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  • SEP 20, 2018
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    Aldermen set to push through massive tax hike on e-cigarettes, liquid nicotine

    Aldermen are expected to rapidly approve a proposal from Mayor Rahm Emanuel Thursday to impose a massive tax hike on the sale of e-cigarettes and liquid nicotine.

    A man uses an e-cigarette. [Illinois Academy of Physicians]
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  • SEP 20, 2018
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    Zoning Committee OKs 75-unit affordable housing complex in Jefferson Park

    A 75-unit complex in Jefferson Park at the heart of the furious debate over affordable housing is poised for final approval Thursday by the Chicago City Council.

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  • SEP 19, 2018
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    Nighttime operations at General Iron to continue after committee rebuffs Ald. Hopkins’ attempt to yank permit

    Scrap metal facility General Iron will be allowed to continue to operate at night near the North Branch of the Chicago River after an effort by Ald. Brian Hopkins (2) to revoke the firm’s permit failed Tuesday.

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  • SEP 19, 2018
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    Zoning Committee to consider 75-unit affordable housing complex in Jefferson Park

    A 75-unit complex in Jefferson Park at the heart of the furious debate over affordable housing could take another step forward Wednesday.

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  • SEP 19, 2018
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    Housing advocates want mandatory on-site units and increased direct city funding for rental assistance

    A discussion around two new appointments to Chicago’s Low Income Housing Trust Fund board expanded Tuesday to include needed changes to the city’s next five-year affordable housing plan, the affordable requirements ordinance and direct city payments intended to help make rent more affordable for families in all of Chicago’s neighborhoods.

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    SEP 19, 2018
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    Morning briefing — Emanuel to write book about being an ‘effective’ mayor at a time of gridlock; Preckwinkle's chief of staff resigns

    Correction: A previous version of this story misstated Lanetta Haynes Turner's salary as interim chief of staff as $186,000 annually. It is $154,000.

    Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s future came into sharper focus with the news that he will write a book, set to be published in 2020, about the shift of power away from gridlocked state and federal governments and toward cities. Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle announced late Tuesday that her chief of staff had stepped down for personal reasons.

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  • SEP 18, 2018
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    Finance Committee reluctantly backs plan to sell 289 affordable apartments, forgive $9M debt

    Aldermen reluctantly approved a plan Monday to forgive a $9 million loan and allow 289 apartments home to low- and moderate-income Chicagoans to be sold.

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  • SEP 18, 2018
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    Aldermen to weigh ATU plans for new offices in old Chicago Public School, two new appointments to Low-Income Housing Trust Fund Board

    The Committee on Housing and Real Estate will consider two appointments to the city’s Low-Income Housing Trust Fund Board at its meeting set for 10 a.m. Tuesday.

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  • SEP 18, 2018
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    Lead in water, Natural Gas prices hearings on tap after parliamentary move

    Two aldermen successfully pressured the City Council to schedule a hearing on the discovery that the water Chicagoans drink and bathe in might be tainted with lead.

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  • SEP 18, 2018
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    Morning briefing — Tax breaks, park improvements, Ethics Board appointments advance

    Aldermen endured full slate of committee meetings Monday, with another full day of hearings set for Tuesday at City Hall.


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  • SEP 17, 2018
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    Finance Committee to weigh $18.1M in police misconduct settlements, including $16M for family of Bettie Jones

    Aldermen are set to consider whether to approve an agreement to pay $16 million to the family of Bettie Jones, the woman shot dead by an officer who fired at a teenager carrying a baseball bat in December 2015.

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  • SEP 17, 2018
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    Morning briefing — New candidates file to run in the 1st, 9th, 46th wards; Tax breaks, park improvements, Ethics Board appointments set for votes

    Against the backdrop of several more candidates filing to run against them, aldermen have a full slate of committee meetings set for Monday, as they prepare for Thursday’s full City Council meeting — which will be held one day later than usual because of Yom Kippur.

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  • SEP 17, 2018
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    Alds. Waguespack, Taliaferro move to compel City Council to hold hearings on lead in drinking water

    Two aldermen moved to force the City Council to hold a hearing on the discovery that the water Chicagoans drink and bathe in might be tainted with lead.

    The testing kit Chicago residents can request. [City of Chicago]
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  • SEP 17, 2018
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    Vote set on ending nighttime operations at General Iron after Ald. Hopkins moves to force hearing

    Ald. Brian Hopkins (2) invoked a rarely-used rule to force a vote that could block scrap metal facility General Iron from operating at night near the North Branch of the Chicago River.

    General Iron's North Side facility is scheduled to close. [2nd Ward Office]
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  • SEP 14, 2018
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    75-unit affordable housing complex in Jefferson Park advances with green light from Plan Commission

    A 75-unit complex in Jefferson Park at the heart of the furious debate over affordable housing on the Far Northwest Side advanced Thursday as the Plan Commission gave the project the green light.

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