The Committee on Workforce Development hears from the Illinois Restaurant Association on a proposed tipped wage phase-out freeze at a meeting on May 12, 2026. [Livestream]

Alderpeople advanced an ordinance out of the Committee on Workforce Development Tuesday freezing the city’s phase-out of the tipped wage for two years and allowing a more gradual phase-out for small businesses.

Ald. Peter Chico (10) speaks at a Committee on Public Safety meeting on May 12, 2026. [Livestream]

The City Council Committee on Public Safety on Tuesday was unable to get clear answers on when to expect the city to award a contract to a new gunshot detection technology vendor as an ongoing procurement process has lasted for over 19 months following the retirement of the city’s ShotSpotter system.

Renderings of the 1901 Project show an elevated pedestrian plaza and park space outside the United Center. [RIOS]

Alderpeople on Monday advanced an ordinance that gives consent to a property tax break for the massive development planned for the footprint of the United Center but delayed a vote on an ordinance establishing a pilot to put out bids for digital informational kiosks.

Workforce Development Chair Mike Rodriguez (22) is pictured at a City Council meeting in March 2023. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]

The City Council Committee on Workforce Development on Tuesday will consider a second attempt to freeze the phase-out of the subminimum wage for tipped workers, albeit only a temporary freeze this time.

The committee will meet at 12:30 p.m. in Room 201A at City Hall. 

Ald. Walter "Red" Burnett (27) speaks with Ald. Andre Vasquez (40) during a City Council meeting on April 15, 2026. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line] 

The City Council’s economic, capital and technology development committee on Monday will consider a proposed property tax break for a massive development planned to be built in the footprint of the United Center and the establishment of a pilot to install digital informational kiosks in select parts of the city. 

The committee will meet at 10:30 a.m. in Room 201A at City Hall. It will also be the first meeting helmed by newly selected Chair Derrick Curtis (18).  

Angelique Guzman (center) and Anjanette Young (right) face questions during a Committee on Police and Fire hearing on May 6, 2026. [Livestream]

The City Council police and fire committee on Wednesday advanced the mayor’s appointments to fill upcoming vacancies on the city’s civilian police oversight board.

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

The City Council Committee on Health and Human Relations on Thursday approved a measure that would require the city to disaggregate data collected about the city’s Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) populations when accounting for participation in several city programs.

Renderings of the proposed apartment development at 1338 W. Lake St. are pictured. [Chicago Department of Planning and Development] 

At the first meeting of the city’s Committee on Zoning, Landmarks and Building Standards in almost three months, alderpeople largely dug out from a backlog and advanced rezoning requests that created more than 1,900 units of housing overall, new Zoning Chair Gilbert Villegas (36) said.

The Committee on License and Consumer Protection meets on May 5, 2026. [Livestream]

The City Council Committee on License and Consumer Protection on Tuesday approved an ordinance banning so-called sweepstakes machines.  

The committee approved the measure over the opposition of the city’s business affairs department. 

The CPD emblem is pictured on the Chicago public safety headquarters. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]

Alderpeople at a meeting of the Joint Committee on Budget and Government Operations and Police and Fire on Tuesday pressed Chicago Police Department (CPD) and Office of Public Safety Administration (OPSA) leaders on overtime spending and medical leave policies, as well as the current status of a program to flag the early warning signs of mental health issues in officers.

Ald. Gilbert Villegas (36), the council's new zoning chair, is pictured at a City Council meeting on April 15, 2026. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]

The City Council Committee on Zoning, Landmarks and Building Standards on Wednesday will convene for the first time in nearly three months after Ald. Gilbert Villegas (36) became the zoning chair in April, ending a monthslong pause in business. 

Related: Villegas hopes to integrate technology, speed up bureaucratic processes as zoning chair

The committee now must catch up on scores of items that have piled up, and Villegas has said items introduced in April will be saved for a second meeting on May 19. The committee will meet at 10 a.m. in council chambers. 

Ald. Anthony Beale (9) is pictured during a City Council meeting on Feb. 26, 2025. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]

The City Council Committee on License and Consumer Protection on Tuesday will take up an ordinance that would crack down on so-called sweepstakes machines, which exist in a legal gray area and have taken advantage of Chicago’s previous prohibition on video gambling machines.

The license and consumer protection committee will meet at 12:30 p.m. in Room 201A at City Hall.

The CPD emblem is on the Chicago public safety headquarters. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]

A joint meeting of the City Council’s police and fire and budget committees on Tuesday will hear about the spending this year by the Chicago Police Department on overtime as well as the latest on returning injured officers and firefighters to duty quicker.

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

Ald. Gilbert Villegas (36), the council's new zoning chair, is pictured at a City Council meeting on April 15, 2026. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]

A Northwest Side alderman will convene the first City Council zoning committee meeting in a matter of months next week after his surprise ascension to the chairmanship of the Committee on Zoning, Landmarks and Building Standards broke a monthslong impasse.

Ald. Timmy Knudsen (43) is pictured at a City Council meeting in November 2023. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]

Participating in online prediction wagering services, such as those offered by Kalshi or Polymarket, could soon be regulated for Chicago officials and employees if a proposed measure is passed by the City Council.