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Alderpeople on the City Council Committee on Finance on Monday will consider a change of ownership under the infamous Chicago parking meter deal and hundreds of millions of dollars in public assistance to a new mixed-use megadevelopment on the Near South Side.
The finance committee will meet at 10 a.m. in council chambers.
A pending plan to have Bank of America serve as an intermediary to bundle and sell hundreds of millions of dollars in outstanding city traffic ticket debt owed by Chicagoans has fallen through, according to a memo obtained by The Daily Line.
The development could make it harder to realize roughly $90 million in revenue that the current city budget is partially balanced on and could increase the likelihood of a forecast revenue shortfall.
The City Council Committee on Committees and Rules on Thursday advanced multiple questions for the November 2026 and February 2027 ballots and a measure to require downloadable videos of council business.
Alderpeople approved multiple sales of city land for new homes on the South and West sides, the transfer of ownership of a senior living facility and changes meant to speed up the development processes for affordable housing projects at Wednesday's meeting of the City Council Committee on Housing and Real Estate.
The City Council Committee on Special Events, Cultural Affairs and Recreation on Tuesday approved multiple allocations of Open Space Impact Fee funding to community garden and plaza projects but did not advance an effort to call for a downtown park property to be named in honor of the pope.
The approved items will go before the City Council next week.
Mayor Brandon Johnson on Tuesday revealed the city is eyeing a potential $130 million revenue shortfall this fiscal year as multiple new revenue sources implemented in the council-driven 2026 budget have failed to materialize, confirming fears expressed by the city budget team last winter.
Members of the coalition that crafted and approved the rival budget plan reiterated their arguments that the blame rests with the mayor and his administration for failing to timely and properly implement the policies the coalition included.
The City Council Committee on Ethics and Government Oversight on Tuesday approved an ordinance that clarifies that city officials and employees cannot use confidential and proprietary information to place wagers on prediction market platforms like Kalshi and Polymarket.
The City Council Committee on Special Events, Cultural Affairs and Recreation on Tuesday will consider a measure calling for a downtown park property to be renamed for the pope and myriad open space fee expenditures for community garden and plaza projects.
The committee will meet at 1 p.m. in council chambers.
Illinois’ assault weapons ban survived another legal challenge after a federal appeals court upheld the law last week, but the U.S. Supreme Court will likely get the final say this fall.
Rep. Carol Ammons (D-Urbana) was indicted Tuesday by a federal grand jury on wire fraud and obstruction charges. Her husband, Champaign County Clerk Aaron Ammons, was also indicted for the same alleged scheme on two obstruction-related charges.
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