Transportation Sec. Pete Buttigieg speaks at a fundraiser for the LGBTQ+ Victory Institute and Fund on Tuesday. [Michael McDevitt/The Daily Line]

The LGBTQ+ Victory Institute, which works to elect leaders from the LGBTQ community up and down the ballot across the U.S., honored Transportation Sec. Pete Buttigieg at a fundraiser on Tuesday afternoon at theWit Chicago hotel in the Loop, during which LGBTQ lawmakers from Illinois and around the country called for electing Kamala Harris president to safeguard hard-fought protections.

During Day Two of the Democratic National Convention, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz gave an address to the Women’s Caucus meeting. And a coalition of progressive and left-wing groups is preparing to march again for Palestine on Thursday after drawing thousands Monday. 

Mayor Brandon Johnson greets other mayors at a U.S. Conference of Mayors news conference on Aug. 19, 2024. [Michael McDevitt/The Daily Line]

As Chicago took center stage on Monday with the beginning of the Democratic National Convention, Mayor Brandon Johnson traveled to multiple convention-related events around the city to use the opportunity to connect his own policy goals and successes with the Democrats’ broader vision for America.

Mayor Brandon Johnson speaks on the opening night of the DNC on Aug. 19, 2024. [Michael McDevitt/The Daily Line]

Mayor Brandon Johnson welcomed delegates to the opening night of the Democratic National Convention on Monday with a four-minute speech in which he celebrated Vice President Kamala Harris’ presidential nomination as an inspiration to his daughter and connected Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz’s experienced as a teacher to his own.

The stage for the 2024 Democratic National Convention at the United Center is pictured last week. [Courtesy of DNC Host Committee]

While the big speeches from presidents, party superstars and the Democrats’ current nominees, Vice President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, will be the main attractions at this year’s Democratic National Convention (DNC), Chicago and Cook County’s local leaders will be featured at multiple events happening throughout the convention week that might fly under the radar. Here’s a roundup of some of what’s scheduled.

Hatem Abudayyeh and the Coalition to March on the DNC hold a news conference on Aug. 13, 2024. [Michael McDevitt/The Daily Line]

The coalition of organizations planning to hold mass demonstrations blocks from the United Center during the Democratic National Convention (DNC) in solidarity with Palestine and other progressive causes are in final talks with the city to settle outstanding conflicts over the way the coalition is allowed to demonstrate as the convention fast approaches.

Renderings for Sunshine's new community center campus at 6000-50 S. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Dr. in the 20th Ward is pictured. [Department of Planning and Development]

The Chicago Plan Commission on Thursday approved the adoption of the Englewood Agro-Eco District Land Use Plan, planned developments in Washington Park and Auburn Gresham and a zone change in Grand Boulevard to accommodate a Chicago Housing Authority (CHA) project.

Ald. Carlos Ramirez-Rosa (35), one of the sponsors of the Northwest Side Housing Preservation Ordinance, is pictured at a City Council meeting in April 2024. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]

A group of Northwest Side alderpeople are backing an ordinance that would implement multiple policy changes aimed at preserving affordable two-, three- and four-flats in Hermosa, Logan Square, Avondale, West Town and Humboldt Park.

City Hall is pictured in this file photo.

The Chicago Plan Commission will meet Thursday to consider the adoption of the Englewood Agro-Eco District Land Use Plan, planned developments in Washington Park and Auburn Gresham and a zone change in Grand Boulevard to accommodate a Chicago Housing Authority (CHA) project.

The plan commission will meet at 10 a.m. in Room 1103 on the 11th floor of City Hall instead of council chambers.

Hatem Abudayyeh and the Coalition to March on the DNC hold a news conference on Aug. 13, 2024. [Michael McDevitt/The Daily Line]

The Coalition to March on the Democratic National Convention will appeal a federal judge’s rejection of its request for a longer protest route than the city has offered, and the coalition expects to receive answers to its applications for a parade permit, park use permits and a time slot to use a city-sponsored speaker’s platform to call on the U.S. to end its financial and political support for Israel’s military offensive in Gaza.

Police Supt. Larry Snelling speaks at City Club of Chicago on Aug. 12, 2024. [Livestream]

Chicago Police Supt. Larry Snelling addressed summertime violence and the Democratic National Convention at City Club of Chicago on Monday.

U.S. Palestinian Community Network national chair Hatem Abudayyeh speaks to reporters about the March on the DNC at an organizing event in April 2024. [Michael McDevitt/The Daily Line]

The Coalition to March on the Democratic National Convention expects a federal judge to issue a decision Tuesday in the group’s legal battle with the city to receive a permit for planned demonstrations on Aug. 19 and Aug. 22.

City Hall is pictured in this file photo. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]

Mayor Brandon Johnson and the Chicago Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection (BACP) announced on Friday the issuance a request for proposals to select an organization interested in administering the federally funded Small Business and Not-For-Profit Support Grant Program, which will aim to help businesses and nonprofits hurt by the pandemic.

The Cook County forest preserves celebrated the completion of a major renovation project, and City Club of Chicago has plans to host multiple events during the week of the upcoming Democratic convention.

Kyle Lucas of Better Streets Chicago speaks at a rally against the current Redefine the Drive proposal at Truman College on Aug. 8, 2024. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]

Public transit, bicycle and safe streets advocates rallied with local lawmakers outside an open house in Uptown Thursday afternoon where the state and city transportation departments were showing off the current plans for a major overhaul of North DuSable Lake Shore Drive.

At the rally, scores of attendees continued to call for the city and state to halt the planning process for the Redefine the Drive project and put forward a new proposal that gives more priority to green space, pedestrian and bike friendliness and bus transit and less priority to car traffic.