Among those who departed the office the last few days were Berrios’ sister Carmen Berrios, who was paid $126,000; his daughter Vanessa Berrios, who was working there when her father took office but saw her salary nearly double to about $109,000; Thomas Jaconetty, who as Berrios’ top aide made about $154,000 a year; and close friend Victoria LaCalamita, a $139,000-a-year deputy

O’Hare International Airport motor truck drivers got overtime, equipment and job assignments in exchange for political work, some performed on city time, and those who refused faced “extreme retaliation,” a new lawsuit contends.

The Chicago Teachers Union will spearhead the first teacher strike in Chicago since 2012, marking the first time in the country’s history that a group of charter school educators banded together for a network-wide walkout. “We are fighting for sanctuary schools; 90 percent of our students or more of our students are Latinx. Many of them are facing immigration issues either themselves or with their families,” one teacher said. “We are demanding that no information is shared with ICE, that no one is let inside our schools without a warrant, that resources are provided to our families and our staff