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    Angelique Guzman (center) and Anjanette Young (right) face questions during a Committee on Police and Fire hearing on May 6, 2026. [Livestream]

    The City Council police and fire committee on Wednesday advanced the mayor’s appointments to fill upcoming vacancies on the city’s civilian police oversight board.

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    Ald. Nicole Lee (11) speaks at a City Council meeting on Feb. 26, 2025. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]

    The City Council Committee on Health and Human Relations on Thursday approved a measure that would require the city to disaggregate data collected about the city’s Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) populations when accounting for participation in several city programs.

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    Renderings of the proposed apartment development at 1338 W. Lake St. are pictured. [Chicago Department of Planning and Development] 

    At the first meeting of the city’s Committee on Zoning, Landmarks and Building Standards in almost three months, alderpeople largely dug out from a backlog and advanced rezoning requests that created more than 1,900 units of housing overall, new Zoning Chair Gilbert Villegas (36) said.

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    The Committee on License and Consumer Protection meets on May 5, 2026. [Livestream]

    The City Council Committee on License and Consumer Protection on Tuesday approved an ordinance banning so-called sweepstakes machines.  

    The committee approved the measure over the opposition of the city’s business affairs department. 

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    The CPD emblem is pictured on the Chicago public safety headquarters. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]

    Alderpeople at a meeting of the Joint Committee on Budget and Government Operations and Police and Fire on Tuesday pressed Chicago Police Department (CPD) and Office of Public Safety Administration (OPSA) leaders on overtime spending and medical leave policies, as well as the current status of a program to flag the early warning signs of mental health issues in officers.

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    Ald. Gilbert Villegas (36), the council's new zoning chair, is pictured at a City Council meeting on April 15, 2026. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]

    The City Council Committee on Zoning, Landmarks and Building Standards on Wednesday will convene for the first time in nearly three months after Ald. Gilbert Villegas (36) became the zoning chair in April, ending a monthslong pause in business. 

    Related: Villegas hopes to integrate technology, speed up bureaucratic processes as zoning chair

    The committee now must catch up on scores of items that have piled up, and Villegas has said items introduced in April will be saved for a second meeting on May 19. The committee will meet at 10 a.m. in council chambers. 

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    Ald. Anthony Beale (9) is pictured during a City Council meeting on Feb. 26, 2025. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]

    The City Council Committee on License and Consumer Protection on Tuesday will take up an ordinance that would crack down on so-called sweepstakes machines, which exist in a legal gray area and have taken advantage of Chicago’s previous prohibition on video gambling machines.

    The license and consumer protection committee will meet at 12:30 p.m. in Room 201A at City Hall.

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    The CPD emblem is on the Chicago public safety headquarters. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]

    A joint meeting of the City Council’s police and fire and budget committees on Tuesday will hear about the spending this year by the Chicago Police Department on overtime as well as the latest on returning injured officers and firefighters to duty quicker.

    The joint committee will meet at 10 a.m. in council chambers.

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    The Illinois Senate passed a bill Thursday requiring students who sexually assault or attempt to sexually assault a fellow student at school to be expelled at least one year. 

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    The Senate Executive Committee approved a bill Wednesday that would require companies to pay employees for jury duty.

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    Illinois House committees advanced bills this week to regulate electric micromobility devices such as electric scooters and make it easier for Illinois police to investigate cyberbullying.

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    With Illinois entering the last two months of the fiscal year, state revenues continue to meet expectations, and the fiscal year 2026 budget is on track to be balanced. 

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    The Illinois House Consumer Protection and Judiciary Civil committees held a joint subject matter hearing Monday to discuss myriad bills that aim to protect Illinoisans from harms that could be caused by Artificial Intelligence (AI).

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    The Illinois House International Relations, Tourism and Trade Committee held a hearing last week on an effort to repeal a law that prevents the state pension fund from investing in companies that boycott Israel.

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    The Illinois Accountability Commission released its final report Thursday, including policy recommendations and referrals to Illinois state’s attorneys. 

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