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    Daniel La Spata, Jay Ramirez and Lauren Young [Submitted]

    Ald. Daniel La Spata (1) declared victory Saturday in his write-in campaign for Democratic Committeeperson in his Northwest Side ward, despite being knocked off the primary ballot.

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    Cook County Assessor Fritz Kaegi. [A.D. Quig/The Daily Line]

    Cook County Assessor Fritz Kaegi is restarting the clock on this year’s round of property valuations.

    Kaegi will send new assessment notices to property owners in the nine townships that already got mailers from his office this year, he told The Daily Line on Friday. The revised assessments will take into effect the toll that the coronavirus pandemic has already taken on the region’s real estate market.

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  • Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle on Thursday announced an outreach campaign designed to help business owners and contractors apply for a piece of the $2 trillion federal relief package.

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  • Gov. JB Pritzker’s statewide stay-at-home order will not stop west-suburban Democratic Party leaders from getting together to choose a replacement for Cook County Comm. Jeffrey Tobolski (D-16) later this month.

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    Former Dallas Police Chief David Brown addresses the news media while Mayor Lori Lightfoot looks on. [Chicago Mayor's Office]

    Mayor Lori Lightfoot chose former Dallas Police Chief David Brown to lead the Chicago Police Department, she announced on Thursday.

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  • Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle threw cold water Wednesday on property owners’ hopes that their second-installment tax bills may be delayed while they reel from the economic devastation wrought by the coronavirus pandemic.

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    Chicago Police Board President Ghian Foreman addresses the news media in November. [Heather Cherone/The Daily Line] 

    The Chicago Police Board tapped three finalists in the search for a new Chicago Police Department superintendent at a chaotic audio-only meeting on Wednesday, the first of its kind during the coronavirus era.

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     Mayor Lori Lightfoot addresses the news media as Gov. JB Pritzker looks on. [Colin Boyle/Block Club Chicago]

    Mayor Lori Lightfoot insisted again Wednesday that Chicago’s municipal finances are weathering the storm whipped up by the coronavirus pandemic, even as Gov. JB Pritzker says the state’s budget will be "vastly different" than he planned.

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    Board of Review Commissioner Michael Cabonargi [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]

    A near-total shutdown of in-person government services has not stopped the Cook County Board of Review from churning through tens of thousands of appeals to determine how much in property taxes owners should pay.

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    Gov. JB Pritzker addresses the news media. [Colin Boyle/Block Club Chicago]

    Illinois residents must stay at home for another 30 days to prevent the state’s health care system from collapsing under the weight of the coronavirus pandemic, Gov. JB Pritzker announced Tuesday.

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    A fresh batch of mail-in ballots on Monday propelled Ald. George Cardenas (12) to a 21-vote lead over his arch-rival State Sen. State Sen. Tony Muñoz (D-Chicago) in the race to be the Democratic committeeperson for Chicago’s 12th Ward, erasing the advantage Muñoz has held since Election Day nearly two weeks ago.

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    A plan to build the city’s second-tallest tower could be approved during Chicago’s first public meeting in the coronavirus era.

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    City housing officials on Monday announced the approval of $13.2 million in tax credits for the construction of up to 1,083 units of affordable housing across Chicago, signaling that the coronavirus crisis has not stopped the city’s long-term fight to expand low-cost housing options.

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    As the number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Illinois continues to double every three or four days, Mayor Lori Lightfoot and Gov. JB Pritzker announced Monday that the battle against the pandemic entered a new phase with the announcement that McCormick Place will become a 3,000-bed hospital.

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    Chicagoans who lost their jobs or found their paychecks scaled back because of the coronavirus pandemic can apply for $1,000 grants from the city, Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced Friday.

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