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OCT 30, 2018
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After weeks of considering it, Ald. Ameya Pawar (47th) officially launched his bid to run for city treasurer on Monday.
Earlier this year, Pawar said he didn’t intend to run for another term as 47th ward alderman. And when Mayor Rahm Emanuel said he was not going to seek another term as mayor, Pawar initially said he wasn’t going to rule out running for mayor but that his family was the biggest factor in deciding which office to pursue next.
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OCT 29, 2018
After weeks of considering it, Ald. Ameya Pawar (47) will launch a bid Monday to replace City Treasurer Kurt Summers. A measure that would hand control of the Chicago Police Department to a board of elected civilians is set for a vote, more than two years after it was first introduced. Early voting continues a a furious pace — but if you want to vote by mail, the deadline to request a ballot is coming up.
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Budget Committee Chairwoman Ald. Carrie Austin (34) apologized Friday to Ald. Ariel Reboyras (30) for alleging that a question he posed to acting Chicago Fire Department Commissioner Richard C. Ford II about his qualifications for the top job was racially insensitive.
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Cook County Comm. John Fritchey (D-12) questioned county health officials about whether the plan to hire members of the Service Employees International Union to fill 55 custodian positions at the new Stroger Hospital professional building was prompted by President Toni Preckwinkle.
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Aldermen are set to consider a measure Monday that would add a 1 percent tax to the sale of any Chicago property worth $750,000 or more to fund an effort to replace lead pipes in Chicago homes that could be polluting water.
The lead testing kit Chicago residents can request. [City of Chicago] -
A sedate hearing on the Chicago Fire Department’s 2019 budget Thursday erupted when several African American aldermen objected to a question posed by Ald. Ariel Reboyras (30) to acting Chicago Fire Department Commissioner Richard C. Ford II about his qualifications for the top job.
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Cook County commissioners met for the third day of budget hearings, with two more departments requesting a slight bump in their budgets. Commissioners will receive their final departmental briefings on Thursday from the Cook County Health and Hospitals System and Chief Judge Timothy Evans.
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Same-sex marriage became legal in Illinois with an act of the General Assembly nearly five years ago, on Nov. 5, 2013, prompting gay rights advocates to hail the state as a leader that would prompt other states to follow suit.
An ad produced by Gov. Bruce Rauner's campaign depicts Democrats JB Pritzker and House Speaker Mike Madigan getting married in an "unholy union," in which the officiant pronounces Illinois "f*****" due to tax increases and corruption. [screenshot courtesy of Bruce Rauner on YouTube] -
Closing six of the city’s 12 mental health clinics in 2011 — a move that triggered vehement protests drew national attention and remains a political albatross for Mayor Rahm Emanuel — was the “necessary and right” thing to do, Chicago Department of Health Commissioner Dr. Julie Morita told aldermen Wednesday.
