"Defendant's health is progressively declining, she can do nothing to stop it, and the measures that could be implemented to ...

A federal judge on Wednesday ruled that former Chicago Ald. Carrie Austin is medically unfit to stand trial on corruption ...

Austin left the council in 2023 but had become the second-most senior member of the body by the time of her indictment.

Former Chicago alderman Carrie Austin, indicted in 2021 for allegedly receiving home improvements from contractors seeking ...

Former Chicago Ald. Carrie Austin is too sick to stand trial on charges that she took bribes in the form of home improvements ...

As part of the series “Culture of Corruption,” the Tribune has compiled a list of roughly 200 indicted, convicted or ...

A federal judge has ruled former Chicago Ald. Carrie Austin is medically unfit to stand trial, four years after she was ...

The judge said 76-year-old Carrie Austin’s medical conditions, which include COPD, heart ailments and cancer, make the ...

A former Chicago City Council member who was charged with conspiracy, bribery, and lying to the FBI was deemed medically ...

After SCOTUS opened the door to President Trump’s order to end birthright citizenship, the anniversary of the 14th Amendment ...

CHICAGO (CBS) --Federal prosecutors have asked a judge to reject indicted Ald. Carrie Austin's request to be declared medically unfit to stand trial on bribery charges, arguing the 34th Ward ...

CHICAGO (CBS)-- Ald. Carrie Austin (34th) was indicted by a federal grand jury on bribery charges Thursday. As CBS 2 Political Investigator Dana Kozlov reported, the bribery indictment comes two ...