Paul Simon Job Corps Center Director William Otter speaks to Ald. Andre Vasquez (40) during a Committee on Workforce Development meeting on July 7, 2025. [Livestream]

The City Council Committee on Workforce Development on Monday approved a resolution to support the Paul Simon Job Corps Center and to urge continued funding for the federal program. The technical school is facing a possible closure as part of a broader shutdown of the program, which is over 60 years old and operates across the country, by the Trump administration.

Ald. Byron Sigcho-Lopez (25), chair of the housing committee, is pictured at a City Council meeting on April 7, 2025. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]

The City Council’s housing committee on Wednesday will hold a subject matter hearing on algorithmic price fixing for housing and will consider appointments to the board of Chicago’s Green Social Housing program development corporation and proposed changes to the City Lots for Working Families Program.

The Committee on Housing and Real Estate will meet at 11 a.m. in council chambers. 

A CTA logo and train are pictured.

The City Council Committee on Transportation and Public Way on Wednesday will consider a resolution to call on the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) to better enforce anti-smoking rules on trains and buses. 

The transportation committee will meet at 10:15 a.m. in Room 201A at City Hall. 

Ald. Nick Sposato (38), chair of the Committee on Special Events, Cultural Affairs and Recreation, is pictured at a council meeting Oct. 11, 2023. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]

The City Council Committee on Special Events, Cultural Affairs and Recreation on Tuesday will consider a measure to disburse open space funding to a project in Logan Square.

Ald. Debra Silverstein (50), chair of the license and consumer protection committee, is pictured at a City Council meeting in October 2023. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]

The City Council Committee on License and Consumer Protection on Tuesday will consider multiple measures affecting the allowance of liquor and package goods licenses across the city. 

The meeting will occur as a recent downtown shooting led the local alderman to call on the city to revoke the license for the nightclub where the incident occurred. 

The committee will meet at 10:30 a.m. in Room 201A at City Hall. 

Ald. Mike Rodriguez (22) is pictured at a City Council meeting in March 2023. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line] 

The City Council Committee on Workforce Development on Monday will consider a resolution to support the Paul Simon Jobs Corps Center, as the technical school faces closure as part of a broader shutdown by the Trump administration, and to urge continued funding for the federal program, which is over 60 years old and operates across the country. 

The committee is slated to meet at 10 a.m. in council chambers.

The Cook County government on Wednesday unveiled a new tracking tool that will allow the public to monitor the progress of Tyler Technologies and the entities that administer the county’s property tax system — the Cook County Assessor’s Office, Board of Review, Clerk’s Office and Treasurer’s Office — as they all work to finish the longtime modernization of the county property tax system.

Immigrant and Refugee Rights Chair Andre Vasquez (40) speaks at a City Council meeting on March 12, 2025. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]

The City Council’s immigration committee on Tuesday held a hearing on potential violations of the Welcoming City Ordinance during an immigration operation several weeks ago and approved an order calling on city and Chicago Police Department (CPD) officials to provide all relevant data and communications surrounding the incident.

The hearing was light on specific details and exposed a lack of official procedure for investigating the alleged violations, leading some alderpeople to urge more expediency from the city in providing answers as they seek to protect their own constituents from similar operations they expect to keep happening.

Adam Bianchi, the appointee to be Cook County Forest Preserves general superintendent. [Forest Preserves of Cook County]

The Cook County Forest Preserve District Board of Commissioners on Tuesday will consider the appointment of a new permanent head of the forest preserves.

Corporation Counsel Mary Richardson-Lowry speaks at a news conference flanked by Mayor Brandon Johnson on Oct. 9, 2024. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]

The city on Monday released the 2024 Chicago Police Department (CPD) Litigation Report, which is published annually in accordance with the requirements of the federal consent decree over CPD. The annual report details the total amount paid out as a result of civil lawsuits in a given calendar year.

Ald. Andre Vasquez (40) is pictured during a City Council meeting on June 18, 2025. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]

The City Council’s immigration committee this week will hold a hearing to probe the Chicago Police Department’s (CPD) level of involvement in a high-profile federal immigration operation that separated families, attracted protests and led to one alderman being roughed up by law enforcement.

Ald. Desmon Yancy (5) attends a City Council meeting on May 24, 2023. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]

Alderpeople on Thursday considered what the Chicago Police Department’s traffic stop policy should look like as the department and civilian police oversight board consider proposed changes.

A rendering of the Harvest Homes II Apartment project in East Garfield Park. [Department of Planning and Development]

The Chicago Plan Commission on Thursday approved projects including a gas station renovation in Uptown, a photography studio expansion in West Town and a new residential development in East Garfield Park.

The flag of Cook County is pictured. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]

Cook County President Toni Preckwinkle announced the launch of the second phase of the county’s down payment assistance program on Wednesday. The program provides subsidies to homebuyers equal to 5 percent of a home's sale price, up to $25,000, to help people buy single-family homes, townhouses or condominiums.

Alderpeople on Thursday will hold a hearing on a proposed new police traffic stop policy, and the board of ethics’ rule and regulation changes are slated to go into effect next month after being submitted to the City Council.