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Supporters of a measure that would give an elected board control of the Chicago Police Department rallied Tuesday at City Hall, and an alderman vowed to force a vote on the measure. Another alderman cashed a $20,000 check from Mayor Rahm Emanuel, and budget hearings completed their second day.
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Sheriff Tom Dart appeared at the Cook County Board Tuesday to defend his office’s $600 million budget, celebrating a $26 million reduction in overtime, taking in 10,000 pounds of leftover pharmaceuticals and efforts to battle gun violence on the city’s South and West Sides.
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OCT 24, 2018
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Seven years after all 50 aldermen went along with Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s proposal to close six of the city’s 12 mental health clinics, triggering vehement protests and national attention, the Chicago Department of Health will detail plans to spend an additional $1.4 million on mental health services in 2019.
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Aldermen are expected to approve a $10.7 billion spending plan for 2019 in less than a month — but the majority of questions during the first day of budget hearings at City Hall focused on how officials will pay the bill for the city’s pensions, which is set to jump 31 percent in 2020.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel delivers his final budget speech. [Chicago Mayor's Office] -
A proposal to create a registry of Chicago murals advanced Monday, after aldermen resolved concerns that the plan designed to prevent graffiti-removal crews from wiping them out could backfire.
Artist J.C. Rivera paints a mural near the Paulina Brown Line stop. [Lakeview Chamber of Commerce/Facebook] -
One day after receiving a massive check from a rap superstar, Amara Enyia will rally with another in Woodlawn. Chicago police will now carry naloxone, which can reverse the effects of an opioid overdose, thanks to a grant announced by Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s office. City Clerk Anna Valencia and the Police Board will take center stage on day 2 of budget hearings at City Hall.
“I’d like to say very narcissistically, if I back you, you have a chance — absolutely,” Chance The Rapper said Tuesday at City Hall. [Heather Cherone/The Daily Line] -
Democratic nominee for governor JB Pritzker’s efforts to use his nearly unlimited financial resources to elect Democratic candidates at all levels of government resulted in a $50,000 windfall for 10 aldermen since Oct. 1. Budget hearings get underway at City Hall and the Couty Board, and early voting expands city — and county — wide.
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Three of the four Republicans on the Cook County Board are being outraised and outspent by their Democratic challengers, campaign finance records show – and even the one Republican whose challenger has not raised a penny appears a bit worried, releasing a slew of bipartisan endorsements ahead of Nov. 6.
A polling place in March 2018. [A.D. Quig/The Daily Line]
Trump Tower. [Flickr/Devos]
