Alex Nitkin is The Daily Line’s reporter covering Cook County and Chicago land use policy. He came to TDL from The Real Deal Chicago, where he covered Chicago real estate news. He previously worked at DNAinfo, first as a breaking news reporter, and then as a neighborhood reporter covering the city's Northwest Side. Nitkin graduated from Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism with a bachelor’s degree.
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Solutions reporter, @IllinoisAnswers/@BetterGov. Formerly of @thedailylinechi, @trdchicago & @DNAinfoChi. Amateur baker. Tips: [email protected]
FEB 12, 2020
County health officials would lease space inside city-run mental health clinics so they can offer psychiatric sessions via video conference under a measure advanced by aldermen on Tuesday.
City, county health officials teaming up to open ‘telepsychiatry work stations’ at mental health clinics
County health officials would lease space inside city-run mental health clinics so they can offer...
FEB 11, 2020
Chicago housing officials spent less than $800,000 to subsidize apartments to make them affordable to low- and moderate-income Chicagoans between July and September 2019, a sharp drop-off as compared with previous months that could keep the city from meeting its self-imposed goal.
New rental subsidies dropped off in 3rd quarter 2019: Housing Department
Chicago housing officials spent less than $800,000 to subsidize apartments to make them affordabl...
FEB 11, 2020
Candidates for the Illinois Supreme Court debate. [Alex Nitkin/The Daily Line]
Supreme Court candidates spar over past experience, new ideas in crowded debate
Candidates for the Illinois Supreme Court debate. [Alex Nitkin/The Daily Line]
Four judges and ...
FEB 10, 2020
Yoni Pizer asks to be appointed to the seat once held by State Rep. Sara Feigenholtz. [Alex Nitkin/The Daily Line]
Pizer appointed to fill House vacancy as opponents blast ‘unfair advantage’ in crowded primary
Yoni Pizer asks to be appointed to the seat once held by State Rep. Sara Feigenholtz. [Alex Nit...
FEB 07, 2020
Cook County Assessor Fritz Kaegi. [A.D. Quig/The Daily Line]
Kaegi to unveil revised commercial property tax assessment data bill as opponents dig in
Cook County Assessor Fritz Kaegi. [A.D. Quig/The Daily Line]
Cook County Assessor Fritz Kaegi a...
FEB 06, 2020
A tight group of North Side Democratic Party leaders is set to choose Sunday among seven candidates who want to be Lakeview and Lincoln Park’s next representative in Springfield.
Party leaders set to weigh temporary ‘caretaker’ to fill Feigenholtz vacancy until primary
A tight group of North Side Democratic Party leaders is set to choose Sunday among seven candidat...
FEB 05, 2020
A federal judge will aim to set a trial date for indicted Ald. Ed Burke (14) in spring or summer of 2021, accommodating defense attorneys who said they need more time to sift through a “voluminous” trove of evidence in the corruption case, the judge said on Tuesday.
Judge agrees to ‘block off’ May-July 2021 for potential Burke corruption trial
A federal judge will aim to set a trial date for indicted Ald. Ed Burke (14) in spring or summer ...
FEB 05, 2020
Former State Rep. Luis Arroyo leaves the Dirksen Federal Court Building without answering questions. [Alex Nitkin/The Daily Line]
Arroyo pleads not guilty, setting stage for potential primary day deal
Former State Rep. Luis Arroyo leaves the Dirksen Federal Court Building without answering quest...
FEB 05, 2020
The photo submitted by State Rep. Anna Stava-Murray as part of her challenge of State Rep. Eva-Dina Delgado. [Anna Stava-Murray]
Durkin files challenge to boot Delgado from House based on ‘legally improper appointment’
The photo submitted by State Rep. Anna Stava-Murray as part of her challenge of State Rep. Eva-...
FEB 04, 2020
Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas will create space in her first-floor office to help residents respond to the U.S. Census, using her office to help people without computers be counted by the federal government.
Pappas to open census response terminal in county building: ‘People gravitate to this office’
Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas will create space in her first-floor office to help residents ...
FEB 03, 2020
Democratic Board of Review candidates Abdelnasser Rashid, left, and Tammy Wendt. [Facebook]
Kaegi’s transformation of tax assessments looms over contentious Board of Review primary
Democratic Board of Review candidates Abdelnasser Rashid, left, and Tammy Wendt. [Facebook]
Coo...
JAN 29, 2020
“I’m ashamed, and I’m sorry. I want to apologize to the people of Illinois, to my constituents," said former State Sen. Martin Sandoval, (D-Chicago). [Alex Nitkin/The Daily Line]
Sandoval pleads guilty to taking cash to be SafeSpeed’s ‘protector’ in Illinois Senate
“I’m ashamed, and I’m sorry. I want to apologize to the people of Illinois, to my constituents,...
JAN 28, 2020
Chicago voters on March 17 will come face-to-face with more than 5,000 new voting machines and ballot tabulators ordered as part of an effort to ensure votes are counted accurately and free of outside interference, city election officials announced on Monday.
Voters to use ‘different generation of voting machine’ thanks to city, state security upgrades, officials say
Chicago voters on March 17 will come face-to-face with more than 5,000 new voting machines and ba...
JAN 27, 2020
Members of more than 60 Cook County boards and commissions would be banned from contracting with the county under a sweeping set of new ethics rules dismissed by county board President Toni Preckwinkle as a “political stunt.”
Conflict-of-interest rules would apply to Cook County board, commission appointees under proposed ethics rules
Members of more than 60 Cook County boards and commissions would be banned from contracting with ...
JAN 27, 2020
Ald. Anthony Beale (9) collected enough valid signatures to appear on the March 17 ballot for Democratic committeeperson in his Far South Side ward, election officials ruled on Friday in their final eligibility decision for the 2020 primary election cycle.
Board rules Beale can appear on committeeperson ballot, closing book on 2020 petition challenges
Ald. Anthony Beale (9) collected enough valid signatures to appear on the March 17 ballot for Dem...
JAN 24, 2020
A rendering shows what a 20-story hotel at 800 W. Lake St. could look like.GREC ARCHITECTS
Fulton Market needs a new CTA station to cope with the flood of new residents and workers unleashed by the neighborhood’s development boom, Ald. Walter Burnett (27) said on Thursday.
Halsted Green Line stop would help residents ‘bear the burden’ of Fulton Market boom, alderman says
A rendering shows what a 20-story hotel at 800 W. Lake St. could look like.GREC ARCHITECTS
Ful...
JAN 23, 2020
Left: A 21-story tower planned for 1400 W. Randolph St. Right: A 10-story building planned for 1440 W. Randolph St. [Provided]
Fulton Market hotel, office, apartments set for approval Thursday
Left: A 21-story tower planned for 1400 W. Randolph St. Right: A 10-story building planned for ...
JAN 23, 2020
A bid by the Cook County Board of Commissioners and President Toni Preckwinkle to increase their power over the county’s independent health system board could make the search for a new CEO more difficult — especially if the change take away its ability to offer severance pay, the health board’s chair said on Wednesday.
County oversight of hospital board could discourage CEO candidates: board chair
A bid by the Cook County Board of Commissioners and President Toni Preckwinkle to increase their ...
JAN 23, 2020
Mike McAuliffe and Amie Kessem. [Submitted photos]
But one race in the city’s 41st Ward could have big implications for a burgeoning Republican movement on the Northwest Side, as well as the fight to defend the party’s last remaining state house seat within city limits.
Rivals clash in county’s only contested GOP committeeperson race
Mike McAuliffe and Amie Kessem. [Submitted photos]
Republicans in Chicago will have few chances...
JAN 22, 2020
Ald. Daniel La Spata (1) did not gather enough signatures to appear on the primary ballot in his race to be the Democratic committeeperson in his ward, election officials ruled on Tuesday.
La Spata, other candidates all bumped from ballot in 1st Ward Dem committeeperson race
Ald. Daniel La Spata (1) did not gather enough signatures to appear on the primary ballot in his ...
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Solutions reporter, @IllinoisAnswers/@BetterGov. Formerly of @thedailylinechi, @trdchicago & @DNAinfoChi. Amateur baker. Tips: [email protected]
