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The City Council on Thursday adopted new rules and chair assignments for 28 council committees expected to be used for the next four years after new aldermen and a mayor are sworn in on May 15.
Aldermen during a special council meeting approved the new rules (R2023-502) with a 34-10 vote and the committee chair assignments (R2023-503) with a 33-11 vote.
Thousands of supporters of Cook County Comm. Brandon Johnson’s mayoral bid packed the Credit Union 1 Arena at UIC Thursday evening for a rally headlined by U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders just five days before the April 4 runoff.
Surrogates painted his opponent, former Chicago Public Schools CEO Paul Vallas, as an existential threat and Johnson as the candidate with better experience in education and a better vision for the city’s future.
Two independent groups are spending tens of thousands of dollars to back candidates for City Council in the upcoming runoffs. In some of the same races they’re on opposing sides.
The Illinois REALTORS Fund, an independent expenditure committee representing the Illinois Association of REALTORS, has poured more than $278,000 into support for candidates in at least eight of the 14 City Council runoffs.
The progressive Working Families for Chicago independent expenditure committee, meanwhile, has spent more than $132,000 since March 1 to prop up candidates as well.
The Daily Line team was in attendance at the UIC Pavilion for the rally with Bernie Sanders and Brandon Johnson for Chicago's Mayor. Check out a few of the moments we captured at the event.
Aldermen are scheduled Thursday to vote on new rules for the City Council and an ordinance detailing who will chair a proposed 28 council committees for the next four years.
Chicago mayoral candidate Paul Vallas spent the last several weeks collecting nearly double the amount of donations compared to Cook County Comm. Brandon Johnson (D-1) as Vallas has earned endorsements from across the political spectrum and from key labor groups.
A plan to revitalize downtown’s LaSalle Street Corridor and add virtually nonexistent affordable housing to the city’s center took one step closer to reality Tuesday as city officials unveiled three proposals as finalists to add more than 1,000 mixed-income apartments to the downtown corridor.
Ald. Sophia King (4), chair of the City Council Progressive Caucus who ran as a mayoral candidate in the Feb. 28 election, endorsed former Chicago Public Schools CEO Paul Vallas in the mayoral runoff. But a group of nine aldermen who are members of the Progressive Caucus issued a statement saying King’s endorsement doesn’t speak for the caucus.
The Senate voted Thursday to end Illinois’ 1987 ban on new nuclear energy construction in a move approved by a bipartisan group of Senators.
The smell of cannabis in a vehicle would not be probable cause by itself for police to search a vehicle under a bill passed by the Senate Thursday.
The Senate Executive Committee passed a bill on a party line vote Wednesday that would target crisis pregnancy centers that ‘mislead’ or provide ‘disinformation’ about services or medical advice in a controversial bill opponents believe violates the First Amendment.
The Senate passed a bill Wednesday creating a new unit of government for the Bloomington-Normal airport to cover McLean County. The Senate also passed a bill establishing rules for child influencers.
Senate Democrats announced a plan Tuesday that would cap insulin prices at $35 for people with all types of insurance.
An appointment has been made to replace former Democratic Rep. Fran Hurley of Chicago to represent the 35th House District in the General Assembly. Last month Hurley stepped down to accept a gubernatorial appointment to the Illinois Labor Relations Board after serving for 10 years.
All six members of a selection committee — made up of local Democratic committeepersons — voted to appoint Mary Gill, executive director of the Mt. Greenwood Community and Business Association.
Driver’s licenses for undocumented Illinois residents could soon look more standard after the House passed a bill that would remove a purple line identifying the person’s temporary status.
Independent groups spend big on candidates in City Council runoffs
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