Chicago News
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The Chicago Plan Commission meets at 10 a.m. today in Room 201A to consider thee transit-oriented developments — in Wicker Park, Old Town and the West Loop — as well as changes to the plans for a new dorm for University of Chicago and a new school on the Far Northwest Side.
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The battle that has been brewing for weeks over the future of O’Hare International Airport is set to erupt at 10 a.m. today at City Hall as the Aviation Committee tackles Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s proposed $8.5 billion airport expansion, O2018-1124.
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The Cook County Board's day starts with its Finance Committee, which looks to take up a contentious issue on prevailing wage tax breaks this morning. The Intergovernmental Committee is slated to handled two previously-delayed appointments, and the Board of Commissioners may hear a resolution from Comm. Richard Boykin which lobs a no-confidence accusation at President Toni Preckwinkle.
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‘Cards Against Humanity’ creator Max Temkin teamed up with Melissa Harris, a former business columnist at the Chicago Tribune turned founder and CEO of M. Harris, a marketing agency to polled roughly 500 registered Chicago voters. The poll found 57 percent of registered voters felt things in city were “pretty seriously off track,” an improvement from September, when the number was 66 percent.
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A large gathering of community group representatives, aldermen, and police reform advocates met on the second floor City Hall lobby to push for creation of a new structure with oversight of the Chicago Police Department, COPA, and the Police Board. Despite opposition from the FOP and some city leadership, the wind is at their backs, they argue, as the mayor and aldermen face re-election in 2019.
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We’ve been slowly accumulating palm cards and sample ballots from readers’ mailboxes and our social media feeds. As Crain’s reported yesterday, several aldermen who are also Democratic committeeman have cut away from Assessor Joe Berrios, though not all are distributing palm cards. A few opted not to endorse in the Cook County Board President race between Toni Preckwinkle and former alderman Bob Fioretti, either.
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Plaintiffs Andy Thayer and Rick Garcia will have to wait another month to learn the fate of their case against the city that seeks to nullify the June 2016 City Council meeting because it was “not properly opened,” while airlines meet with aldermen and Police Board President Lori Lightfoot speaks to the City Club.
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Assessor candidate Frederick “Fritz” Kaegi is confident in a win on March 20. “Polling looks terrific.” Even calculating for potential unusable votes cast for Andrea Raila, Kaegi said, “We’re not worried. We’re firmly focused on Joe Berrios. I think to the extent that people may be voting for her it may be drawing equally from both of us.”
(Kaegi takes questions from reporters after a speech at the City Club of Chicago on March 8, 2018. Photo: A.D. Quig, The Daily Line)
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An analysis of Chicago Police Department data from July 1, 2016 through Dec. 31, 2016 found while the city and police department have made “great strides in its efforts to reform its policies and practices and public image within the past two years,” police stops of black civilians “outnumbered stops of other racial and ethnic groups by a significant margin.” And black and Latino civilians “were significantly more likely to be patted down” than white civilians.
(Chart via “The Consultant’s Second Semi-Annual Report Investigatory Stop & Protective Pat Down Agreement,” March 2018.)
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One of the candidates in Cook County’s 7th District race tossed accusations of pay-to-play politics at her opponent, alleging improper donations that are similar to those that Assessor Joe Berrios is fighting fines for.
