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The City Council Committee on Health and Human Relations on Wednesday approved appointments to the Chicago Board of Health and a measure to prohibit discrimination based on someone’s actual or perceived association with a person from a protected class.
The city’s finance team is recommending that Chicago Public Schools (CPS) engage in short-term borrowing to cover its required contribution to the Municipal Employees’ Annuity and Benefit Fund (MEABF), the pension fund that mostly includes CPS non-teacher employees.
Mayor Brandon Johnson and the leaders of his finance and budget offices participated in a press conference Tuesday to lay out the case for how the school district should come up with the funds to cover the payment and other labor-related costs facing CPS.
The City Council Committee on Health and Human Relations on Wednesday will consider appointments to the Chicago Board of Health and a measure to prohibit discrimination based on someone’s actual or perceived association with a person from a protected class.
The health and human relations committee, which will meet at 10:30 a.m. in council chambers, will also hold subject matter hearings on hate and discrimination in Chicago and on the federal detention of Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil.
The Chicago Plan Commission on Thursday will consider rezonings and planned development amendments to accommodate mixed-use developments in the Loop, Fulton Market and Edgewater. The commission will also hear presentations from the city’s planning department on the draft plans for revitalization and economic development along three major commercial corridors.
The plan commission meets at 10 a.m. in council chambers.
The City Council Committee on Ethics and Government Oversight on Tuesday will meet to hear the city’s inspector general present the office’s report for the fourth quarter of 2024 and discuss an advisory the office released last month regarding Department of Water Management (DWM) work that failed to comply with Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) regulations and a lack of public transparency about the issue.
The ethics committee will meet at 10 a.m. in Room 201A at City Hall.
City Clerk Anna Valencia on Wednesday introduced a resolution (R2025-0016044) calling for the establishment of a Committee on Ethics and Government Oversight subcommittee tasked with analyzing the appointment process for the board members and executives of city sister agencies.
The Mayor’s Office of Reentry announced two major actions aimed at addressing the financial insecurity experienced by residents returning to society after being released from incarceration.
“We know that reducing recidivism rates is critical to building safer communities and disrupting the cycle of incarceration,” Mayor Brandon Johnson said in a news release Thursday. “These initiatives, led by our Office of Reentry, are part of our strategy to ensure that our returning residents have the resources that they need to overcome the enormous hurdles they face as they return to our neighborhoods.”
The City Council on Wednesday voted down a broad ban on the sale of new fur products within city limits while approving a new business affairs commissioner, settlements related to police pursuits and use-of-force and city assistance for a Native American-focused housing development.
An Illinois House committee approved legislation adding some oversight of families who homeschool their children Wednesday, as protestors gathered at the Capitol to argue against the bill they claim is “government overreach.”
The Senate Executive Committee passed a series of measures Wednesday to regulate “crime-free housing” ordinances, streamline collection of the franchise tax and create an easier process for municipalities to borrow money for clean water projects.
In 2019, Anjanette Young was getting undressed in her apartment while getting ready for bed when Chicago police officers broke her door down and raided her home. The officers were acting on a tip by an informant — but were at the wrong house.
Six years later, the House Judiciary Committee approved a measure Tuesday intended to regulate the use of so-called no-knock warrants in Illinois.
In 2017, the Illinois General Assembly passed a law expanding record-sealing eligibility to allow some ex-offenders with felony convictions to apply to have their records sealed. Nearly eight years later, more than 900,000 eligible Illinoisans are waiting to get their records sealed.
The Clean State Act looks to fix this by making record sealing for nonviolent felonies automatic. The measure will be proposed this spring by Rep. Jehan Gordon-Booth (D-Peoria).
The House Personnel and Pensions Committee approved a measure Thursday to codify existing federal merit requirements for some public sector employees into state law, a move intended to prevent privatization of government services.
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