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City Hall reporter for @ChicagoTribune, covering the City Council. @CTGuild chair. Excited to be here! Let's talk jsheridan@chicagotribune.com

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Currently reporting for the Chicago Tribune. Covering city politics with a focus on the City Council. Areas of interest include public safety, movement politics, development, transit and far more — generally looking to what is new in Chicago politics. Formerly covered breaking news for the Tribune.

Previous journalism work at the Tampa Bay Times, Poynter Institute, Los Angeles Times, Concord Monitor, Duke Chronicle and 9th Street Journal.

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Aldermen give $261 million settlement for police abuse lawsuits initial approval

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By Jake Sheridan Verified
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Aldermen advanced a staggering $261 million police misconduct settlement Monday, lamenting the cost as an unavoidable blow to the city's pocketbook. The historic mass settlement proposed by Mayor Brandon Johnson's administration would resolve 16 lawsuits alleging disgraced Chicago Police Department Det. Reynaldo Guevara framed men for murder. It won broad approval in the City Council Finance Committee, where aldermen complained about the price tag, but argued Chicago taxpayers had no other choice.
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$261 million mass settlement for Guevara police misconduct, Mayor Brandon Johnson proposes

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By Jake Sheridan Verified
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Mayor Brandon Johnson is proposing a staggering $260.8 million settlement to resolve 16 lawsuits alleging police misconduct by disgraced former Chicago Det. Reynaldo Guevara. The mass deal pitched by Johnson's Law Department appears to be the largest single police misconduct settlement in U.S. history. And it will leave a deep and costly mark on the city's finances as City Hall faces the daunting challenge of crafting a 2027 budget.
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At City Club, Mayor Brandon Johnson asks why rich put profits over ‘the lives of my neighbors’

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By Alice Yin Verified, Jake Sheridan Verified
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Mayor Brandon Johnson accused the city's corporate class of ignoring Black and brown lives Wednesday in a wide-ranging speech to a crowd of business leaders who cheered his ideas but greeted with silence his promise to pay for them by taxing the rich.
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