• Erin Hegarty
    SEP 26, 2022
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    Aldermen block proposals to rethink aldermanic salary, Lightfoot cold on City Council choosing committee chairs

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    Mayor Lori Lightfoot speaks during a news conference last week. [Erin Hegarty/The Daily Line]

    Three aldermen last week proposed measures that would retool the salaries and pay raises for members of the City Council, but Ald. Greg Mitchell (7) sent two of the measures to the council’s rules committee, effectively placing the proposals in purgatory.

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