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CHICAGO (WLS) -- Alderman Howard Brookins Jr. announced Wednesday he will retire from the City Council at the end of his term. The 21st alderman joins a growing list of City Council members who won't ...

CHICAGO — The City Council exodus continues. On Wednesday, Ald. Howard Brookins (21st Ward) announced his plan to retire from City Council at the end of his term. “I’ve accomplished a lot and I think ...

When alderman Tom Allen saw his colleague Howard Brookins Jr. at Wednesday’s City Council meeting, he strode over and offered a handshake. “What’s up, dude?” he said. Brookins accepted eagerly, and ...

Ald. Howard Brookins, 21st, is the latest to join the swelling list of alderman exiting the City Council, according to Politico. Brookins, who has his own law firm and ran unsuccessfully for Cook ...

CHICAGO (CBS)-- Ald. Howard Brookins Jr. (21st) on Wednesday announced he will retire at the end of his term, joining a still-growing exodus from the Chicago City Council. Brookins, whose ward ...

The groups say Johnson's "radical" revenue plan would put an "unwelcome sign" on the city for families and small businesses. The Red Line extension doesn't just benefit the Far South Side. And the Far ...

Howard Brookins had raised the alarm about "aggressive squirrels" wreaking damage on trash cans in his community. The Chicago Tribune reports that... Bicycle-Riding Chicago Alderman Injured In ...

CHICAGO (CBS) – Ald. Howard Brookins Jr, (21st) is hosting a press conference with southside leaders to talk about next year's municipal elections. The conference comes just one day after he announced ...

Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. teamed up with organized labor earlier this year to help send his wife and several other newcomers to the City Council. But he resisted union pressure to drop support for ...

In what has become a regular occurance, another Chicago alderman announced they are leaving Chicago’s City Council. Ald. Howard Brookins, who has represented the Far South Side’s 21st Ward since 2003, ...