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Ald. Michael Rodriguez (22) speaks during a press conference outside the Crawford Power Station on April 12
City officials award dozens of tax incentives each year to spur new business and development and have rarely proposed undoing the agreements — until April 11, when Hilco Redevelopment Partners demolished a smokestack whose dust blanketed an adjacent neighborhood. -
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot shows surveillance footage of 13 police officers lounging during the June 1 unrest.
In a bombshell news conference Thursday, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot said that 13 Chicago police officers used a South Side congressman’s office to lounge for almost a full day June 1, when protests and looting were going on outside the door and throughout the city. -
JUN 12, 2020
Chicago Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection Comm. Rosa Escareño speaks during a meeting of the City Council transportation committee Thursday
Aldermen advanced a measure Thursday aimed at accelerating the pace for restaurants to be allowed to serve diners on city sidewalks so that they can maximize business while meeting city and state health directives meant to slow the spread of Covid-19. -
City Budget Director Susie Park leads aldermen through allocation of CARES Act funding during a virtual committee meeting Wednesday.
The CIty Council Committee on the Budget and Government Operations on Wednesday discussed the appropriation of federal funds the city has received to address the lingering Covid-19 crisis through the rest of the year.
City Budget Director Susie Park walked committee members through a list of requested appropriations for Chicago’s $1.13 billion portion of the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act funds the city is receiving that will support eight major areas of city operation affected by the pandemic. -
JUN 11, 2020
UNLOCKEDCity licensing officials would be able to fast-track applications for restaurants and cafes to serve customers outdoors under a temporary measure set to be considered by aldermen Thursday.
The measure (O2020-2891) set to be taken up by the City Council Committee on Transportation and Public Way at its 2 p.m. meeting Thursday would empower Chicago Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection Comm. Rosa Escareño to unilaterally approve sidewalk permit applications for businesses that “meet the requirements.” That power typically falls to aldermen, who approve dozens of such permits during each meeting of the transportation committee. -
JUN 10, 2020
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Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced the economic fallout from Covid-19 will create at least a $700 million shortfall in the city’s budget, a “conservative estimate” she said will increase should there be another surge in cases from the virus later this year. Property tax hikes and layoffs are potential remedies, she said.
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JUN 09, 2020
A proposal allowing the sale of to-go cocktails in Chicago came closer to reality on Monday, but advocates for struggling bars and breweries are calling for more.
Brewers and industry advocates called on city leaders to allow bars to serve patrons outdoors. [photo via Brian Galati/Machine Engineered Dining and Drinks] -
Aldermen hear presentations from advocates of reparations during a virtual meeting Thursday
The time has come to seriously consider paying reparations to make amends for decades and centuries of injustices against Chicago’s black residents, aldermen agreed during an emotionally charged meeting on Thursday.
