Glenstar is proposing to build a 297-unit apartment complex at 8535 W. Higgins Rd. in the 41st Ward. [Glenstar/Department of Planning and Development]

A long-stalled plan to build a nearly 300-unit apartment complex next to the Cumberland CTA Blue Line station is set to resurface again on Tuesday, setting up a high-stakes battle over aldermanic prerogative in city zoning decisions.

Aldermen are set on Tuesday to rescue two proposals form the City Council Committee on Committees and Rules. The City Council Committee on Ethics and Government Oversight is scheduled Tuesday to confirm a new member of the Chicago Board of Ethics. And the council’s economic development committee dropped a disputed tax break proposal. 

Cook County Assessor Fritz Kaegi and challenger Kari Steele asked for the endorsement of the Cook County Democratic Party on Monday. [Alex Nitkin/The Daily Line]

Cook County Assessor Fritz Kaegi and Sheriff Tom Dart are poised to win the backing of the Cook County Democratic Party for their reelection bids next year following an all-day party slating session that handsomely rewarded incumbency, seniority and party connections.

Anjanette Young speaks at a press conference Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020 following the release earlier in the week of Chicago Police body cam video that showed officers improperly bursting into her home and questioning her while she was handcuffed and naked. [Fox32]

The lawsuit that launched a year of soul-searching on how Chicago police and attorneys treat the targets of home raids is set to reach a final resolution this week.

Chief Procurement Officer Aileen Velazquez speaks during a Friday committee meeting. 

After hitting a delay, aldermen gave initial approval to a measure that will allow the city’s chief procurement officer to make emergency payments of up to $1 million without City Council approval. 

Cook County Assessor Fritz Kaegi and challenger Kari Steele will vie for the endorsement of the Cook County Democratic Party on Monday. [Facebook]

Local Democratic party leaders are set to gather on Monday and Tuesday to firm up the list of candidates who will be boosted by the formidable funding, organizing power and campaign literature of the Cook County Democratic Party in next year’s primary elections.

Residents from Chicago’s 11th and 25th wards dominated public comment on the city’s ward remap Friday, urging aldermen to keep their communities intact. And a key City Council committee approved two new appointments to the Police Board. And aldermen are set to make another attempt at passing an ordinance to legalize stadium-based sports betting in Chicago. 

Chicago Department of Public Health Comm. Allison Arwady answers questions during a committee hearing on Thursday. 

Aldermen urged city public health officials Thursday to move quicker on a possible vaccination requirement for high-risk public settings, pushing for a mandate similar to one that recently took effect in New York City. 

Aldermen green-lit the extension of a popular outdoor seating permitting program. Members of the City Council Committee on Public Safety are set to consider the appointments of two new members to the Chicago Police Board. The council’s budget committee is set to reconvene to consider an ordinance giving emergency powers to the chief procurement officer. And a final 2021 public hearing on the ward remap is set for Friday. 

Chief Procurement Officer Aileen Velazquez and Ald. Jason Ervin (28) speaking during a budget committee meeting on Wednesday.

Aldermen on Wednesday vehemently shot down a proposal from the city’s procurement department that would allow the chief procurement officer to make emergency payments of up to $1 million without City Council approval. The measure would double the current threshold requiring council approval, which is set at $500,000, specifically to allow officials to replenish a low supply of water treatment chemicals, they said. 

Ald. Brian Hopkins (2) urged his colleagues on Wednesday to support a tax break for the lab building at 2017 N. Mendell St. over the objections of city planning officials. [Baker Development Corporation]

A City Council committee abruptly gaveled out Thursday before reaching a resolution on a tax incentive proposal that pitted a local alderman against city planning officials in the latest sign of strain between the council and Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s administration.

Chicago’s top doctor is set to brief aldermen Thursday on the twin threat of a mounting winter surge in COVID-19 cases and the worrying new Omicron variant. And a popular outdoor dining program is set to remain on the books for at least one more year. A proposal related to towing storage lots was held in committee on Wednesday. 

Ald. George Cardenas (12) [left] and Ald. David Moore (17) objected on Tuesday to an ordinance that would legalize sports betting at Chicago stadiums and ballparks.

A long-brewing effort to allow fans to place bets at Chicago stadiums hit yet another rough patch on Tuesday, as a critical mass of aldermen said they were skeptical that the move would balance out to a net benefit for the city and its taxpayers.

From left: Chicago Treasurer Melissa Conyears-Ervin, Ald. Harry Osterman (48) and Woodstock Institute president Horacio Mendez during a committee hearing on Tuesday.

A flurry of recent city action has so far done nothing to break up discriminatory lending practices among banks where the city parks its investments, officials said. But it did produce troves of fresh data city leaders can use as a yardstick to hold banks to higher standards.

Aldermen who support the City Council’s rules committee map hold a press conference on the ward remap Tuesday. 

As Chicagoans piled critiques on ward map proposals during a Tuesday public hearing, including by suggesting the city push for a referendum, the alderman overseeing the ward remap cautioned that sending the remap decision to voters would only add to a “difficult election cycle.”