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Discover A Darkness Lovely in Galena, where co-owners Robyn Davis and Ted Williams blend metaphysical treasures, handmade art, books, and unique gifts with the town’s haunted history.
From immersive displays to ghost tours and storytelling events, their one-of-a-kind boutique offers an experience that celebrates the beauty and mystery of the night.
The Chicago Department of Housing (DOH) on Wednesday presented its 2027 budget proposal, under which Mayor Brandon Johnson plans to substantially increase the allocation of corporate funding the department receives.
The extra money is not budgeted to accommodate parts of the mayor’s rental housing code reform ordinance, which if passed would add new responsibilities to the department.
The Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE) presented its budget to alderpeople on Wednesday, and Comm. Kenya Merritt discussed how her department is working to implement the cost recovery recommendations of a savings and efficiencies report.
Chicago Board of Education Member Jessica Biggs made history Tuesday night, becoming the first elected president of the school board.
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle officially won a fifth term as county executive Tuesday night, while Pat Hynes, the Lyons Township assessor, was elected Cook County assessor in some of the county’s biggest general election races.
The County Board of Commissioners also lost its last Republican-held seat, flipping the body entirely blue next term.
Chicago voters on Tuesday approved all three citywide advisory questions on their ballots, including referenda on the development of permanent festival and outdoor event space for large events, the reinstatement of gunshot detection technology and cost recovery associated with the federal government’s immigration actions in Chicago.
The City Council at a special meeting on Monday voted overwhelmingly to allocate a multimillion-dollar sum received under the deal transferring the rights to the city’s parking meters toward the city’s pension obligations above and beyond what’s already been paid this year.
The move now creates a new budget gap that Mayor Brandon Johnson and the council must work to address.
Matt Brewer, one of the dozen-plus candidates running to unseat Mayor Brandon Johnson, thinks Chicago must grow its way out of its budget woes rather than rely on tax hikes to fuel spending.
“We can't get there without growth,” Brewer said in an interview with The Daily Line a little over a week after filing signatures to get on the mayoral ballot. “Right now, we have recurring expenses, and we don't have enough recurring revenue to match our recurring expenses.”
The City Council on Monday could approve an ordinance that would require the $75 million payment agreed to under the deal that transferred the rights to the city’s parking meters to a new lessee to be put into the city pension system separately from any other statutory or supplementary payments.
Even in deep blue Illinois, the Democratic wave that surged through the U.S. in Tuesday’s midterm election led to big wins for the party at the state level.
With eight races still too close to call on Wednesday, Democrats have already flipped seven General Assembly seats and are threatening to upend several more Republicans, including one of the longest tenured senators in Springfield.
The party’s victories expand its vetoproof supermajority in both chambers. Here’s a recap of every seat that flipped and other notable races:
Democrats retained control of Illinois’ top statewide offices and gained at least four seats across the General Assembly in Tuesday’s Elections while maintaining leads in a handful of other Republican-held seats that had not been called by midnight.
Democrat JB Pritzker was elected to a historic third term as Illinois governor on Tuesday, riding a national midterm environment that heavily favored his party to victory.
The Associated Press called the race for Pritzker at 7:01 p.m., one minute after polls closed. He defeated Republican nominee Dareen Bailey.
The Northern Illinois Transit Authority (NITA) on Monday released its 2027 budget proposal, detailing a more than $5 billion operating budget in the first finanicial plan put forth by the agency since it began operations on Sept. 1.
The Illinois Housing Development Authority (IHDA) and Gov. JB Pritzker last week announced $156 million in funding to support initiatives of the governor’s plan to address the state’s housing crisis.
With 10,000 petitions in hand, half a dozen consumer groups marched on the Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC) in Chicago on Thursday in a protest challenging a proposed $144 million Peoples Gas rate increase that is before the commission.
An Illinois lawmaker and economic development leaders on Wednesday introduced tax credit legislation intended to stimulate investment in independent grocery stores and pharmacies.
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