The city’s housing commissioner addressed the City Club of Chicago Tuesday and discussed the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Program. And the City Council Committee on Budget and Government Operations will consider two proposals including one that would authorize the Public Building Commission to assess city buildings for ADA compliance. 

Cook County Human Resources Bureau Chief Velisha Haddox, left, speaks about Deloitte’s work recruiting new county employees during a board of commissioners meeting Oct. 20, 2022. [Cook County Board of Commissioners Livestream]

The Cook County Finance Committee will discuss the proposed extension of the contract between the county government and Deloitte for employee recruitment services during a meeting Wednesday.

Alisa Kaplan, executive director of Reform for Illinois, speaks during a committee meeting Monday. [City of Chicago livestream]

Offering an optional program to publicly finance Chicago’s municipal elections would lower barriers to running for elected office and help remove “moneyed” interests from election campaigns, aldermen and reform advocates said during a City Council committee meeting Monday. 
 

Aldermen are set to meet Tuesday to hear from CHA leadership. [Erin Hegarty/The Daily Line]

The City Council Committee on Housing and Real Estate is scheduled to meet Tuesday to hear from leadership of the Chicago Housing Authority on a variety of topics. 
 

The Chicago Electoral Board during a meeting Friday. [Erin Hegarty/The Daily Line] 

Ald. Jason Ervin (28) is the latest and final alderman to be absolved of having to face a challenger as he runs for a fourth full term. 

The Chicago Electoral Board on Friday rejected the recommendation of a hearing officer and removed 28th Ward candidate Shawn Walker from the Feb. 28 ballot on the basis that he did not have enough valid petition signatures. Two other candidates — Beverly Miles and Timothy Gladney — who had hoped to challenge Ervin were removed or withdrew from the ballot earlier this election season. 

The City Council Committee on Ethics and Government Oversight is scheduled to meet at 10 a.m. Monday. [Erin Hegarty/The Daily Line] 

Aldermen are scheduled Monday to hear a report from the city’s top watchdog on cases her office investigated during the last half of 2022 and discuss a proposal for publicly funded elections during a meeting of the City Council Committee on Ethics and Government Oversight.  

The Altenheim Line. [City of Chicago presentation]

Framework plans for the Altenheim Line — a two-mile elevated trail that could run along a railway and through Garfield Park and North Lawndale — got an OK from the Chicago Plan Commission on Thursday.

Emily Glover, senior director of patient services of Planned Parenthood Illinois, speaks during a news conference Wednesday. [Erin Hegarty/The Daily Line] 

The City Council during its penultimate meeting before the Feb. 28 election passed an ordinance that tightens protections for people seeking abortions or gender-affirming care and approved appointments to the city’s first ever Urban Forestry Advisory Board.

The existing Altenheim rail that would be turned into an elevated trail park. [City of Chicago presentation] 

The Chicago Plan Commission on Thursday is set to consider adopting the framework plan for the Altenheim Trail on the city’s West Side. Plan Commissioners are also set to vote on a nine-story mixed-use development in Humboldt Park. 

Members of the City Council will meet at 10 a.m. Wednesday. [Erin Hegarty/The Daily Line]  

The City Council’s penultimate regularly scheduled meeting before the Feb. 28 election includes a relatively light agenda as aldermen are set to consider a proposal that would crack down on housing and employment discrimination against people who receive abortion care and gender-affirming care. 

Aldermen will meet in person in council chambers at 10 a.m. Wednesday. 

43rd Ward Director of Zoning and Urban Development Taylor Nesse, top right, speaks during the City Council Committee on Zoning, Landmarks and Building Standards meeting on Jan. 17, 2023. [City of Chicago Livestream] 

The City Council Committee on Zoning, Landmarks and Building Standards on Tuesday approved a zone change to allow a proposed cannabis business in Lincoln Park to move forward with plans. 

Approval did not come, however, before one alderman expressed skepticism about the status of some cannabis businesses as minority-owned while stopping short of accusing the applicants. 

Some district council candidates and their attorney Ed Mullen (left) and the objectors’ attorney Pericles Abbasi during Friday’s Electoral Board meeting. [Erin Hegarty/The Daily Line] 

Three groups of candidates who filed as slates to run for the city’s new police district councils in the Feb. 28 election will appear on the ballot next month despite facing objections to their petitions, the Chicago Electoral Board ruled Friday.  

The Chicago Electoral Board during a meeting Friday. [Erin Hegarty/The Daily Line]  

At least 10 candidates who are running for a seat on the City Council this year will not face a challenger in the Feb. 28 election.  

The Chicago Electoral Board met  for its longest meeting this election cycle Friday to make decisions on dozens of objections to candidates’ petitions for the February election.  

Lincoln Park may move a step closer to getting its first dispensary following a key committee vote this Tuesday. 

The City Council Committee on Zoning, Landmarks and Building Standards will consider the proposal during its 10 a.m. meeting in City Council chambers.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot addresses members of the media Thursday. [Erin Hegarty/The Daily Line] 

The city’s Board of Ethics this month plans to discuss Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s reelection campaign’s sending of emails to CPS teachers and City Colleges of Chicago faculty requesting they promote to their students volunteer opportunities with Lightfoot’s reelection campaign.  

Chicago Public Schools’ inspector general is also investigating the matter, Crain’s reported Thursday.