Chicago News
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A Cook County judge Friday rejected an effort from Andrea Raila, whose candidacy for assessor was resurrected by the appellate court this week, to force elections officials to fund full-page newspaper advertisements letting voters know she is back on the ballot.
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Developers filled a cramped Room 201A at City Hall Thursday for the Chicago Plan Commission monthly meeting. Of the nine major agenda items, the body cleared six, heard two that did not require a vote and deferred action on a lakefront development in the 43rd ward.
The “Edens Collection” retail center proposed in Mayfair near I-97 and the Weber Spur Trail project passed the Plan Commission unanimously. Credit: Chicago Department of Planning and Development
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MAR 16, 2018
$2.2 billion was shifted from undertaxed residential properties onto over-taxed properties from 2011 to 2015, a new study from the University of Chicago’s Harris School of Public Policy suggests. The eight-page report is the latest damning data point against the assessment system overseen by Assessor Joseph Berrios just days before he faces two challengers in the Mar. 20 primary.
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Ald. Ed Burke (14) did not violate the City Council’s conflict-of-interest rules by blocking a hearing on a measure, designed to force the city's law department to reassess the value of seven downtown commercial buildings, according to a ruling from the Chicago Board of Ethics.
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Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s proposed $8.5 billion airport expansion, O2018-1124, soared through the Aviation Committee Thursday after a last-minute deal between the city and American Airlines — and despite concerns that Latino and African-American Chicagoans won’t get their share of the massive deal.
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Commissioners approved a contentious labor vote just days ahead of the Mar. 20 primary, a move longtime Comm. Deborah Sims (D-5) said was intentionally scheduled to add pressure on commissioners facing union-backed challengers. “This is bad, it’s ugly, and it’s not fair, and I think it’s personal.”
South suburban mayors and managers line the back wall of the Cook County Board room, many in opposition to changes to prevailing wage rules they say will drive up costs at sorely needed developments. Credit: A.D. Quig, The Daily Line
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Assessor candidate Andrea Raila is back on the ballot, thanks to an appellate couty ruling late Wednesday, while Comm. Jesus “Chuy” Garcia (D-7) asked Angie Sandoval to stop using his name on her campaign materials in the open race to replace him on the county board.
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The battle that has been brewing for weeks over the future of O’Hare International Airport is set to erupt at 10 a.m. today at City Hall as the Aviation Committee tackles Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s proposed $8.5 billion airport expansion, O2018-1124.
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The Chicago Plan Commission meets at 10 a.m. today in Room 201A to consider thee transit-oriented developments — in Wicker Park, Old Town and the West Loop — as well as changes to the plans for a new dorm for University of Chicago and a new school on the Far Northwest Side.
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The Cook County Board's day starts with its Finance Committee, which looks to take up a contentious issue on prevailing wage tax breaks this morning. The Intergovernmental Committee is slated to handled two previously-delayed appointments, and the Board of Commissioners may hear a resolution from Comm. Richard Boykin which lobs a no-confidence accusation at President Toni Preckwinkle.
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‘Cards Against Humanity’ creator Max Temkin teamed up with Melissa Harris, a former business columnist at the Chicago Tribune turned founder and CEO of M. Harris, a marketing agency to polled roughly 500 registered Chicago voters. The poll found 57 percent of registered voters felt things in city were “pretty seriously off track,” an improvement from September, when the number was 66 percent.
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A large gathering of community group representatives, aldermen, and police reform advocates met on the second floor City Hall lobby to push for creation of a new structure with oversight of the Chicago Police Department, COPA, and the Police Board. Despite opposition from the FOP and some city leadership, the wind is at their backs, they argue, as the mayor and aldermen face re-election in 2019.
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A PAC associated with the Illinois Manufacturing Association has made expenditures in excess of $100,000 that lift the contribution limits in the county’s 1st and 12th District races, while a major police reform report lands today.
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We’ve been slowly accumulating palm cards and sample ballots from readers’ mailboxes and our social media feeds. As Crain’s reported yesterday, several aldermen who are also Democratic committeeman have cut away from Assessor Joe Berrios, though not all are distributing palm cards. A few opted not to endorse in the Cook County Board President race between Toni Preckwinkle and former alderman Bob Fioretti, either.
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Plaintiffs Andy Thayer and Rick Garcia will have to wait another month to learn the fate of their case against the city that seeks to nullify the June 2016 City Council meeting because it was “not properly opened,” while airlines meet with aldermen and Police Board President Lori Lightfoot speaks to the City Club.
