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A proposal to build a 100-unit all-affordable apartment complex in Logan Square is set to take another step forward Monday, as aldermen will weigh a proposal for the city to help finance the project with $22.5 million worth of multifamily housing bonds.
Plans call for a 100-unit, all-affordable apartment complex on city-owned land near the Logan Square CTA Blue Line station. [Bickerdike Development]
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JAN 13, 2020
Leaders of the Cook County Recorder of Deeds’ office must do better at implementing a series of hiring reforms if they want to get a court monitor off their backs in time for their scheduled merger with the Cook County Clerk’s office at the end of this year, a federal judge told county officials on Friday.
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Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s pick to lead the Chicago Department of Health cleared a key city panel on Friday as aldermen vowed to hold her accountable for promises to expand mental health services in Chicago without reopening six city-run health clinics closed by former Mayor Rahm Emanuel in 2011.
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Mayor Lori Lightfoot is committed to expanding protections for undocumented immigrants by prohibiting any cooperation with federal immigration officials — but only after the U.S. Supreme Court decides whether the Trump administration can punish so-called sanctuary cities.
Mayor Lori Lightfoot fields questions from reporters. [Heather Cherone/The Daily Line]
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People enjoy The 606. MINA BLOOM / BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
Mayor Lori Lightfoot blasted a proposal to freeze construction near the 606 Bloomingdale Trail as a misguided effort that is likely illegal, even as aldermen scheduled a vote on the effort to blunt rapid gentrification along the popular trail.
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Aldermen are set to consider a measure backed by Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Wednesday that would expand the city’s protections for undocumented immigrants — but the revised Welcoming City ordinance would continue to allow Chicago Police to cooperate with federal agents in some specific cases.
Ald. Carlos Ramirez-Rosa (35) rallies members of the Reimagine Chicago coalition. [Heather Cherone/The Daily Line]
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JAN 10, 2020
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JAN 09, 2020
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JAN 08, 2020
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A proposed ordinance aimed at curbing gentrification along The 606's Bloomingdale Trail was reintroduced at City Council this week. [Alisa Hauser/DNAinfo Chicago]
Two aldermen said Wednesday they are on track to resuscitate a measure next week that would freeze construction near the 606 Bloomingdale Trail as a way of blunting rapid gentrification on the Near Northwest Side.
Alds. Carlos Ramirez-Rosa (35) and Roberto Maldonado (26) told The Daily Line Wednesday they are working on a series of “tweaks” that would narrow the scope of their sweeping ordinance (O2019-9439) to ban building permits, demolition permits and zoning changes near the popular elevated trail for 14 months. Proposed changes include carve-outs for affordable housing developments, as well as for minor construction work.
