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The City Council Committee on Finance on Monday will consider the second global police misconduct settlement reached by the law department in a little over a year and millions in tax increment financing (TIF) assistance for school and economic development projects.
The committee will meet at 10 a.m. in council chambers.
Bill Quinlan, a longtime Democratic Party attorney, has waded into the mayor’s race in dramatic fashion by taking aim at some of his opponents for running for two political offices at the same time.
The City Council ethics committee was denied the opportunity to question the leaders of World Business Chicago (WBC) about the public-private partnership organization’s recent videos that have been criticized as crossing the line into taxpayer-funded political advertising for Mayor Brandon Johnson.
The City Council Committee on Ethics and Government Oversight on Thursday will hold a hearing on the advertising and communications practices of World Business Chicago (WBC) amid criticism that some of its recently published videos have resembled campaign-style messaging for the mayor.
The ethics committee is set to meet at 11 a.m. in Room 201A at City Hall.
Alderpeople on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved a deal to transfer the rights to the city’s parking meters to a new firm after months of delays and negotiations that yielded some more favorable terms for the city under the concession agreement leasing the meters.
The City Council on Tuesday voted 32-15 to approve a higher threshold by which the City Council could approve the issuance of new debt and borrowing by the city. The mayor said he hasn’t made his mind up about whether to veto it.
After a delay last week, the City Council on Tuesday is set to consider the transfer of the rights to the city’s parking meters under a revised concession agreement. The council is under a Sept. 30 deadline to approve the deal. The council will meet at 10 a.m.
The City Council on Friday delayed a final vote on the proposed transfer of the rights to the city’s parking meters that’s accompanied by a renegotiated concession agreement with several sweeteners for the city as the members that pushed for the amended agreement said they are still working on whipping enough votes to pass the measure.
Rep. Ann Williams (D-Chicago) and Rep. Kelly Cassidy (D-Chicago) partnered with panelists from the Illinois Clean Jobs Coalition to host a town hall Tuesday discussing proposed legislation to regulate data centers in Illinois.
The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a “Comprehensive Climate Action Plan” this month, detailing the measures needed for the state to reach its goal of net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.