Chicago News
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DEC 06, 2018
The odds were in mayoral candidate Jerry Joyce’s favor Wednesday, allowing him to snag the pole position on the Feb. 26 ballot. Meanwhile, the Chicago Teachers Union’s House of Delegates tossed the union’s considerable weight behind Toni Preckwinkle in the mayor’s race and Melissa Conyears-Ervin in the treasurer’s race, along with 19 aldermanic hopefuls, on Wednesday.
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The allegations of sexual abuse, assault and patient safety violations swirling around a Chicago psychiatric hospital is set to take center stage at a hearing Wednesday at City Hall, as aldermen consider yanking the license for Uptown’s Aurora Chicago Lakeshore Hospital.
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DEC 05, 2018
The leadership of the Chicago Teachers Union will ask delegates to endorse Toni Preckwinkle in the mayor’s race and Melissa Conyears-Ervin in the treasurer’s race, along with a host of aldermanic hopefuls. Candidates eager to be first — or last — on the Feb. 26 ballot will take their chances at a lottery Wednesday. Meanwhile, none of the ballot questions submitted to elections officials drew objections, meaning all will likely make it on to the ballot — as long as they survive the election board’s scrutiny. Now that the mayoral and aldermanic campaigns are in full swing, TDL brings you the first installment of trail notes with quick hits about all of the races.
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Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle served notice Monday that she was not holding back in the race for Chicago mayor, challenging the nominating petitions of five candidates — all women of color.
State Rep. Melissa Conyears-Ervin, a candidate for treasurer, delivers boxes of petition objections to the Chicago Board of Elections. [Heather Cherone/The Daily Line] -
Chief Judge Timothy Evans installed seven new and 10 returning members of the Cook County Board Monday — one of the youngest and most diverse classes in recent memory that features two millennials, five women and the first openly gay member.
A younger, more diverse Cook County Board was sworn in Monday. [A.D. Quig/The Daily Line] -
Mayor Rahm Emanuel weighed in Friday on the raids that threaten the political future of Chicago’s most powerful alderman, but acknowledged that he had many more questions than answers. The deadline to lodge an objection against the petitions filed by candidates running in the Feb. 26 municipal election looms at 5 p.m. Monday, and State Rep. Melissa Conyears-Ervin launched her campaign for city treasurer with the backing of five aldermen — plus her husband, 28th Ward Ald. Jason Ervin.
Cook County Assessor Fritz Kaegi greets the crowd at his swearing in. [Cook County Assessor's Office]
