants to dump? In the Black and Hispanic wards ...
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This Week In Photos: A Dramatic Return To City Council, Mexican Independence Caravans Snarl Traffic, And More
CHICAGO — Alderpeople filed back into City Hall after their summer recess, and an hours-long, dramatic meeting ensued as they ...
Some aldermen warn ShotSpotter veto could blow up budget negotiations between mayor, city council
Mayor Brandon Johnson has vowed to veto an ordinance that would keep ShotSpotter gun detection technology in place, but ...
Editorial: With ShotSpotter’s looming demise, Brandon Johnson turns his back on neighborhoods whose votes made him mayor
We’ve seen plenty of Chicago mayors do things that turned out to be wildly unpopular in retrospect. Richard M. Daley’s ...
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Mayor Johnson reiterates veto stance on ShotSpotter, so what happens next?
Barring a last-minute extension, the company behind the ShotSpotter gunshot detection technology says work will begin Monday ...
Chicago Council Votes to Give ShotSpotter Contracting Power to Police Superintendent, Sidestepping Mayor
Chicago mayor Brandon Johnson dismissed the gunshot-detection technology as nothing more than ‘walkie-talkies on a stick.’ ...
Johnson accused of picking another police-related fight with City Council
Gov. J.B. Pritzker has authorized selling a former Illinois National Guard armory to the city for $1 for the "express purpose ...
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City Council Is Seeing Red With Johnson’s Ranks
Brandon Johnson is playing politics as his predecessors did, like appointing loyal organizers. But the flavor of his politics ...