Ald. William Hall (6) is pictured during a City Council meeting on Oct. 9, 2024. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]

Alderpeople at a public safety committee meeting on Tuesday will consider a revised proposal that seeks to increase cooperation between the city and social media companies to monitor and deter “teen takeovers,” an ordinance to expand the noise-sensitive zone restrictions to explicitly include all places of worship and an ordinance to increase the distance that school zone boundaries stretch. 

The Committee on Public Safety will meet at 12:30 p.m. in council chambers.

Environment committee Chair Ald. Maria Hadden (49) is pictured during a City Council meeting on April 7, 2025. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]

The City Council Committee on Environmental Protection and Energy will meet Tuesday to consider two resolutions — one in support of the Chicago Area Waterway System reclamation study and the other to recognize the launch of a rat population control pilot program. 

The committee will meet at 10 a.m. in council chambers.

 The Civic Federation released a report last week that found that while the Chicago’s 2026 budget that was passed by the City Council was better than Mayor Brandon Johnson’s proposal, it still falls short of making sufficient structural changes.

Comm. Michael Scott Jr. (D-2) and Andre Smith are competing for the Democratic nomination in Cook County Board District 2. [Scott photo from county website/Smith photo from campaign site]

Cook County Comm. Michael Scott Jr. (D-2) is running to serve a full four-year term on the county board of commissioners, and he’s facing a Democratic primary challenge instead of a general election opponent.

Republican Elizabeth Doody Gorman and Democrat Elyse Hoffenberg are running to represent District 17 on the Cook County Board of Commissioners. [Campaign photos]

The race to represent District 17 on the Cook County Board of Commissioners opened up in November when Comm. Sean Morrison (R-17), the sole Republican on the board, announced he wouldn’t seek reelection despite filing for the race, eliminating the only competitive primary for the seat this cycle.

Cook County Comm. Bridget Gainer (D-10) is facing industrial engineer Drake Warren in the Democratic Party primary this spring. [Gainer photo from Cook County/Warren photo from campaign site]

Incumbent Cook County Comm. Bridget Gainer (D-10) entered her reelection campaign with a total cash advantage over her Democratic primary opponent but has been out-fundraised by the challenger during the last couple of quarters.

Gainer is facing Drake Warren, an industrial engineer working as a consultant for West Monroe. Gainer was first appointed to the seat in 2009 and has won four full terms on the board.

Ald. Jessie Fuentes (26) is pictured during a City Council meeting in October 2023. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]

The City Council Joint Committee on Immigrant and Refugee Rights and Committee on Police and Fire on Tuesday approved an ordinance to enable the Civilian Office of Police Accountability (COPA) to formally investigate alleged violations of Chicago’s Welcoming City Ordinance by police.

Health and Human Relations Committee Chair Rossana Rodriguez-Sanchez (33) is pictured during a City Council meeting on Fe. 26, 2025. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]

Alderpeople on the Committee on Health and Human Relations on Tuesday approved a measure that calls on the governor to pause utility shutoffs for residents amid the ongoing immigration enforcement campaign in the Chicago region and as stricter food stamp benefit requirements will soon go into effect.

Ald. Jessie Fuentes (26) is pictured during a City Council meeting in October 2023. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]

A joint meeting of the City Council Committee on Immigrant and Refugee Rights and Committee on Police and Fire on Tuesday will take up a measure that would enable the Civilian Office of Police Accountability (COPA) to formally investigate alleged violations of Chicago’s Welcoming City Ordinance.

Health and Human Relations Committee Chair Rossana Rodriguez-Sanchez (33) is pictured during a City Council meeting on Fe. 26, 2025. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]

The City Council Committee on Health and Human Relations on Tuesday will hold a hearing on the impact of the federal government’s immigration enforcement campaign in Chicago.

Ald. Nicole Lee (11) speaks at a special City Council meeting on Feb. 26, 2025. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]

A majority of alderpeople are calling for a hearing in the Committee on Finance on why Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration only made half of the city’s advance pension payment. The mayor and his budget team have cited cash flow issues and that the city's budget allows the payment to be broken up into multiple installments. 

Ald. Bennett Lawson (44) is pictured during a City Council meeting in October 2023. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]

More than a dozen alderpeople introduced a measure (R2026-0022537) during Wednesday’s City Council meeting that would make Ald. Bennett Lawson (44) the permanent chair of the powerful Committee on Zoning, Landmarks and Building Standards. 

Lawson has served as acting chair of the committee for about half of Mayor Brandon Johnson’s term. 

A rendering of the Bally's Chicago casino is pictured.

Revenue has continued to fall beneath expectations at the temporary Bally’s casino at Medinah Temple as progress continues on the casino operator’s permanent site, the City Council Committee on Contracting Oversight and Equity learned during its annual casino hearing Thursday.

Ald. Marty Quinn (13), sponsor of the hemp restriction ordinance, is pictured during a Jan. 15, 2025 council meeting. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]

The City Council on Wednesday approved a measure to restrict the sale of hemp products that mimic the effects of cannabis but can be bought by anyone, including kids, at many retailers. The council also approved city financial assistance for a downtown adaptive reuse project, multiple legal settlements and land sales and an appointment to the City Colleges board.

Public Safety Chair Brian Hopkins (2) is pictured at a City Council meeting in April 2024. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]

Alderpeople at the City Council on Wednesday deferred final approval of a measure aimed at helping police respond to and deter unruly, sometimes violent, “teen takeover” events.