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    The City Council meets on April 15, 2026. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]

    The City Council on Wednesday will consider ordinances to require data centers to report energy use, require a higher vote threshold for the approval of new city debt and to update the city’s campaign finance and ethics rules. 

    Alderpeople are also expected to revisit a stalled measure to protect workers from extreme heat. The council will meet at 10 a.m.

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    Renderings show the proposed master plan for the Foundry Park development site. [Chicago Department of Planning and Development presentation]

    The City Council Committee on Finance on Tuesday approved tens of millions of dollars in public assistance for a development being built on what was once part of the Lincoln Yards proposal but delayed a key vote on the city's infamous parking meter deal until later this week.

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    Ald. Gilbert Villegas (36), chair of the zoning committee, is pictured at a housing committee meeting last week. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]

    The City Council Committee on Zoning, Landmarks and Building Standards on Tuesday approved the expansion of a Lincoln Park college prep school, the redevelopment of the former Ford City Mall and a new Amazon warehouse in Gage Park, as well as a proposed designation of a Far North Side street as a historic landmark.

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    Ald. Pat Dowell (3), chair of the finance committee, is pictured at a City Council meeting on June 12, 2024. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]

    The City Council Committee on Finance on Tuesday could finally vote to recommend the transfer of the rights to the city’s parking meters to a new company. The committee will also consider tens of millions of dollars in tax increment financing (TIF) assistance for the project being planned for what was once going to be the Lincoln Yards development.

    The finance committee, originally slated for Monday but rescheduled for Tuesday, will meet at 1:45 p.m. in council chambers. 

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    Renderings show the proposed Amazon fulfillment center in Gage Park. [Chicago Department of Planning and Development]

    The City Council zoning committee on Tuesday will consider proposed rezonings to accommodate the redevelopment of the former Ford City Mall and a new Amazon warehouse in Gage Park, as well as a proposed designation of a Far North Side street as a historic landmark.

    The Committee on Zoning, Landmarks and Building Standards will meet at 10 a.m. in council chambers. 

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    A rendering shows the proposed high-rise at 400 N. Morgan St. [Department of Planning and Development]

    The Chicago Plan Commission last week approved proposals for a new hospital on the Near North Side and a new wing at a college prep school in Lincoln Park and plans to reduce the size of a mixed-use high-rise in West Town.

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    Zoning Chair Gilbert Villegas (36) is pictured at a housing committee meeting on Sept. 16, 2026. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]

    Just a day after the City Council’s housing committee narrowly advanced Mayor Brandon Johnson’s major overhaul of the Residential Landlord and Tenant Ordinance (RLTO), a rival ordinance was approved by the Committee on Zoning, Landmarks and Building Standards Thursday. 

    With both ordinances now before the full City Council, both sides of the competing pieces of legislation say they are open to negotiations before a final vote. 

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    Ald. Maria Hadden (49) attends a rally with supporters of the Protecting Renters Ordinance ahead of a Committee on Housing and Real Estate vote on Sept. 16, 2026. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]

    The City Council Committee on Housing and Real Estate on Wednesday approved a revised version of the mayor’s legislative package overhauling the Residential Landlord and Tenant Ordinance (RLTO), sending it to a full City Council vote as soon as next week.

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    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.

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    Illinois and a coalition of 24 states received a preliminary injunction blocking an attempt by the Trump administration to access state data on commercial driver's license holders. 

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    The Joint Committee on Administrative Rules heard agency testimony on a proposed rule dealing with deer removal and extended consideration for rules on constitutional amendment petitions and maternal healthcare payments. 

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    The Illinois State Board of Education will begin developing statewide scoring criteria for assessing English-proficiency in English language learners.  

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    The U.S. Supreme Court rejected new rules that would have restricted the use of mail ballots for the midterm election that prompted legal action from states and voters' rights groups. 

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    Illinois Supreme Court justices return to Springfield Tuesday for their September session. The court will hear oral arguments in 12 cases over six days, including questions regarding pretrial release and mandatory minimum sentencing for juveniles. 

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    An Illinois law allowing terminally ill patients to medically end their own lives went into effect over the weekend after a federal judge declined to block it. 

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