Ald. Ed Burke (14) during a City Council meeting. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]

After more than 50 years on the Chicago City Council, Ald. Ed Burke (14) will not run for reelection next year.  

Burke did not file petition signatures by Monday’s 5 p.m. deadline for candidates seeking to run for election next year, Chicago Board of Elections spokesperson Max Bever told reporters Monday evening.  

Burke, who is the longest serving alderman on the Chicago City Council, was indicted in 2019 on 14 counts including bribery, attempted extortion and racketeering. 

Chicago Public Health Comm. Allison Arwady speaks during a press conference [File] 

The City Council Committee on Health and Human Relations will hear an update on the city’s COVID-19 response from Public Health Comm. Allison Arwady and discuss funding citywide programs to fight HIV and AIDS among the city’s Black population during a Monday meeting. 

The Community Commission for Public Safety and Accountability along with representatives from the police department and the city’s inspector general will meet at 6:30 p.m. Monday to discuss the police department’s proposed overhaul of its controversial gang database.

Candidates wait to file petition signatures on Monday. [Erin Hegarty/The Daily Line]

More than 120 people have filed petitions to run for alderman in the city’s 50 wards ahead of the Feb. 28 election.

The Office of the Clerk for the county’s circuit court was released from federal oversight Monday, and Cook County has begun to enroll participants selected for the country’s largest guaranteed basic income program. 

Ald. Raymond Lopez (15) announced on Monday that he was pulling out of the race for mayor and instead running for another term on the City Council. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line] 

Ald. Raymond Lopez (15) in April was the first candidate to launch a challenge against Mayor Lori Lightfoot in the 2023 election. Upon entering the race, he tweeted “I'm in!” 

But on the morning of the first filing day for nominating petitions, he announced he was out. 

Monday marked the first day candidates could file their petitions to get on the Feb. 28 ballot. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line] 

Six people on Monday filed petitions to challenge Mayor Lori Lightfoot next year for her seat at the helm of the city.  

Monday marked the first day candidates vying to get on the Feb. 28 municipal ballot could file petition signatures. Candidates or their representatives who were in line with their petitions at 191 N. Clark St. by 9 a.m. will be entered into a lottery to determine who will be listed first on next year’s ballot.  

Petition filing for the 2023 municipal election begins Monday morning. [Erin Hegarty/The Daily Line] 

Petition filing for next year’s municipal election begins Monday morning as candidates vie to position themselves first on the Feb. 28 ballot.  

With the mayor, clerk, treasurer, all 50 aldermen and new district councils for civilian oversight of the police department all on the ballot this year, this will likely be a “high candidate year,” according to election officials.  

Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle speaks before the County Board of Commissioners following its vote to approve the county budget Thursday. [Michael McDevitt/The Daily Line]

The Cook County Board of Commissioners approved the county’s annual budget for 2023 by a unanimous 17-0 vote during a special meeting Thursday. The full board’s approval of the budget came after the spending plan passed the County Finance Committee by the same margin with more than two dozen amendments.

CTU President Stacy Davis Gates, who chairs United Working Families, speaks during a news conference announcing endorsements on Thursday. [Erin Hegarty/The Daily Line]

The progressive organization United Working Families on Thursday endorsed 18 people hoping to win aldermanic elections in wards across the city during next year’s municipal election.

Former governor of Illinois Pat Quinn announced he won’t run for mayor. The mayor’s office on Thursday made public the names and resumes of four people hoping to be the next 12th Ward alderman. And the Plan Commission approved an affordable housing development in Lincoln Square.

The City Council met for its regular meeting on Wednesday. [Erin Hegarty/The Daily Line]

The City Council on Wednesday approved $13.5 million in tax-increment financing (TIF) dollars for a Black-owned company that plans to spruce up six Save-A-Lot grocery stores on the South and West sides.

Democrat Maggie Trevor, left, faced Republican Matt Podgorski for the District 9 seat on the Cook County Commission [Courtesy photos]

The number of Republicans serving on the Cook County Board of Commissioners will soon fall to just one after results for a close contest in District 9 flipped the seat for a Democrat Tuesday evening.

Members of the Chicago Plan Commission on Thursday will consider a proposal for a 63-unit affordable development in Lincoln Square. [City of Chicago}

Members of the Chicago Plan Commission are scheduled to meet on Thursday to consider a 63-unit, 100 percent affordable residential development proposed for Lincoln Square and the renovation of a building on the Near South Side to bring a mixed-use development with 38 residential units to the community.

The City Council is scheduled to meet at 10 a.m. Wednesday. [Erin Hegarty/The Daily Line]

Aldermen during Wednesday’s City Council meeting could finally vote on a controversial proposal to legalize private booting of cars citywide, according to a notice filed with the City Clerk’s office on Monday.