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    Ald. Scott Waguespack (32) speaks with Ald. Bill Conway (34) during a City Council meeting on Feb. 19, 2025. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]

    The City Council Committee on License and Consumer Protection on Monday will consider a measure that would allow businesses to receive conditional licenses to operate video gambling machines until their state license is approved.

    The committee will meet at 1 p.m. in Room 201A at City Hall.

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    Ald. Ronnie Mosley (21) speaks with Ald. Bill Conway (34) at a City Council meeting on Feb. 26, 2025. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]

    The City Council Committee on Public Safety received brief updates Thursday on the status of two measures aimed at addressing dangerous “teen takeover” events and approved an ordinance to try to make it easier to remove illegal squatters from properties.

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    Ald. Stephanie Coleman (16) speaks in favor of Kenya Merritt’s appointment as the next DCASE commissioner at an arts and culture committee meeting on April 9, 2026. [Livestream]

    The City Council Committee on Special Events, Cultural Affairs and Recreation on Thursday advanced the mayor’s appointment to serve as the next permanent head of the Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE) after a meeting full of tense moments and frustration from alderpeople concerned about a pending lawsuit against the nominee.

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    Ald. Anthony Quezada (35) is pictured at a City Council meeting on April 7, 2025. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]

    The City Council Committee on Housing and Real Estate on Wednesday approved a property tax break for a large mixed-use development on the Near North Side and an ordinance to protect tenants from wrongful evictions after landlords fail to give them proper notice of lease non-renewal.

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    Christian Diaz appears before the transportation committee on April 8, 2026. [Livestream]

    The City Council Committee on Transportation and Public Way on Wednesday advanced the appointments of three mayoral nominees to transportation-related boards, sending their final confirmations to the full council next week.

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    Metra board nominee Christian Diaz speaks before the Committee on Transportation and Public Way on March 13, 2026. [Livestream]

    The City Council Committee on Transportation and Public Way on Wednesday will consider mayoral appointments to three separate boards, including a nominee whose appointment was stalled at a meeting last month.

    The committee will meet at 11 a.m. in Room 201A at City Hall.

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    Public Safety Chair Brian Hopkins (2) is pictured at a City Council meeting on April 17, 2024. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line] 

    The City Council Committee on Public Safety on Thursday will hold one of two planned hearings on ordinances that aim to crack down on the proliferation of “teen takeovers.” 

    The public safety committee will meet at 10:15 a.m. in council chambers. 

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    City Hall is pictured. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]

    The City Council Committee on Pedestrian and Traffic Safety on Tuesday will hold a first-of-its-kind public hearing on an upcoming bridge closure in Jefferson Park under an ordinance approved about two months ago.

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

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    Following spikes in energy bills and concerns about water usage, the Senate AI and Social Media Committee held a hearing Friday on legislation to regulate data centers in Illinois.

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    The Senate AI and Social Media Subcommittee met Thursday for the first of two days of hearings on measures related to artificial intelligence (AI), consumer protection and data centers. 

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    After failing to pass the Illinois House of Representatives earlier this year, a measure placing limitations on application fees and “junk fees” charged by landlords and property management companies is going to the governor. 

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    The Illinois House of Representatives sent several bills to the Illinois Senate Wednesday, including a measure restricting where federal immigration detention facilities can be placed. 

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    The Illinois House Elections and Ethics Committee held subject matter hearings Tuesday on four bills, including one to exempt some non-profits from paying lobbyist registration fees. 

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    Illinois lawmakers are considering a measure to regulate prediction markets — despite a lawsuit from the Trump administration seeking to stop them from doing so. 

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    The Illinois House Judiciary Criminal Committee on Monday heard from proponents of a measure that would establish a series of requirements law enforcement officers must follow when executing no-knock warrants. 

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