The joint City Council ethics and police and fire committee was told on Tuesday that most of the impact from the implementation of a study into ways to more consistently allocate Chicago Police Department (CPD) staff and resources could be seen and felt in the upcoming fiscal year’s budget.

Police Supt. Larry Snelling comes before the City Council in September 2023. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]

A joint panel of alderpeople on Tuesday will hold a hearing on a study of how the Chicago Police Department (CPD) allocates its officers and other staff. 

The City Council Joint Committee on Police and Fire and Ethics and Government Oversight will meet at 11 a.m. in council chambers.

Ald. Lamont Robinson (4) voices support for the Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. Fairness in Democracy Ordinance at a City Council meeting on May 20, 2026. [Livestream]

The City Council on Wednesday approved an ordinance (SO2026-0024036) backed by Mayor Brandon Johnson and pushed by voting rights groups to enact and study policies to safeguard and improve access to the ballot box and protect rank-and-file election workers from targeted harassment.   

The ordinance is named after the late Rev. Jesse Jackson, Sr., a champion of the protection and expansion of voting rights, and was spurred by fears about intimidation or from the Trump administration that could restrict access this November.   

Related: 'Fair Access to Democracy’ ordinance would ban doxxing of poll workers, require secured mail boxes, set up group to study additional ballot access policies

Renderings show the proposed mixed-use development at 3301-3315 S. Justine St. in McKinley Park. [Chicago Department of Planning and Development]

The Chicago Plan Commission on Thursday approved developments adding several hundred new units of housing in McKinley Park and Avondale.

Original One Fair Wage Ordinance sponsor Ald. Jessie Fuentes (26) is pictured at a City Council meeting on April 15, 2026. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]

In the latest chapter of the saga over the elimination of a separate wage for tipped workers, alderpeople approved a measure Wednesday that will temporarily pause the One Fair Wage Ordinance, as well as give a more gradual phase-out of the tipped wage for small businesses.

Mayor Brandon Johnson presides over a City Council meeting on April 15, 2026. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]

The City Council on Wednesday approved measures to bar police from participating in extremist groups, multiple developments adding hundreds of new housing units and the next inspector general and leader of the transportation department.

The City Council meets on April 15, 2026. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]

The City Council on Wednesday could move to adopt a plan to temporarily pause the phased elimination of the tipped wage and formally ban machines that ape legal video gambling terminals. 

The council is also set to hold confirmation votes on the next inspector general, transportation commissioner and two candidates to sit on the city’s civilian policy oversight board. The council meets at 10 a.m. 

The two-building affordable development planned for 7605 and 7615 N. Paulina St. in Rogers Park is pictured. [Chicago Department of Planning and Development]

The City Council Committee on Zoning, Landmarks and Building Standards on Tuesday approved plans for an all-affordable development in Rogers Park and advanced measures providing some relief to recently enacted limits on new gas stations and making it easier for craft brewers, wine makers and distilleries to host entertainment.

Acting Inspector General David Glockner appears before the Committee on Ethics and Government Oversight on May 19, 2026. [Livestream] 

Alderpeople on the Committee on Ethics and Government Oversight on Tuesday advanced Mayor Brandon Johnson’s nomination for inspector general and approved a measure centered around protecting ballot access and election workers.

A bird's eye view of the downtown Greyhound bus terminal is pictured. [Chicago Department of Planning and Development]

The City Council’s finance committee on Monday advanced a disability rights lawsuit settlement, tax increment financing (TIF) allocations for community improvement projects in Austin, New City and Albany Park and the expansion of a downtown TIF district as the city looks to acquire an intercity bus terminal.

The approved items will be considered by the City Council Wednesday.

The two-building affordable development planned for 7605 and 7615 N. Paulina St. in Rogers Park is pictured. [Chicago Department of Planning and Development]

The City Council Committee on Zoning, Landmarks and Building Standards on Tuesday will consider a measure to permit places like churches and synagogues to rent unused parking lot space, an all-affordable development in Rogers Park and new exemptions to a rule buffering businesses with public amusement licenses from single-family neighborhoods. 

Tuesday’s zoning meeting, the second of the month, is intended to cover items introduced in April as well as pending text amendments, as new Zoning Chair Gilbert Villegas (36) tries to catch up on a backlog that was largely addressed at a meeting earlier this month. The committee will meet at 10 a.m. in council chambers.

Ald. Emma Mitts (37), who chairs the contracting committee, is pictured at a City Council meeting in March 2023. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]

The Committee on Contracting Oversight and Equity on Monday approved an ordinance to establish better tracking for minority-owned business enterprise (MBE), women-owned business enterprise (WBE) and local Chicago labor utilization by real estate developers.

Finance Chair Pat Dowell (3) is pictured during a City Council meeting on June 12, 2024. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]

The City Council Committee on Finance on Monday will take up two large police misconduct settlements, a disability rights lawsuit settlement and tax increment financing (TIF) allocations for multiple community improvement projects. 

The finance committee will meet at 10 a.m. in council chambers. 

Ald. Emma Mitts (37), who chairs the contracting committee, is pictured at a City Council meeting in March 2023. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]

Alderpeople on the Committee on Contracting Oversight and Equity on Monday will consider two ordinances concerning minority business and labor participation in the construction industry. The committee will meet at 12:30 p.m. in council chambers. 

Chicago has taken its first steps toward a potential sale of its outstanding vehicle debt, such as residents’ unpaid parking, speed and red light tickets to a private collection firm.