Chicago News
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JAN 22, 2020
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JAN 22, 2020
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Mayor Lightfoot tours 345 Art Gallery with owner Corry Williams PASCAL SABINO / BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
Applications are now open through the end of February for $10 million in new business development grants provided by the city’s Neighborhood Opportunity Fund program.
The grants will be a driving force behind Mayor Lori Lighfoot’s INVEST South/West initiative to support equitable development in commercial corridors on the South and West sides. The city recently unveiled changes to the Neighborhood Opportunity Fund program that aim to make the program more accessible to the businesses that could benefit most from the money. -
JAN 21, 2020
Three candidates filed to run for the position of Democratic Committeeperson in Chicago’s 1st Ward this year, and two candidates declared for the position in the 9th Ward. A free-for-all of mutual petition challenges may prevent any of their names from being printed on the March 17 primary ballot, pending a hearing by the Chicago Board of Elections on Tuesday.
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The Illinois State Board of Elections is set to decide on Feb. 19 whether Illinois elected officials can dip into their campaign funds to pay for lawyers to represent them in criminal probes, as several lawmakers find themselves at the center of investigations swirling around City Hall and the state Capitol.
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JAN 20, 2020
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New rules that require nonprofit organizations to register as lobbyists do not apply to grassroots groups or residents who press city officials on issues they are concerned about, according to three advisory opinions issued by the Chicago Board of Ethics.
The Chicago Board of Ethics discusses. rules requiring lobbyists for nonprofit groups to register with the city. [Heather Cherone/The Daily Line]
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Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s bet that she could save the city at least $200 million in 2020 by refinancing $1.5 billion of the city’s debt paid off — and the deal will allow city officials to bank another $100 million to be used to fill the city’s projected budget gap in 2021, finance officials announced Friday.
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JAN 17, 2020
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JAN 17, 2020
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Plans to build the Obama Presidential Center in Jackson Park will have an “adverse impact” on Jackson Park, the Midway Plaisance and the city’s Park Boulevard System, all of which are listed on the National Register of Historic Places, according to a finalized federal review released Thursday.
A rendering of the proposed Obama Presidential Center. [City of Chicago]
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JAN 17, 2020
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A draft proposal aimed at preventing displacement in Woodlawn announced by the city’s Housing Department Thursday would leave out key elements of a community benefits agreement ordinance already endorsed by 29 aldermen.
The new proposal would apply only to census tracts within three-fifths of a mile of the Obama Presidential Center, as opposed to the proposed community benefits agreement which would apply to all properties within a two-mile radius of the center. While Woodlawn would be included in the plan, most of South Shore and Washington Park would not. -
Mayor Lori Lightfoot warned aldermen not to let a push to determine whether businesses that are owned by gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender Chicagoans face discrimination spiral into an debate that pitted gay Chicagoans against Black and Latino Chicagoans.
Ald. Carlos Ramirez-Rosa (35), left, and Ald. Mike Rodriguez (22), right, flank Mayor Lori Lightfoot as she touts expanded protections for immigrants. [Heather Cherone/The Daily Line]
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JAN 16, 2020
Cook County Board of Commissioners and county board President Toni Preckwinkle would expand their power over the independent board that runs the county’s $2.9 billion Health and Hospital System under a measure set to be introduced on Thursday, as commissioners continue to demand answers over the health system’s shaky financial future.
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JAN 15, 2020
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A proposed ordinance aimed at curbing gentrification along The 606's Bloomingdale Trail was reintroduced at City Council this week.
[Alisa Hauser/DNAinfo Chicago]It’s official: Chicago is hitting the pause button on demolitions along The 606’s Bloomingdale Trail in just a couple of weeks.
