Renderings show the proposed master plan for the Foundry Park development site. [Chicago Department of Planning and Development presentation]

The Chicago Plan Commission on Thursday approved a proposed planned development application on the Near West Side and a proposed planned development amendment to accommodate the development of a site along the north branch of the Chicago River into multiple residential and commercial uses.

The approved items must next go through the Committee on Zoning, Landmarks and Building Standards. 

City Hall is pictured. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]

The Chicago Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) on Friday will consider several special use and variation applications that would allow new residential developments in Bridgeport, Douglass Park and Lincoln Park. The board will meet at 9 a.m. in City Council chambers.

A rendering of the proposed adaptive reuse project at 30 N. LaSalle St. [Chicago Department of Planning and Development presentation]

The City Council Committee on Finance on Wednesday approved a measure to delay the effective date of a new tax structure for sales of alcohol for off-premise consumption, financial assistance for a downtown office conversion project and a resolution to set a hearing on the creation of a tourism improvement district.

A rendering of three of the three-flats that would be built as part of the Simeon Manor project. [Chicago Department of Planning and Development]

The City Council Committee on Housing and Real Estate on Wednesday advanced the renewal of a parking lot use agreement with a local yacht club and multiple city land sales under the “Missing Middle” infill housing program.

A rendering of the proposed adaptive reuse project at 30 N. LaSalle St. [Chicago Department of Planning and Development presentation]

Alderpeople on the City Council Committee on Finance on Wednesday will consider a measure to delay the effective date of a new tax structure for sales of alcohol for off-premise consumption, financial assistance for a downtown office conversion project and a resolution to set a hearing on the creation of a tourism improvement district. 

The finance committee will meet at 10 a.m. in council chambers.

Housing Chair Byron Sigcho-Lopez (25) is pictured at a City Council meeting on June 12, 2024. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]

The City Council Committee on Housing and Real Estate on Wednesday will consider the renewal of a parking lot use agreement with a local yacht club and multiple city land sales under the “Missing Middle” infill housing program and hear a presentation on the city’s strategy to combat homelessness.

The committee will meet at 12:30 p.m. in Room 201A at City Hall.

Renderings show the proposed master plan for the Foundry Park development site. [Chicago Department of Planning and Development presentation]

The Chicago Plan Commission on Thursday will consider a lakefront protection ordinance application for a proposed supportive housing development in Uptown, a proposed planned development application on the Near West Side and a proposed planned development amendment to accommodate the development of a site along the north branch of the Chicago River into multiple residential and commercial uses. 

The plan commission will meet at 9 a.m. in council chambers.

From left, Cook County Comm. Kisha McCaskill (D-5) and Dolton Trustee Kiana Belcher are running in the Democratic primary for Cook County Board District 5. [Provided photos]

Cook County Comm. Kisha McCaskill (D-5) is facing off against Dolton Trustee Kiana Belcher in the Democratic primary to represent District 5 on the County Board of Commissioners, and the winner of the primary will face a Republican that is running in the primary unopposed.

Education Chair Jeanette Taylor (20) is pictured during a City Council meeting on March 12, 2025. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]

The City Council Committee on Education and Child Development on Tuesday is set to consider an appointment of a deputy state treasurer to the City Colleges of Chicago Board of Trustees.

Cook County Comm. Jessica Vásquez (D-8) and environmental project developer Nicholas Cade are running for county board in District 8. [Provided photos].

Both Cook County Comm. Jessica Vásquez (D-8), who is running to keep her appointed seat on the County Board of Commissioners this election season, and her primary opponent, Nicholas Cade, have managed to raise tens of thousands of dollars in the primary fight.

The incumbent commissioner has criticized the number of out-of-state residents donating to Cade, who has defended himself by saying that he has relied on friends and family for much of his campaign cash. 

Wesam Shahed, senior legislative counsel for Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul, and Worth Township Supervisor Patricia Joan “Trish” Murphy are the only two candidates in the five-way Democratic primary for Cook County Board District 6 to have reported raising funds. [Provided photos]

Of the five Democrats running for Comm. Donna Miller’s (D-6) seat on the Cook County Board of Commissioners, Wesam Shahed, senior legislative counsel for Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul, has significantly outpaced his main opponent, Worth Township Supervisor Patricia Joan “Trish” Murphy — the daughter of the late 6th District Comm. Joan Murphy — in campaign fundraising.

Public Safety Chair Brian Hopkins (2) is pictured at a City Council meeting in April 2024 and Ald. William Hall (6) is pictured after a council meeting Dec. 16, 2024. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]

The City Council Committee on Public Safety on Wednesday approved Ald. Brian Hopkins’ (2) 12-hour time-and-place curfew ordinance but held a companion ordinance from Ald. William Hall (6) that would seek to compel social media platforms to take down posts that advertise the potentially unruly mass teen gatherings targeted by both pieces of legislation. 

Hall’s measure was held to allow city lawyers to iron out some of the specifics in the ordinance.

Mayor Brandon Johnson speaks after a City Council meeting on Nov. 14, 2025. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]

Mayor Brandon Johnson on Wednesday warned that city workers could be laid off later this year if revenue projections from the coalition that put together and passed the alternative 2026 budget without the mayor’s support don’t come to fruition. 

From left, Elizabeth Granato, Isaiah White and Jose "Che-Che" Wilson are running for the Democratic nomination in District 12 on the Cook County board. [Provided photos]

Bolstered by her husband’s existing campaign resources, a county government bureau chief running to replace outgoing Comm. Bridget Degnen (D-12) on the Cook County Board of Commissioners has a huge cash advantage in the Democratic Party primary, an advantage that could be helped by the recent dropout of the only other candidate that had somewhat rivaled her fundraising. 

The Democratic candidates include José “Che-Che” Wilson, the civic engagement director at Equality Illinois; Elizabeth Granato, bureau chief for the Cook County Bureau of Asset Management; and Chicago Public Schools teacher Isaiah White. 

The 12th District includes the North and Northwest sides of Chicago, including River North, Wicker Park, Bucktown, Lincoln Park, Roscoe Village, Lincoln Square and Portage Park.

Public Safety Chair Brian Hopkins (2) is pictured at a City Council meeting in April 2024 and Ald. William Hall (6) is pictured after a council meeting Dec. 16, 2024. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]

The City Council Committee on Public Safety on Wednesday will consider a new version of Ald. Brian Hopkins’ (2) curfew declaration proposal, as well as a companion ordinance from Ald. William Hall (6) that would seek to compel social media platforms to take down posts that advertise the potentially unruly mass teen gatherings targeted by both pieces of legislation.

The committee will meet at 10 a.m. in council chambers.