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  • SEP 17, 2018
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    Morning briefing — New candidates file to run in the 1st, 9th, 46th wards; Tax breaks, park improvements, Ethics Board appointments set for votes

    Against the backdrop of several more candidates filing to run against them, aldermen have a full slate of committee meetings set for Monday, as they prepare for Thursday’s full City Council meeting — which will be held one day later than usual because of Yom Kippur.

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  • SEP 17, 2018
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    Alds. Waguespack, Taliaferro move to compel City Council to hold hearings on lead in drinking water

    Two aldermen moved to force the City Council to hold a hearing on the discovery that the water Chicagoans drink and bathe in might be tainted with lead.

    The testing kit Chicago residents can request. [City of Chicago]
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  • SEP 17, 2018
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    Vote set on ending nighttime operations at General Iron after Ald. Hopkins moves to force hearing

    Ald. Brian Hopkins (2) invoked a rarely-used rule to force a vote that could block scrap metal facility General Iron from operating at night near the North Branch of the Chicago River.

    General Iron's North Side facility is scheduled to close. [2nd Ward Office]
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  • SEP 14, 2018
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    75-unit affordable housing complex in Jefferson Park advances with green light from Plan Commission

    A 75-unit complex in Jefferson Park at the heart of the furious debate over affordable housing on the Far Northwest Side advanced Thursday as the Plan Commission gave the project the green light.

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  • SEP 14, 2018
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    Aldermen put off measure requiring taxi firms, ride-hailing services to report violent incidents to city, approve extra Cubs night game, loosen truck parking rules

    While the Plan Commission conducted a marathon meeting that lasted nearly six hours, aldermen raced through three committee meetings, putting off a vote on a measure designed to tighten the regulations on taxi and ride-hailing firms.

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  • SEP 14, 2018
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    9 firms apply to serve as independent monitoring team for Chicago Police consent decree

    On the same day Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Attorney General Lisa Madigan and Chicago Police Department Supt. Eddie Johnson submitted the final consent decree designed to reform the Chicago Police, the attorney general’s office released the names and applications of nine different firms competing to become the independent monitor tasked with overseeing the reforms.

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  • SEP 13, 2018
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    Plan Commission set to consider 75-unit affordable housing complex in Jefferson Park

    The battle over affordable housing on the Far Northwest Side will once again take center stage at City Hall Wednesday, as the Plan Commission is set to consider a 75-unit complex in Jefferson Park.

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  • SEP 13, 2018
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    Aldermen OK plan to transform Wicker Park community center, soup kitchen into 16 apartments

    A Wicker Park community center and soup kitchen will be transformed into 16 apartments under a plan endorsed Wednesday by the City Council’s Zoning Committee.

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  • SEP 13, 2018
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    Aldermen to weigh measure requiring taxi firms, ride-hailing services to report violent incidents to city

    Aldermen are set to consider a measure that would require taxi companies and ride-hailing services to report violent incidents involving their drivers to city officials every three months.

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  • SEP 13, 2018
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    Effort to ban horse-drawn carriages stalls as Ald. Mitts objects to focus on horses while violence ravages her ward

    The familiar clip-clop of hooves will continue to echo Downtown — at least for now — as a measure to ban horse-drawn carriages stalled Wednesday in the City Council’s License Committee in the face of opposition from chairwoman Emma Mitts (37).
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  • SEP 13, 2018
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    Morning briefing — Task force to study universal basic income proposal; Quinn loses another round in effort to get mayoral term limit measure on November ballot

    Mayor Rahm Emanuel backed 47th Ward Ald. Ameya Pawar’s push to study what a universal basic income will mean for Chicago. Former Gov. Pat Quinn vowed to go to court after the Chicago Board of Election Commissioners affirmed a ruling by a hearing officer that voters should not get a chance to decide whether Chicago mayors should be limited to two terms.
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  • SEP 13, 2018
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    As Gutierrez steps back, two allies weigh whether to face off in mayoral race

    The race to replace Mayor Rahm Emanuel began take shape Wednesday with U.S. Rep. Luis Gutierrez’ announcement that he will not be a candidate.

    Preckwinkle consults with her Chief of Staff, John Keller, at a Cook County Board meeting on September 12, 2018.


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  • SEP 12, 2018
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    County commissioners ban 12-year-olds from being jailed, consider $5.2M dental settlement, new election tech

    Children younger than 13 would no longer be detained at the Cook County Juvenile Detention Center under a measure that cleared the county’s Criminal Justice committee Tuesday.

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  • SEP 12, 2018
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    Aldermen to weigh plan to transform Wicker Park community center, soup kitchen into 16 apartments

    A Wicker Park community center and soup kitchen would be transformed into 16 apartments under a plan set to be considered Wednesday by the City Council’s Zoning Committee.

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  • SEP 12, 2018
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    After push at City Council meetings, aldermen to weigh ban on horse-drawn carriages

    For weeks, animal-rights activists have made sure to be at City Hall early on days when the City Council is scheduled to meet in order to make a public plea to aldermen to ban horse-drawn carriages.

    A carriage from the now-shuttered Noble Horse stables rumbles down Wells Street in 2011. [Flickr/David B. Gleason]
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