Health and Human Relations Committee Chair Rossana Rodriguez-Sanchez (33) is pictured during a City Council meeting on Fe. 26, 2025. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]

Alderpeople on the Committee on Health and Human Relations on Tuesday approved a measure that calls on the governor to pause utility shutoffs for residents amid the ongoing immigration enforcement campaign in the Chicago region and as stricter food stamp benefit requirements will soon go into effect.

Ald. Jessie Fuentes (26) is pictured during a City Council meeting in October 2023. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]

A joint meeting of the City Council Committee on Immigrant and Refugee Rights and Committee on Police and Fire on Tuesday will take up a measure that would enable the Civilian Office of Police Accountability (COPA) to formally investigate alleged violations of Chicago’s Welcoming City Ordinance.

Health and Human Relations Committee Chair Rossana Rodriguez-Sanchez (33) is pictured during a City Council meeting on Fe. 26, 2025. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]

The City Council Committee on Health and Human Relations on Tuesday will hold a hearing on the impact of the federal government’s immigration enforcement campaign in Chicago.

Ald. Nicole Lee (11) speaks at a special City Council meeting on Feb. 26, 2025. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]

A majority of alderpeople are calling for a hearing in the Committee on Finance on why Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration only made half of the city’s advance pension payment. The mayor and his budget team have cited cash flow issues and that the city's budget allows the payment to be broken up into multiple installments. 

Ald. Bennett Lawson (44) is pictured during a City Council meeting in October 2023. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]

More than a dozen alderpeople introduced a measure (R2026-0022537) during Wednesday’s City Council meeting that would make Ald. Bennett Lawson (44) the permanent chair of the powerful Committee on Zoning, Landmarks and Building Standards. 

Lawson has served as acting chair of the committee for about half of Mayor Brandon Johnson’s term. 

A rendering of the Bally's Chicago casino is pictured.

Revenue has continued to fall beneath expectations at the temporary Bally’s casino at Medinah Temple as progress continues on the casino operator’s permanent site, the City Council Committee on Contracting Oversight and Equity learned during its annual casino hearing Thursday.

Ald. Marty Quinn (13), sponsor of the hemp restriction ordinance, is pictured during a Jan. 15, 2025 council meeting. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]

The City Council on Wednesday approved a measure to restrict the sale of hemp products that mimic the effects of cannabis but can be bought by anyone, including kids, at many retailers. The council also approved city financial assistance for a downtown adaptive reuse project, multiple legal settlements and land sales and an appointment to the City Colleges board.

Public Safety Chair Brian Hopkins (2) is pictured at a City Council meeting in April 2024. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]

Alderpeople at the City Council on Wednesday deferred final approval of a measure aimed at helping police respond to and deter unruly, sometimes violent, “teen takeover” events.

Mayor Brandon Johnson presides over a City Council meeting on Dec. 16, 2024. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]

The City Council on Wednesday could take final action on the latest attempt from Ald. Brian Hopkins (2) to allow Chicago police to declare temporary time-and-place curfews to deter “teen takeovers” and is set to consider a measure to restrict the sale of hemp products that mimic the effects of cannabis that was delayed last month. 

The council will meet at 10 a.m.

Ald. William Hall (6) is pictured during a City Council meeting on Oct. 9, 2024. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]

The City Committee on Public Safety on Tuesday did not take action on multiple items on its agenda, including a measure from Ald. William Hall (6) that’s aimed at cracking down on the planning of “teen takeovers” via social media. 

Ald. William Hall (6) is pictured during a City Council meeting on Oct. 9, 2024. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]

The City Council Committee on Public Safety on Tuesday could take up a revised version of an ordinance that seeks to hold social media companies accountable for leaving up posts promoting “teen trends,” large gatherings of minors and young adults that sometimes turn unruly and violent. 

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

Ald. Matt O'Shea (19), chair of the Committee on Aviation, is pictured during a City Council meeting on Oct. 19, 2023. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]

The City Council Committee on Aviation on Tuesday will consider a measure hiking some fines for security procedure offenses committed at the city’s airports and establishing new violations. 

The aviation committee is set to meet at 1 p.m. in Room 201A at City Hall.

City Hall is pictured. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]

The city’s Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) on Friday approved several special use and variation applications that would allow new residential developments in Bridgeport, Douglass Park and Lincoln Park.

Renderings show the proposed master plan for the Foundry Park development site. [Chicago Department of Planning and Development presentation]

The Chicago Plan Commission on Thursday approved a proposed planned development application on the Near West Side and a proposed planned development amendment to accommodate the development of a site along the north branch of the Chicago River into multiple residential and commercial uses.

The approved items must next go through the Committee on Zoning, Landmarks and Building Standards. 

City Hall is pictured. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]

The Chicago Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) on Friday will consider several special use and variation applications that would allow new residential developments in Bridgeport, Douglass Park and Lincoln Park. The board will meet at 9 a.m. in City Council chambers.