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

    The City Council on Wednesday will consider final approval of a measure to make the city’s automated parking enforcement pilot permanent, a new human resources commissioner and fleet and facility management commissioner and a massive police misconduct settlement.

    Alderpeople will also get an opportunity to try to overturn Mayor Brandon Johnson’s recent veto of an ordinance raising the threshold for the council to approve new city debt issuances from 26 votes to 30. The council will meet at 10 a.m. 

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

    The City Council Committee on Zoning, Landmarks and Building Standards on Tuesday approved the creation of a task force to improve coordination between the city and county court system to resolve housing issues but delayed a vote that would have stripped landmark status from a Near North Side bridge.

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    Nominees for the Advisory Council on Access to Democracy appear before the Committee on Ethics and Government Oversight on Oct. 13, 2026. [Livestream]

    The City Council Committee on Ethics and Government Oversight on Tuesday approved the majority of the mayoral appointments to a task force created under recent legislation that both instituted and called for recommendations for policies to safeguard and improve access to the ballot box and protect rank-and-file election workers from targeted harassment.

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    Ald. Daniel La Spata (1) is pictured at a City Council meeting in July 2022. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]

    The City Council Committee on Pedestrian and Traffic Safety on Friday advanced a measure to make the city’s automated parking enforcement pilot permanent but delayed a contract extension with the operator of the city’s bike and scooter sharing program.

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    Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle gives her 2027 budget address on Oct. 8, 2026. [Office of the President] 

    Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle on Thursday unveiled a $9.69 billion proposed budget for the 2027 fiscal year on Wednesday, reducing spending by about 4.2 percent from this year and employing a number of stopgap measures to close the largest budget deficit of the past 16 years.

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    The development team behind the proposed Amtrak Midwest Maintenance Facility on South Canal Street take questions at the Committee on Transportation and Public Way meeting on Oct. 7, 2026. [Livestream] 

    Alderpeople at a City Council Committee on Transportation and Public Way hearing on Wednesday called for the release of documents related to the controversial plan by Amtrak to build a new rail maintenance facility through parts of Bridgeport, Chinatown and Armour Square.

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    Acting Department of Human Resources Comm. Tiheta Hinton appears before the Committee on Workforce Development on Oct. 7, 2026. [Livestream]

    The City Council Committee on Workforce Development on Wednesday advanced the appointment of a new human resources commissioner, sending final confirmation to the City Council as soon as next week.

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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 Transportation and Public Way on Wednesday is set to hold a subject matter hearing on the controversial plan by Amtrak to build a new rail maintenance facility through parts of Bridgeport, Chinatown and Armour Square.

    The committee is set to meet at 10 a.m. in council chambers.

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    The  Edged data center on Bilter Road in Aurora (Edged)

    As the Illinois General Assembly’s fall veto session approaches, lawmakers and data center advocates are weighing the impacts posed by a bill that would place restrictions on data centers.

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    Daley College’s President Isaac Zúñiga  speaks at the “Makers on the Move” press conference Friday, Oct. 9, at Richard J. Daley College in Chicago.

    The Illinois Manufacturers’ Association (IMA) and the Illinois Manufacturing Excellence Center (IMEC) concluded a statewide bus tour Friday at Richard J. Daley College, where industry advocates spoke about the future of manufacturing in Illinois

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    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.

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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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