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Twin pieces of legislation to help homeowners that have experienced significant spikes in their property tax bills were filed in the state House and Senate last week. The legislation is backed by the Cook County assessor.
The City Council Committee on Housing and Real Estate on Tuesday delayed approval of the appointment of multiple board members to oversee the city’s low-income housing trust fund over concerns about the racial makeup of the board and the slate of appointees.
The City Council Committee on Finance on Monday delayed a vote on a controversial legal settlement tied to a fatal police shooting but approved a massive general obligation bond issuance, sending the final vote to the City Council next week.
The City Council Committee on Finance on Monday will consider several multimillion-dollar legal settlements, the annual designation of municipal depositories, the issuance of general obligation bonds and the disbursement of tax increment financing (TIF) assistance.
The finance committee will meet at 10 a.m. in council chambers.
The City Council Committee on Finance on Friday will hold an annual hearing on municipal depositories before proposed designations are to be considered next week by the committee. The finance committee will meet at 11 a.m. in council chambers.
The City Council Committee on Special Events, Cultural Affairs and Recreation on Tuesday held a contentious hearing about a controversial art piece on display at the Chicago Cultural Center that more than half of the council have deemed antisemitic.
The hearing was an attempt to learn about, and possibly improve, the process for vetting potentially controversial artwork that will be put on public display and improve the process for responding when a marginalized group finds offense in artwork. But it more prominently featured invective from alderpeople, an unruly public gallery and one ejection.
After former Speaker of the Illinois House Michael J. Madigan was found guilty of bribery conspiracy, bribery and wire fraud Wednesday, some Illinois lawmakers are again calling for ethics reform at the statehouse.
A push by the Trump administration to dismantle the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has left advocacy groups scrambling and could have long term impacts in states across the country, including Illinois.
In July 2023, Karina Gonzalez and her teen daughter Daniella Alvarez were shot and killed. Her husband, Jose Alvarez, was later arrested for allegedly fatally shooting the mother and daughter, as well as injuring their son, Manny Alvarez.
Gonzalez had been granted an order of protection against Jose, which led to his firearm owner’s identification (FOID) card being revoked. But his guns were never taken by law enforcement.
Rep. Maura Hirschauer (D-West Chicago) was already working on legislation to require law enforcement to seize guns when an order of protection had been granted when Gonzalez was killed. That measure was later named Karina’s Bill, and on Monday Gonzalez’s son Manny watched it become law.
Days after an Illinois lawmaker filed a bill that would combine the Chicago Transit Authority, Metra and Pace mass transit systems into one under a newly formed Metropolitan Mobility Authority, current Regional Transit Authority officials announced a proposed $1.5 billion plan to create more synergy with Illinois’s existing three public transit systems while still keeping those systems siloed.
Kirk Dillard, former Illinois state senator and current chairman for the Regional Transit Authority (RTA), said during a Jan. 15 City Club of Chicago public affairs forum the current Illinois General Assembly needs to figure out a legislative solution by the end of spring session in May to help fund public transit in the northern part of the state especially. He said the three mass transit systems under the RTA umbrella are facing a fiscal cliff with the state no longer receiving COVID-19 pandemic relief funding starting next year.
“We are at a critical moment where we must think big to fix the chronic underfunding and disjointed governments that have plagued our transit system for too long,” Dillard said during his Jan. 15 prepared comments. “There is no time to delay because the consequences of inaction are dire.”