Chicago News
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SEP 08, 2026
Mayor Brandon Johnson attends a rally in Edgewater in support of the Protecting Renters Ordinance on Aug. 16, 2026. [Livestream]
In an effort to make the legislation more palatable and get it passed by the City Council this fall, Mayor Brandon Johnson has revised parts of his Protecting Renters Ordinance (PRO) to exempt small landlords from the provisions that require landlords in some instances to help pay for a tenant’s moving costs if the landlord chooses not to renew a lease.
The revisions (SO2026-0026554) also would reduce relocation assistance and create a one-year grace period before a tenant’s right to be compensated kicks in.
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The seal of the Forest Preserves of Cook County. [Michael McDevitt/The Daily Line]
A more than two-week strike of unionized workers for the Forest Preserves of Cook County came to an end last week after an agreement was struck between the district and labor union, and workers returned to their jobs.
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SEP 04, 2026
Mayor Brandon Johnson presides over a City Council meeting on April 15, 2026. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]
Chicago lawmakers will have to close an anticipated $882.4 million budget gap during the upcoming budget season, and while it’s lower than what earlier projections forecasted for the 2027 fiscal year, a fight over how to close it is still to be expected.
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SEP 03, 2026
Toni Brooks is pictured. [Fred Brown Photography]
A U.S. military veteran running in the increasingly crowded race for Chicago mayor says she wants to bust open the city’s books to find ways to reallocate wasteful and unnecessary spending to programs more beneficial to Chicagoans.
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SEP 02, 2026
Ald. Maria Hadden (49) is pictured at a City Council meeting on April 7, 2025. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]
The City Council Committee on Environmental Protection and Energy on Tuesday approved an ordinance to include data centers in the city’s energy benchmarking program for large buildings.
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SEP 01, 2026
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AUG 28, 2026
Ald. Maria Hadden (49) is pictured at a City Council meeting on April 7, 2025. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]
The City Council Committee on Environmental Protection and Energy on Tuesday will consider an ordinance that would remove an exemption in city code that excludes data centers from the city’s program that intakes and reports on large buildings’ energy use.
The environment committee will meet at 10 a.m. in council chambers.
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AUG 27, 2026
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AUG 26, 2026
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AUG 25, 2026
Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas appears at a budget hearing in October 2023. [Livestream]
An analysis from the Cook County Treasurer’s Office showed that homeowners faced more of an increase in their property taxes this year compared to businesses and that the entire property tax levy increased beyond the rate of inflation.
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AUG 24, 2026
A rendering of McLaurin Development Partners' development in Bronzeville. [Department of Planning and Development]
The Chicago Plan Commission on Thursday approved plans for the redevelopment of the site of the closed Ford City Mall, a mixed-use development near Rate Field in Bronzeville and a condominium building in the West Loop.
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Chicago City Hall is pictured. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]
Following a change to how the city collects taxes on alcoholic beverages purchased at liquor stores and other packaged goods licensees, Chicago reported a more than $4 million drop in the amount of liquor tax revenue remitted by businesses through July.
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AUG 20, 2026
A rendering of McLaurin Development Partners' development in Bronzeville. [Department of Planning and Development]
The Chicago Plan Commission on Thursday will consider plans for the redevelopment of the site of the shuttered Ford City Mall, a mixed-use development near Rate Field and a downtown condominium building.
The plan commission will meet at 10 a.m. in Room 1103 at City Hall.
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AUG 19, 2026
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AUG 18, 2026
Mayor Brandon Johnson attends a rally in Edgewater in support of the Protecting Renters Ordinance on Aug. 16, 2026. [Livestream]
The mayor and allies held a lakefront rally on the Far North Side Sunday to urge support for a proposed overhaul of the city’s rental housing code that has sat in the City Council’s housing committee for almost two months.
The rally kicked off an expected canvassing effort to build grassroots support for the housing proposal.
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