Chicago News
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APR 15, 2020
Members of the Cook County Democratic Party who supported candidates outside the party’s official slate during this year’s primary elections are set to be booted from the top tier of the organization’s leadership on Wednesday.
Cook County President Toni Preckwinkle, who also serves as party chair, will announce the shake-up during the party’s annual convention Wednesday afternoon, she told The Daily Line on Tuesday.
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APR 15, 2020
A group of west-suburban Democratic Party officials is scheduled to consider nearly a dozen candidates to replace former Cook County Comm. Jeffrey Tobolski (D-16) during a semi-virtual meeting Wednesday evening.
Berwyn Mayor Robert Lovero, who is the Democratic committeeperson for Berwyn Township, will oversee what he called “social distancing protocols” in light of the coronavirus pandemic when he hosts the meeting at 7 p.m. at the Italian American Civic Organization of Berwyn. -
APR 15, 2020
The City Council is set to hold its first-ever virtual meeting on Wednesday to test the waters for resuming city business under the state’s stay-at-home order.
Aldermen are scheduled to log onto a videoconference platform at 10 a.m. Monday morning for an “abbreviated” meeting to “adopt rules addressing meetings by videoconference,” according to city officials. The meeting will be broadcast on chicityclerk.com -
APR 14, 2020
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APR 14, 2020
Representatives of Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart detailed new social distancing measures, a new “rapid test” for COVID-19 and a distribution regime for cleaning supplies in a legal brief submitted Monday to update a federal judge on efforts to fight the virus inside the Cook County Jail.
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APR 14, 2020
Chicago Inspector General Joseph Ferguson has opened an investigation into a partial factory demolition that blanketed nearby homes in a cloud of dust on Saturday and prompted two days of fury and finger-pointing from city officials, a spokesperson for the office confirmed on Monday.
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APR 13, 2020
The Chicago City Council will meet for the first time in nearly two months on Wednesday, but the Council Chambers will be empty.
Instead, aldermen will meet virtually via videoconference to adopt new rules to permit the City Council to meet with no aldermen present. The City Council had been scheuled to meet March 18, before Gov. JB Pritzker ordered that gatherings of more than 10 people be banned. -
APR 13, 2020
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APR 13, 2020
Mayor Lori Lightfoot ordered a citywide moratorium on demolition permits while the Chicago Department of Buildings conducts a “top-to-bottom city review” of how its permitting policy may have led to a coal plant demolition that blanketed the Little Village neighborhood in a cloud of dust on Saturday.
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APR 10, 2020
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APR 10, 2020
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APR 10, 2020
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APR 09, 2020
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APR 09, 2020
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