The Chicago City Council Finance Committee voted on two major settlements Friday, both involving police incidents.

City of Chicago lawyers had recommended the deal, arguing that taking the case to court would cost taxpayers several times as ...

The Chicago City Council's Finance Committee said no to approving a million-dollar settlement for a man killed last year ...

The Chicago City Council's Finance Committee rejected a $1.25 million settlement Friday in the civil rights lawsuit over the fatal police shooting of Dexter Reed during a traffic stop last year.

Reed, 26, was shot and killed by police in March 2024 after a traffic stop in West Humboldt Park escalated. His family’s ...

The rejection of the proposed settlement means the federal lawsuit filed by Reed’s family alleging that the city violated ...

They will also vote on a previously stalled and hotly contested $1.25 million settlement for the family of Dexter Reed, the ...

The settlement recommended by city attorneys failed to advance two months ago amid a firestorm of controversy.

a City Council committee on Monday did not vote on a controversial $1.25 million settlement that would have compensated the family of Dexter Reed, who was shot to death by police officers after ...

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Aldermen voted down a $1.25 million settlement Friday for the family of Dexter Reed, the man shot and killed by police in a Humboldt Park gunfight last year. The deal for the family of the man who ...