Chicago News
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The City Council is pictured in December 2023. [Michael McDevitt/The Daily Line]
The City Council Committee on Finance will meet Monday and consider approving tens of millions of dollars to settle police-related lawsuits and the disbursement of tax-increment financing (TIF) funds for various citywide projects.
The finance committee is slated to meet in council chambers at City Hall at 10 a.m.
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Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle gives her 2024 budget address on Oct. 5, 2023. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle said Thursday that $70 million in funding that the county has pledged to help make up a gap in funding to care for new arrivals would come from the county’s newly created disaster fund.
A resolution to authorize the spending (24-2103) was introduced during Thursday’s county board of commissioners meeting and referred to the Finance Committee.
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Cook County Comm. Maggie Trevor (D-9) is pictured during County Board President Toni Preckwinkle's budget address in October. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]
The Cook County Board of Commissioners on Thursday approved a measure outlawing the retail sale and commercial application of coal tar sealant on asphalt pavement, a move which advocates say will mitigate further introduction of toxic pollutants into the environment.
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34th Ward Ald. Bill Conway is pictured during a City Council meeting in October 2023. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]
Mayor Brandon Johnson’s billion-dollar bond proposal is heading to the finance committee for a subject matter hearing.
Despite some debate and dissent, the City Council Committee on Committees and Rules voted 29-7 on Tuesday to re-refer the Housing and Economic Development Bond to the Committee on Finance.
Among the no votes was Ald. Bill Conway (34), who tied his opposition to his frustration at the lack of movement on his legislation to mandate council consent over American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) spending.
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Cook County Comm. Maggie Trevor (D-9) is pictured during County Board President Toni Preckwinkle's budget address in October. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]
The Cook County Board of Commissioners will vote later this week on a measure to ban the retail sale and commercial application of coal tar sealant for paved roadways, parking lots, walkways and driveways after the proposal was given initial approval by the county’s environmental committee Tuesday.
The ordinance (23-5769) regulating the use of coal tar sealant on paved asphalt surfaces was approved by the Cook County Environment and Sustainability Committee with a 5-0 vote. Comms. Scott Britton (D-14) and Kevin Morrison (D-15) were absent.
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City Hall is pictured in this file photo. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]
The City Council Committee on Budget and Government Operations approved the appointment of a new Fleet and Facility Management commissioner, a measure to bring back a defunct reward program for reporting illegal dumping and an ordinance requiring that the City Council confirm public health commissioners.
But the committee postponed a vote on an ordinance (O2023-0006443) to create a hiring preference for many city departments for residents that live in socio-economically disadvantaged areas. Ald. Jason Ervin (28), the budget committee chair and item’s sponsor, said a substitute needed to be accepted. The committee was recessed until March 20.
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Ald. Maria Hadden, attorney Ed Mullen and Bring Chicago Home advocates gather in front of the Illinois Appellate Court on March 1, 2024. [Michael McDevitt/The Daily Line]
The coalition of real estate and commercial groups that have sued to disqualify the Bring Chicago Home referendum will ask the Illinois Supreme Court to make a decision in the case, one of the plaintiffs said Monday.
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City Hall is pictured in a file photo. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]
The City Council Committee on Budget and Government Operations will meet Tuesday and consider the appointment of a new fleet and facility management commissioner, an ordinance to require City Council consent for the appointment of the public health commissioner and an ordinance to establish hiring preferences for residents from disadvantaged areas.
The budget committee will meet at 11 a.m. in council chambers.
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Cook County Comm. Maggie Trevor (D-9) is pictured during County Board President Toni Preckwinkle's budget address in October. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]
The Cook County Board of Commissioners could soon enact a ban on the retail sale and use of coal tar sealants, which are often used to coat paved parking lots, driveways and playgrounds.
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Ald. Maria Hadden, attorney Ed Mullen and Bring Chicago Home advocates gather in front of the Illinois Appellate Court on March 1, 2024. [Michael McDevitt/The Daily Line]
The Illinois Appellate Court on Wednesday reversed a lower court’s ruling to suppress the outcome of the city’s referendum to change the real estate transfer tax structure from a flat rate to a graduated rate, allowing the results of the measure known as Bring Chicago Home to be counted.
The appeals court reversed the previous ruling largely on the grounds that the lawsuit was “premature” and that the referendum is a protected part of the city’s legislative process, since the city must receive voter approval before it is allowed to raise the transfer tax.
“The holding of an election for the purpose of passing a referendum to empower a municipality to adopt an ordinance is a step in the legislative process of the enactment of that ordinance,” the appeals court said in a unanimous judgment and opinion delivered by Judge Raymond Mitchell. “Courts do not, and cannot, interfere with the legislative process.”
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Mayor Brandon Johnson announced a new partnership Tuesday that will lead to the expansion of South Side healthcare programs and facilities to increase higher education opportunities, employment and clinic experience for South Siders interested in pursuing medicine and healthcare.
City Colleges of Chicago, the University of Chicago and the University of Chicago Medical Center will contribute to the expanded programming, which will provide additional healthcare capacity and experience-building opportunities on the South Side.