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AUG 06, 2026
Former Budget Director Annette Guzman is pictured at a press conference on April 1, 2025. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]
City Budget Director Annette Guzman became the latest leader on Mayor Brandon Johnson’s budget and finance team to depart in a matter of days this week ahead of the city’s expected release of its preliminary budget forecast this month and, with it, the start of budget season in earnest.
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AUG 05, 2026
Cook County Assessor Fritz Kaegi speaks at a mid-year budget hearing on July 23, 2026. [Livestream]
Outgoing Cook County Assessor Fritz Kaegi used his July mid-year budget hearing to answer questions for county commissioners about how a new uniform approach to valuation methodology for commercial properties hopes to ease property tax volatility.
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AUG 04, 2026
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Mayor Brandon Johnson speaks at a press conference on March 18, 2025. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]
For the second year in a row, Chicago will expand its number of designated Sustainable Community Schools (SCS) as a result of provisions negotiated in the latest Chicago Teachers Union contract approved last year.
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AUG 03, 2026
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Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias appears in a campaign launch ad for mayor of Chicago. [Giannoulias campaign]
Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias officially threw his hat into the ring for Chicago mayor Sunday with a rally at the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 134 hall in Bronzeville, entering the race with a multimillion-dollar war chest and a message of collaboration to tackle the city’s myriad issues.
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AUG 03, 2026
Renderings show the proposed master plan for the Foundry Park development site. [Chicago Department of Planning and Development presentation]
On the heels of Chicago approving hundreds of millions of dollars in tax increment financing (TIF) assistance for the mixed-use development in the South Loop that will be anchored by a new Chicago Fire soccer stadium, the Johnson administration is proposing more than $200 million in TIF assistance for the development now moving forward on part of the site once envisioned as Lincoln Yards.
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JUL 31, 2026
Cook County Health CEO Erik Mikaitis speaks to the county Finance Committee on July 21, 2026. [Livestream]
The leaders of the Cook County Health and Hospitals System conservatively expect to spend half a billion dollars caring for uninsured patients next year as Republican-led federal changes to Medicaid boot thousands from their plans, contributing to “one of the most financially challenging years our health system has faced in recent memory,” Cook County Health CEO Erik Mikaitis said in a mid-year hearing last week.
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Chicago City Hall is pictured. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]
Nearly six months after stepping into the city’s chief financing officer role on an acting basis, acting CFO Steven Mahr has left the job just before another likely contentious city budget season begins.
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JUL 30, 2026
Mayor Brandon Johnson is pictured at a City Council meeting on April 15, 2026. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]
Mayor Brandon Johnson signed an executive order (2026-4) Wednesday that strengthens the procurement standards for firearms, accessories and ammunition to address concern about law enforcement purchasing weapons from dealers that violate federal regulations.
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JUL 29, 2026
Cook County Chief Financial Officer Angela Manning-Hardimon speaks to the Board of Commissioners at a mid-year budget hearing on July 21, 2026. [Livestream]
Cook County commissioners at a mid-year budget hearing last week inquired about the largest forecasted gap in a decade and a half but did not get many clear answers about the specific solutions fiscal leaders will employ to respond to it.
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JUL 29, 2026
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Chicago Housing Authority Comm. Matthew Brewer is pictured. [Campaign Instagram account]
Matthew Brewer, the former interim executive and former chair of the Chicago Housing Authority’s (CHA) Board of Commissioners, is one of many seeking to win the city’s mayor’s race next February.
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JUL 28, 2026
State's Attorney Eileen O'Neill Burke attends the 2025 Machine Gun Conversion Device Summit in June 2025. [Cook County State's Attorney's Office]
County commissioners heard about the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office’s (CCSAO) staffing successes and the limits of its authority to prosecute federal immigration agents during a mid-year budget hearing with State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke last week.
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JUL 27, 2026
County Treasurer Maria Pappas is pictured.
The Cook County Treasurer’s Office published a new report Monday showing that a minority of eligible voters made decisions around bond insurances and property tax hikes in the last two major elections.
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JUL 24, 2026
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Budget Chair Jason Ervin (28) is pictured at a City Council meeting on April 17, 2024. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]
The chair of the City Council’s budget committee formally introduced a proposal at Wednesday’s special council meeting that the alderman believes could open the door for the city to reacquire the rights to its parking meters.
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JUL 24, 2026
Renderings show the proposed Amazon fulfillment center in Gage Park. [Chicago Department of Planning and Development]
The Chicago Plan Commission last week approved plans for a new Amazon fulfillment center in Gage Park.
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JUL 23, 2026
City Hall is pictured. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]
Chicago voters this fall will weigh in on the development of permanent festival and outdoor event space for large events, the reinstatement of gunshot detection technology and the proposed pursuit of cost recovery associated with the impact of the federal government’s immigration actions in the city, with the City Council officially finalizing its three November ballot questions at a special meeting Wednesday.
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