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Aldermen will vote on the city’s annual special events ordinance, which gives the commissioner of the Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events the ability to manage and execute the city’s biggest events, O2018-1139.
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Aldermen on the Housing Committee will consider a 30-year deal to project art on the side of the Merchandise Mart, a $1 million land sale to a well-known South Side church to build a family center, and a lease agreement with the group Mothers Against Senseless Killings.
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Ward organizations, once vaunted powerhouses to turn out votes for endorsed candidates, have lost some of their shine since patronage reforms took effect. Now, get out the vote efforts require a mix of a charismatic figure, union backing or cash from a candidate who needs help. Here’s a glimpse at which ward and township committeeman delivered for their candidates (or themselves) in the March 20 primary. Take these all with a grain of salt, as all candidates and wards are different, and candidates had other institutional backing or neighborhood advantages.
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City Council's Finance Committee is set to put the final pieces of Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s proposed $8.5 billion airport expansion, O2018-1124, in place before a final vote on Wednesday by the full council.
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Several weeks after the departure of its leader, Laura Kunard, the Public Safety division within the Chicago Office of the Inspector General released its first list of initiated projects. Those projects include closer looks at CPD’s gang database and strategic subject list, whether the city is complying with its video release and body camera policies, and officers’ “secondary employment.”
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Aldermen on a Joint Committee of Economic, Capital and Technology Development and Pedestrian and Traffic Safety approved a scaled down pilot program for free floating cars spearheaded by Ald. Proco Joe Moreno (1), O2017-8622. The pilot will bring 400 of the cars to Chicago streets. While the hope is to reduce congestion and private car ownership over time, two North Side aldermen suggested it would be a “nightmare” on already-crowded residential streets.
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Companies with more than 15 employees that have city contracts have until the end of June to put a policy prohibiting sexual harassment in place — or face losing the ability to do work for the city, under a measure approved Thursday by the Workforce Development and Audit Committee.
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The latest in a series of ordinances to address sexual assault and harassment are up in the city’s Workforce Development and Audit Committees Thursday. Aldermen introduced measures to extend harassment rules to elected officials, voted to mandate annual sexual harassment training in December, and broadened the city’s definition of harassment to protect constituents last month.
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With the primary election mercifully behind us, attention will start to shift to next year’s mayoral and aldermanic races. Seven months after supporters formed an exploratory committee, former Chicago Police Supt. Garry McCarthy announced his bid for mayor late Wednesday with a video at garryformayor.com and a round of media interviews.
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Calls to police about sex crimes and domestic violence can no longer be used to land a building on the city’s list of problem-ridden properties under a proposal (O2018-89) authored by Ald. Emma Mitts (37) approved Wednesday by the Council’s Committee on License and Consumer Protection.
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Calls to police about sex crimes and domestic violence could no longer be used to land a building on the city’s list of problem-ridden properties under a proposal (O2018-89) authored by Ald. Emma Mitts (37) set to be heard today at 11 a.m. by the Committee on License and Consumer Protection.
