Chicago News
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Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s announcement Wednesday that she had asked a consultant to study the feasibility of building Chicago’s casino at one of five locations on the South or West sides was immediately rejected by 3rd Ward Ald. Pat Dowell and 4th Ward Ald. Sophia King.
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JUL 17, 2019
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When Mayor Lori Lightfoot halted the installation of water meters in Chicago homes after city officials found elevated levels of lead in more than one in five metered homes they tested, she urged worried residents to test their water.
The lead testing kit Chicago residents can request. [City of Chicago]
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Seven of the 10 companies picked to test out electric scooters in Chicago have been cited by city officials for a variety of violations — one month into a four-month pilot program.
[Credit: Chaddick Institute for Metropolitan Development at DePaul University.]
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Downtown Ald. Brendan Reilly (42) is taking aim once again at one of his biggest targets: the street racers who flock to Lower Wacker Drive to burn rubber late at night — often with onlookers recording videos for social media.
Cars line up on Lower Wacker during a drag race. [DNAinfo Chicago]
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Participation in a pension buyout program by members of the State Employees Retirement System has so far only saved the state $20 million, in part because of slow rollouts and unexpectedly low participation for teachers.
The program had been expected to save the state $400 million in its first year.
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Elected officials who use social media to communicate with constituents and city residents are banned from blocking people or deleting critical comments, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday, upholding a lower court ruling used by the Chicago Board of Ethics to regulate how aldermen use Facebook and Twitter.
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Mayor Lori Lightfoot Tuesday halted the installation of water meters in Chicago homes after city officials found elevated levels of lead in more than one in five metered homes they tested — 13 months after officials first learned of the issue. The lead testing kit Chicago residents can request. [City of Chicago]
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A rendering of the proposed development at North and Harlem avenues. [29th Ward Office]Plans to transform the long-vacant former Sears store at North and Harlem avenues into a mixed-use development featuring 311 homes, a grocery store and fitness center are set for a vote Tuesday — after the developer agreed to contribute $100,000 to renovate the playlot at a nearby elementary school.
The CAN-TV camera at Tuesday's Zoning Committee meeting. [Heather Cherone/The Daily Line]
