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Sasso Jewelry & Gifts in downtown LaSalle has been a mainstay in the community for over 30 years, even through a change of ownership from the store founders to longtime employee, Becca Barto.
Becca says their longevity is due to their customer base, “Our customers are very loyal because when they walk through the door they feel welcomed right away. We’ve developed relationships with them. We all share laughs and stories. They just they know that they can come in here, and they’re going to walk out with the perfect gift.”
A majority of the City Council signed on to a substitute annual revenue ordinance introduced at Wednesday’s council meeting that swaps out some of the mayor’s solutions to a nearly $1.2 billion budget gap, including a new corporate head tax, and adds in its place higher garbage collection fees and liquor sales taxes, higher taxes and fees on short-term vacation rentals and the legalization of video gambling systems within city limits.
A Streeterville alderman on Wednesday introduced a new version of a curfew ordinance to reduce the instances of violent “teen takeovers” downtown and in other parts of the city.
The City Council on Wednesday approved millions in financial assistance for parks and schools projects and legal settlements, a measure to expand the area in which coach houses and conversion units are allowed and a restructuring of the city’s longtime independent agency that helps ensure permanent affordable homeownership.
But the council delayed action on an ordinance regulating the hemp business.
Mayor Brandon Johnson unveiled a revised version of his corporate head tax proposal Tuesday that targets fewer and larger businesses and brings in less revenue but maintains most of the intended investments in community safety programs that target root causes of violence and crime and fund mental health services for first responders.
The new version of the controversial proposal was released as the mayor and City Council try to break a stalemate and pass a city budget by Dec. 30 to avert a government shutdown. But opponents of the head tax were not swayed and vowed to push ahead with an alternative budget proposal, saying they were confident they still had a coalition of at least 26 people that would support a plan from them.
The City Council Committee on Zoning, Landmarks and Building Standards on Tuesday approved a measure to allow attic and basement conversion units and coach houses in numerous single-family zoning districts across the city, a new college basketball practice facility and multiple mixed-use developments.
The City Council on Wednesday could take action on a proposed ban on the sale of hemp-derived products, such as topical creams, gummies, beverages and snacks, at most city retailers and could approve millions in city financial assistance for improvements at parks and schools and the expansion of a city Enterprise Zone. The council will meet at 10 a.m.
Following a meeting this past weekend between alderpeople pushing a number of alternative strategies to balance the city’s 2026 budget and Mayor Brandon Johnson’s finance leadership, the mayor said Monday morning he had sent a letter to the full City Council to update them on budget negotiations and discussed his desire to avoid a government shutdown by failing to pass a budget by the end of the year.
The City Council zoning committee on Tuesday will consider a measure to allow attic and basement conversion units and coach houses in numerous single-family zoning districts across the city and multiple projects to bring scores of new housing units.
The Committee on Zoning, Landmarks and Building Standards is set to meet at 10 a.m. in council chambers.
The Illinois State Board of Elections (SBE) Tuesday approved a $54.8 million budget request for the upcoming fiscal year and removed 12 candidates from the 2026 primary ballot. Candidates removed include Gov. JB Pritzker’s sole challenger in the Democratic primary for governor.
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