County Assessor Fritz Kaegi speaks at a press conference on Jan. 29, 2025. [Livestream]

The Illinois General Assembly adjourned its spring session without passing legislation backed by the Cook County assessor that would have provided some relief to homeowners experiencing significant rises in their property tax bills.

Ald. Gilbert Villegas (36) is pictured at City Council on Sept. 18, 2024. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]

The City Council Committee on Contracting Oversight and Equity on Tuesday will consider a measure to make a city equity goal that ensures veteran-owned businesses can participate in city contracts permanent. 

The contracting committee is scheduled to meet at 10:15 a.m. in Room 201A at City Hall.

Chicago City Hall is pictured. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]

Analysts from Fitch Ratings point to trouble ahead for Chicago’s credit worthiness if the city cannot agree on structural solutions to widening budget gaps and burdensome debt.

Ald. Anthony Beale (9), who called for the finance committee hearing, is pictured at a council meeting in February 2025. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]

The City Council’s finance committee on Tuesday will gather to hear subject matter on the city’s recent credit ratings downgrades and negative financial outlook. 

The Committee on Finance will meet at 10 a.m. in council chambers. 

Ald. William Hall (6), the revenue subcommittee chair, is pictured after a council meeting Dec. 16, 2024. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]

The City Council’s revenue subcommittee next week will hold a hearing on the possibility of Chicago establishing its own tax on groceries once the state tax expires at the end of the year. 

The Finance Subcommittee on Revenue will meet at noon on Tuesday in council chambers. 

Health and Human Relations Chair Rossana Rodriguez-Sanchez (33) is pictured during a council meeting in February 2025. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]

The City Council Committee on Health and Human Relations on Wednesday approved an appointment to the final vacant seat on the Chicago Board of Health and heard from Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH) staff about their strategies for protecting public health this summer.

Ald. Bennett Lawson (44) is pictured during a City Council meeting in October 2023. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]

A Lakeview alderperson introduced an ordinance at last week’s City Council meeting to freeze in place Chicago’s phased elimination of the subminimum wage for tipped workers after restaurant and hospitality industry groups warned it had already contributed to job losses. 

Ald. Bennett Lawson’s (44) ordinance (O2025-0017549), which was referred to the Committee on Committees and Rules in an attempt by opponents to stop it, would maintain the current ratio between the city’s minimum wage and its lower tipped wage.

The City Council Committee on Health and Human Relations on Wednesday will consider an appointment to the Chicago Board of Health and hold a subject matter hearing on the public health department’s strategies to reduce deaths from drug overdose and gun violence. 

The health and human relations committee will meet at 10 a.m. in council chambers.

Mayor Brandon Johnson, Ald. Emma Mitts, CDOT Comm. Tom Carney and others attend the ribbon cutting for the Soul City corridor project on Friday. [Mayor's Office Facebook page]

Mayor Brandon Johnson on Friday celebrated the completion of an $8.7 million investment in a corridor in Austin.

Ald. Desmon Yancy (5) attends a City Council meeting on May 24, 2023. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]

A group of progressive alderpeople are backing an ordinance that would restrict the scenarios under which a tenant could be evicted and require terminations of leases that aren’t the fault of the tenant to be accompanied by financial assistance from landlords.

Mayor Brandon Johnson is pictured at a City Council meeting on March 12, 2025. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]

The City Council on Wednesday approved a new aviation commissioner and new director of the Office of Emergency Management and Communications (OEMC), and it codified experience-based hiring standards for certain city jobs and approved new regulations for short-term rental units.

However, the council postponed a final vote on an ordinance that would allow the police superintendent to declare “snap curfews,” which is aimed at preventing or responding to potentially unruly large gatherings of teens.

Mayor Brandon Johnson presides over a City Council meeting on Dec. 16, 2024. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]

The City Council on Wednesday could give final approval to a new curfew ordinance aimed at responding to large teen gatherings downtown after it squeaked out of committee Tuesday.

The council will also consider final confirmation of the mayor’s picks to steer the city’s emergency management and aviation departments and could give final approval to new hiring guidelines for city workers and new regulations for short-term rental units. The council meets at 10 a.m.

The residential development planned at 1333 N. Kingsbury St. is seen in renderings. [Department of Planning and Development]

The City Council Committee on Zoning, Landmarks and Building Standards on Tuesday postponed a vote on a massive residential development planned to be built north of the Bally’s casino but approved other projects, such as a new grocery store in Jefferson Park, housing development near Goose Island and a townhome project on the Northwest Side.

The Committee on Finance meets on May 19, 2025. [Livestream]

The City Council Committee on Finance on Monday approved legal settlements related to the city’s parking meter deal, wrongful convictions and police misconduct. 

The approved items will be considered by the City Council on Wednesday. 

Zoning Chair Walter Burnett (27) is pictured at a City Council meeting on Jan. 15, 2025. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]

The City Council zoning committee on Tuesday will consider new restrictions on business signage, a new grocery store in Jefferson Park and multiple new housing developments, including a massive mixed-use development adjacent to the Bally’s casino. The Committee on Zoning, Landmarks and Building Standards will meet at 10 a.m.