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For weeks, animal-rights activists have made sure to be at City Hall early on days when the City Council is scheduled to meet in order to make a public plea to aldermen to ban horse-drawn carriages.
A carriage from the now-shuttered Noble Horse stables rumbles down Wells Street in 2011. [Flickr/David B. Gleason] -
Ald. Brian Hopkins (2) is set to launch a push to create a registry of Chicago murals, after it ran into a brick wall at last month’s meeting of the Zoning Committee failed to advance Thursday, after aldermen agreed the plan designed to prevent graffiti-removal crews from wiping them out could backfire. Two new candidates for the City Council surfaced, and a commissioner weighed in on what Toni Preckwinkle would be like as mayor.
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SEP 11, 2018
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Former Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn’s effort to limit Chicago mayors to two terms in office should not appear on the Nov. 6 ballot, a Chicago Board of Elections Commissioner ruled Monday.
Former Gov. Pat Quinn delivers mayoral term limit petitions signed by more than 86,481 people to Peter Polacek, the managing editor of the City Council Journal. [Heather Cherone/The Daily Line] -
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle is set to announce she will form an exploratory campaign for mayor — even though she is already running for a second term as county board president. After weighing a run for mayor, community activist Jedidiah Brown will run again for the City Council.
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The latest round of tests found 644 homes near O’Hare and Midway airports have a foul odor coming from their city-installed sound-reduction windows, according to the latest tally of complaints investigated by city officials.
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SEP 07, 2018
Ald. Jason Ervin (28) drew a challenger, while the races in the 25th and 43rd Wards got even more crowded. Meanwhile, Jerry Joyce reported a big haul of campaign cash and Mayor Rahm Emanuel vowed to leave no ally behind — despite his looming departure from City Hall.
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Chicago Police officers will be required to report when they pointed a gun at someone, after Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan prevailed in a dispute with Mayor Rahm Emanuel — one day after he announced he not seek a third term.
Chicago Police Supt. Eddie Johnson discusses the draft consent decree. [A.D. Quig/The Daily Line] -
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Even as the mayoral race drew most of the attention, a new candidate filed to run for the open 22nd Ward seat, while the 33rd Ward committeeman dropped his bid for alderman of the Northwest Side ward. Despite Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s decision not to run for a third-term, his organization’s challenge of a measure that would impose a two-term limit on Chicago’s mayors will continue.
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The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Board will not vote Thursday as scheduled on a request to “recognize the authority” of Gov. Bruce Rauner to fill the vacancy of the late Commissioner Timothy Bradford through 2020.
Metropolitan Water Reclamation District candidate Cam Davis called the vote, originally scheduled for Thursday, "so bizarre." [Submitted photos] -
Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s surprise announcement that he will not seek a third term in office leaves approximately a dozen high-profile projects and proposals in limbo — including the 2019 budget, with hearings set to start next month.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel has repeatedly claimed credit for the city's improving financial situation. [Heather Cherone/The Daily Line]
Mayoral candidate Willie Wilson speaks to reporters. [Submitted photo]
