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Marchers in support of a CBA ordinance to protect against Obama Center-related displacement head down Stony Island Avenue on Sept. 5.
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A city-crafted proposal designed to prevent longtime residents from being pushed out of gentrifying parts of Woodlawn near the planned Obama Presidential Center does not go far enough, a coalition of community advocates said Tuesday.
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JAN 29, 2020
Former State Sen. Martin Sandoval (D-Chicago) promised to “go balls to the walls” to protect the interests of a red-light camera company in exchange for $5,000 in monthly bribes, according to a plea agreement Sandoval signed as part of a guilty plea he entered on Tuesday.
“I’m ashamed, and I’m sorry. I want to apologize to the people of Illinois, to my constituents," said former State Sen. Martin Sandoval, (D-Chicago). [Alex Nitkin/The Daily Line]
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JAN 28, 2020
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JAN 27, 2020
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JAN 27, 2020
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JAN 24, 2020
A rendering shows what a 20-story hotel at 800 W. Lake St. could look like.
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Fulton Market needs a new CTA station to cope with the flood of new residents and workers unleashed by the neighborhood’s development boom, Ald. Walter Burnett (27) said on Thursday.
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An exclusive deal allowing Lyft to operate the city’s Divvy bicycle-sharing system — inked at former Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s final City Council meeting in April — does not amount to a “backroom monopoly” that improperly “locks out” competitors, a federal judge ruled Thursday.
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City officials are scheduled to green-light a trio of multimillion-dollar construction proposals for Fulton Market on Thursday, leaving the spigot open on a gush of new commercial development overtaking the former meat-packing district.
Left: A 21-story tower planned for 1400 W. Randolph St. Right: A 10-story building planned for 1440 W. Randolph St. [Provided]
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JAN 23, 2020
A bid by the Cook County Board of Commissioners and President Toni Preckwinkle to increase their power over the county’s independent health system board could make the search for a new CEO more difficult — especially if the change take away its ability to offer severance pay, the health board’s chair said on Wednesday.
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Republicans in Chicago will have few chances to make their mark during the March 17 primary, with most GOP candidates either running uncontested or headed for likely defeats at the hands of their Democratic opponent in November.
Mike McAuliffe and Amie Kessem. [Submitted photos]
But one race in the city’s 41st Ward could have big implications for a burgeoning Republican movement on the Northwest Side, as well as the fight to defend the party’s last remaining state house seat within city limits.
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JAN 22, 2020
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JAN 22, 2020
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Mayor Lightfoot tours 345 Art Gallery with owner Corry Williams PASCAL SABINO / BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
Applications are now open through the end of February for $10 million in new business development grants provided by the city’s Neighborhood Opportunity Fund program.
The grants will be a driving force behind Mayor Lori Lighfoot’s INVEST South/West initiative to support equitable development in commercial corridors on the South and West sides. The city recently unveiled changes to the Neighborhood Opportunity Fund program that aim to make the program more accessible to the businesses that could benefit most from the money.
Ald. Brian Hopkins (2) addresses a community meeting. [Block Club Chicago]
