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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.
The City Council Committee on Housing and Real Estate on Wednesday will consider 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 to how the city doles out financial assistance for affordable developments.
Notably absent from the agenda is Mayor Brandon Johnson’s sweeping update of the Residential Landlord and Tenant Ordinance known as the Protecting Renters Ordinance, which received a housing committee hearing last week after being directly introduced into committee.
The committee will meet at 12:30 p.m. in council chambers.
Chicago Police Supt. Larry Snelling announced his retirement last week after almost three years as the city’s top cop, and a nationwide search to replace him led by a civilian policy oversight board will soon begin.
The City Council’s ethics committee on Tuesday is set to consider a proposal that would prohibit city officials and employees from making money from prediction market platforms like Kalshi and Polymarket through the use of confidential and proprietary information.
The Committee on Ethics and Government Oversight will meet at 11 a.m. in Room 201A at City Hall.
The city has selected Bank of America to serve as its intermediary to help sell hundreds of millions of dollars in unpaid traffic ticket debt to private buyers as part of a strategy that is aimed at contributing about $90 million toward closing the city’s 2026 budget gap.
Gov. JB Pritzker said the Illinois Attorney General’s office will lead the state’s effort to defend bans on assault weapons as the U.S. Supreme Court agrees to take up a challenge to a Cook County law.
Darren Bailey raised more than $300,000 from large donations in his first full quarter as the Republican nominee for governor, but he now faces the challenge of beating the sitting governor and an independent candidate.
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Mayor proposes $425M in TIF assistance for public infrastructure at The 78 development
What makes up the mayor’s sweeping Residential Landlord and Tenant Ordinance modernization
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