Latest consent decree grades show uptick in CPD compliance amid potential budget cuts
The latest assessment by the independent monitor has found the Chicago Police Department continues to make incremental ...
Appeals court finds consent decree mandating more funding for Baltimore schools ‘no longer relevant’
In an opinion last week, the Maryland Appellate Court rejected arguments that a decades-old consent decree over state funding ...
In Five Years, Chicago Has Barely Made Progress on Its Court-Ordered Police Reforms. Here’s Why.
Chicago police agreed to judicial oversight in 2019. Since then, a series of mayors and police chiefs let efforts languish ...
Daywatch: Consent decree grades show uptick in CPD compliance
CPD’s overall compliance with the consent decree — a set of reforms spurred by the 2014 killing of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald by a former CPD officer — again ticked up in the first six months of 2024 ...
‘Deeply concerned:’ Mayor’s budget risks compliance with CPD consent decree
Officials who were involved in negotiating and implementing the reforms laid out in the police department's 2019 consent ...
Proposed Chicago police resource cuts could land city in court, top officials warn
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson's proposed cuts to the police department in specific areas may violate a consent decree forged ...
Mayor Johnson's planned CPD cuts 'risk undoing' police reform progress, federal monitor warns
The stark warning from independent monitor Maggie Hickey was included in a new progress report showing that CPD has reached ...
Amazon, Employee Reach Deal to End Military Leave Bias Lawsuit
Amazon.com Inc. and a US Marine Corps reserve officer reached a settlement in a lawsuit alleging the company violated the ...
Mental health suit stays on track for final approval early next year
Three different sets of lawyers agreed, after 13 hours of mediation, to keep a Jan. 15 final hearing on the calendar for what ...
With CPD a possible target for personnel cuts in budget plan, consent decree monitor raises alarm
The independent monitor assessing the city’s compliance with a federal consent decree issued a dire warning Tuesday as proposed budget cuts once again loom over the Chicago Police Department’s Office ...
Appeals court rules against resurrecting Baltimore City Schools consent decree in longtime Bradford case
Maryland’s second-highest court has rejected arguments to bring back a decades-old consent decree stemming from a lawsuit over state funding for Baltimore City Public Schools. In a 2-1 decision last ...
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The city of Fort Smith continues to discuss water rates, consent decree projects
A consent decree project is also on the directors' agenda. The 2016 Sanitary Sewer Assessment Remedial Measures, Sub-Basin ...