According to court documents, a pulmonologist at Northwestern Medicine Canning Thoracic Institute issued her report on Feb.7 that concluded that Austin "is not medically fit to stand trial based on ...

Federal prosecutors want the judge to hold an evidentiary hearing before deciding whether ex-Ald. Carrie Austin, 75, is too ...

The report also mentions that Austin will require multiple oxygen tanks a day during the trial scheduled for Nov. 3.

Then-Ald. Carrie Austin (34th) at a City Council meeting at City Hall in October 2022. She left the Council the following year and is facing a federal bribery indictment. Anthony Vazquez / Sun ...

⏱️: A 7-minute read Austin deemed unfit for trial: Indicted former Ald. Carrie Austin (34th) has been found not medically fit for trial by an expert appointed by the federal judge presiding ...