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OCT 20, 2026
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From top left across, Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias, lobbyist John Kelly, Chicago Housing Authority Board Comm. Matt Brewer, businessman Willie Wilson and U.S. Rep. Mike Quigley (D-Ill.) are pictured.
Five of the dozen-plus candidates for Chicago mayor filed their nominating petitions with the Chicago Board of Elections Monday morning. Mayor Brandon Johnson, who announced his reelection bid a month ago, was not one of them.
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OCT 20, 2026
Ald. Peter Chico (10) speaks about the ShotSpotter replacement procurement process at a Committee on Public Safety meeting on May 12, 2026. [Livestream]
Alderpeople at Tuesday’s Committee on Contracting Oversight and Equity meeting are hoping to force completion of a more than two-year process of choosing a new vendor for technology to quickly facilitate the dispatch of emergency services to gun violence victims following a shooting, technology that is supposed to replace the city’s ShotSpotter system.
The committee will meet at 1:30 p.m. in council chambers.
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OCT 19, 2026
City Hall is pictured. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]
Several of Mayor Brandon Johnson’s nominees to the Chicago Housing Authority (CHA) Board of Commissioners were either outright rejected or stalled at last week’s City Council meeting following concerns about the mayor stacking the board with allies who will fire the head of the agency — allegations the mayor has denied.
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OCT 16, 2026
Ald. Matt Martin (47) is pictured at a City Council meeting on Sept. 25, 2026. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]
The City Council on Wednesday passed two environmental policy measures, including a call for Springfield to regulate data centers and a ban on the city government’s purchase and use of foodware products made from Styrofoam and similar material.
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OCT 15, 2026
The City Council meets on Dec. 16, 2024. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]
The City Council on Wednesday approved an expansion of the city’s automated parking enforcement pilot permanent, a new human resources commissioner and fleet and facility management commissioner and a massive police misconduct settlement.
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OCT 15, 2026
Ald. Marty Quinn (13) is pictured at a City Council meeting on Jan. 15, 2025. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]
The City Council fell short one vote Wednesday of overturning Mayor Brandon Johnson’s veto of an ordinance that would have raised the threshold for approving the issuance of new debt from 26 council members to 30 members, or three-fifths of the council.
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OCT 14, 2026
The City Council convenes on April 15, 2026. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]
The City Council on Wednesday will consider final approval of a measure to make the city’s automated parking enforcement pilot permanent, a new human resources commissioner and fleet and facility management commissioner and a massive police misconduct settlement.
Alderpeople will also get an opportunity to try to overturn Mayor Brandon Johnson’s recent veto of an ordinance raising the threshold for the council to approve new city debt issuances from 26 votes to 30. The council will meet at 10 a.m.
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OCT 14, 2026
Zoning Chair Gilbert Villegas (36) is pictured at a City Council housing committee meeting on Sept. 16, 2026. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]
The City Council Committee on Zoning, Landmarks and Building Standards on Tuesday approved the creation of a task force to improve coordination between the city and county court system to resolve housing issues but delayed a vote that would have stripped landmark status from a Near North Side bridge.
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OCT 14, 2026
Nominees for the Advisory Council on Access to Democracy appear before the Committee on Ethics and Government Oversight on Oct. 13, 2026. [Livestream]
The City Council Committee on Ethics and Government Oversight on Tuesday approved the majority of the mayoral appointments to a task force created under recent legislation that both instituted and called for recommendations for policies to safeguard and improve access to the ballot box and protect rank-and-file election workers from targeted harassment.
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OCT 13, 2026
Ald. Daniel La Spata (1) is pictured at a City Council meeting in July 2022. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]
The City Council Committee on Pedestrian and Traffic Safety on Friday advanced a measure to make the city’s automated parking enforcement pilot permanent but delayed a contract extension with the operator of the city’s bike and scooter sharing program.
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OCT 09, 2026
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle gives her 2027 budget address on Oct. 8, 2026. [Office of the President]
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle on Thursday unveiled a $9.69 billion proposed budget for the 2027 fiscal year on Wednesday, reducing spending by about 4.2 percent from this year and employing a number of stopgap measures to close the largest budget deficit of the past 16 years.
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OCT 08, 2026
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The development team behind the proposed Amtrak Midwest Maintenance Facility on South Canal Street take questions at the Committee on Transportation and Public Way meeting on Oct. 7, 2026. [Livestream]
Alderpeople at a City Council Committee on Transportation and Public Way hearing on Wednesday called for the release of documents related to the controversial plan by Amtrak to build a new rail maintenance facility through parts of Bridgeport, Chinatown and Armour Square.
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OCT 08, 2026
Acting Department of Human Resources Comm. Tiheta Hinton appears before the Committee on Workforce Development on Oct. 7, 2026. [Livestream]
The City Council Committee on Workforce Development on Wednesday advanced the appointment of a new human resources commissioner, sending final confirmation to the City Council as soon as next week.
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OCT 07, 2026
Ald. Nicole Lee (11) speaks at a City Council meeting on Feb. 26, 2025. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]
The City Council Committee on Transportation and Public Way on Wednesday is set to hold a subject matter hearing on the controversial plan by Amtrak to build a new rail maintenance facility through parts of Bridgeport, Chinatown and Armour Square.
The committee is set to meet at 10 a.m. in council chambers.
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OCT 07, 2026
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 Wednesday will hold a confirmation hearing and vote on the next head of the city’s human resources department.
