Chicago News
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Aldermen are set to consider a proposal on Tuesday to order a study of whether businesses that are owned by gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender Chicagoans face discrimination, which could lay the groundwork for requirements that city contracts be set aside for those firms.
A scene from Chicago's gay pride parade. [Block Club Chicago]
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A 300-unit apartment complex could become the city’s tallest tower west of Halsted Street if a plan by two prominent developers clears a scheduled hearing at the City Council’s Committee on Zoning, Landmarks and Building Standards on Tuesday.
The city's Plan Commission approved a 43-story apartment tower at 906 W. Randolph St. Thursday. [Chicago Department of Planning and Development]
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JAN 14, 2020
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A proposal to build a 100-unit all-affordable apartment complex in Logan Square is set to take another step forward Monday, as aldermen will weigh a proposal for the city to help finance the project with $22.5 million worth of multifamily housing bonds.
Plans call for a 100-unit, all-affordable apartment complex on city-owned land near the Logan Square CTA Blue Line station. [Bickerdike Development]
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JAN 13, 2020
Leaders of the Cook County Recorder of Deeds’ office must do better at implementing a series of hiring reforms if they want to get a court monitor off their backs in time for their scheduled merger with the Cook County Clerk’s office at the end of this year, a federal judge told county officials on Friday.
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Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s pick to lead the Chicago Department of Health cleared a key city panel on Friday as aldermen vowed to hold her accountable for promises to expand mental health services in Chicago without reopening six city-run health clinics closed by former Mayor Rahm Emanuel in 2011.
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Mayor Lori Lightfoot is committed to expanding protections for undocumented immigrants by prohibiting any cooperation with federal immigration officials — but only after the U.S. Supreme Court decides whether the Trump administration can punish so-called sanctuary cities.
Mayor Lori Lightfoot fields questions from reporters. [Heather Cherone/The Daily Line]
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People enjoy The 606. MINA BLOOM / BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
Mayor Lori Lightfoot blasted a proposal to freeze construction near the 606 Bloomingdale Trail as a misguided effort that is likely illegal, even as aldermen scheduled a vote on the effort to blunt rapid gentrification along the popular trail.
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Aldermen are set to consider a measure backed by Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Wednesday that would expand the city’s protections for undocumented immigrants — but the revised Welcoming City ordinance would continue to allow Chicago Police to cooperate with federal agents in some specific cases.
Ald. Carlos Ramirez-Rosa (35) rallies members of the Reimagine Chicago coalition. [Heather Cherone/The Daily Line]
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JAN 10, 2020
