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JUL 24, 2020
Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart speaks during a county budget hearing on Tuesday.
A proposed resolution up for consideration next week that calls on Cook County leaders to “redirect” money away from arresting and jailing people does not say anything about draining tens of millions of dollars from the county’s mammoth jail and court system right away. But facing a $410 million budget gap heading into next year, commissioners may not have a choice. -
JUL 23, 2020
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Ald. Tom Tunney presided over the zoning committee Tuesday.
The City Council is poised on Wednesday to place new requirements on implosion demolitions, ratify a new contract with police supervisors, add new protections for renters and approve a settlement that would keep a half-century of police misconduct files under wraps, among dozens of other measures. -
JUL 22, 2020
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After dozens of tense community meetings, months of shut-it-down protests and nearly a year of City Council politicking, city officials and Woodlawn residents have struck a deal to secure the future of their neighborhood.
“It looks like we might have an ordinance that I might co-sponsor,” Ald. Jeanette Taylor (20) told The Daily Line last week. -
JUL 21, 2020
Developers would have to work harder to notify neighbors before planning a demolition by implosion under an ordinance set to be considered by aldermen Tuesday.
Dust runoff from Hilco Redevelopment Group’s April 11 demolition of a smokestack near Little Village. [YouTube/Alejandro Reyes] -
JUL 21, 2020
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Ald. Jeanette Taylor (20) and Mayor Lori Lightfoot
Ald. Jeanette Taylor (20) is backing an ordinance proposed by Mayor Lori Lightfoot laying out a suite of affordable housing programs for Woodlawn, putting to rest a year-long feud between the two leaders over how to protect residents from potential displacement spurred by the Obama Presidential Center.
City leaders struck a deal with Woodlawn community groups on Sunday to amend a proposal developed by the city’s housing department earlier this year by adding heavier protections for low-income renters, a key priority for Taylor and members of the Coalition for a Community Benefits Agreement. The ordinance is set to be formally introduced during Wednesday’s City Council meeting. -
JUL 20, 2020
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Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot spoke to the Executives’ Club of Chicago last week.
A week after unveiling a comprehensive Covid-19 recovery plan intended to reduce decades of disparities in Chicago’s poorest neighborhoods, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot turned to the city’s business community to ask them to do their part. -
JUL 20, 2020
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A virtual meeting of the Cook County Board of Commissioners on Thursday
Tweet: News in brief: The Zoning Board of Appeals could run afoul of @AldermanHopkins if it approves a new Gold Coast dispensary today, and county commissioners are looking ahead to mid-year budget hearings.
Cook County Public Defender Amy Campanelli speaks to county commissioners during a budget hearing on Wednesday.
Ald. Matt Martin (47) and Ald. Scott Waguespack (32) in a virtual townhall discussing the city’s budget.
