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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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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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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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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
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JAN 08, 2020
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A proposed ordinance aimed at curbing gentrification along The 606's Bloomingdale Trail was reintroduced at City Council this week. [Alisa Hauser/DNAinfo Chicago]
Two aldermen said Wednesday they are on track to resuscitate a measure next week that would freeze construction near the 606 Bloomingdale Trail as a way of blunting rapid gentrification on the Near Northwest Side.
Alds. Carlos Ramirez-Rosa (35) and Roberto Maldonado (26) told The Daily Line Wednesday they are working on a series of “tweaks” that would narrow the scope of their sweeping ordinance (O2019-9439) to ban building permits, demolition permits and zoning changes near the popular elevated trail for 14 months. Proposed changes include carve-outs for affordable housing developments, as well as for minor construction work. -
JAN 08, 2020
Election officials tossed a challenge against the Cook County Democratic Party’s chosen candidates for three contested seats on the board of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, ensuring that Eira Corral Sepúlveda, Cam Davis and Kim Du Buclet will appear on the March 17 primary ballot.
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JAN 08, 2020
Gia Biagi teased out plans on Tuesday to preserve the city’s controversial red light camera program, boost neighborhood bike and bus infrastructure, and design public spaces to curb violence during a public audition to be permanently installed as Chicago’s top transportation chief.
Gia Biagi, Mayor Lori Lightfoot's pick to lead the Chicago Department of Transportation, fields questions from reporters. [Alex Nitkin/The Daily Line]
