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After commissioners raised a ruckus over the Cook County Health and Hospitals System’s uncollected bills during last year’s budget negotiations, the system put out a request for proposals to sell its accounts receivables. The due date, Feb. 16, came and went with no takers.'
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Four South Side aldermen – one a committeeman – gathered to endorse Frederick “Fritz” Kaegi for Assessor Wednesday afternoon. Ald. Danny Solis (25), Ald. Toni Foulkes (16), Ald. Rick Muñoz (22), and Ald. George Cardenas (12) cited the impact unfair assessments have on their communities, including declining property values, bankruptcy and foreclosures.
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The Committee on Human Relations took aim — again — at President Donald Trump, blasting him for giving nearly 60,000 Haitians with provisional legal residency in the United States 18 months to leave.
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The City Council’s Zoning Committee at 10 a.m. Thursday will consider approving two West Loop skyscrapers, a new transit-oriented development in Lakeview and start the ball rolling on the approval process for the Obama Presidential Center.
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The Committee on Human Relations will meet at 9:30 a.m. Thursday to consider new 10-year agreements with five Riverwalk venues.
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Ald. Marty Quinn (13) was the center of attention Wednesday morning at City Hall, as reporters clustered outside the meeting of the Committee on License and Consumer Protection hoping to ask him about the imbruglia that has swamped Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan and led to calls for his resignation as the head of the Illinois Democratic Party.
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A full day of committee hearings is on tap at Chicago City Hall — Transportation and Public Way heralds the coming of spring, with dozens of sidewalk cafe permits expected to be approved starting at 11 a.m., while License committee considers more home sharing bans.
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Cook County Assessor candidate Andrea Raila, as promised, appealed the Cook County Electoral Board's decision to remove her from the ballot to the Circuit Court on Tuesday.
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Sexual harassment took center stage at a Finance Committee hearing Tuesday morning with Ald. Ed Burke (14) acknowledging the powerful effect of the “hashtag me too” movement.
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The Committee on Human Relations will meet at 10 a.m. Wednesday to again challenge President Donald Trump –this time for giving nearly 60,000 Haitians with provisional legal residency in the United States 18 months to leave.
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City Council’s Finance Committee meets at 10:00 a.m. today for one agenda item - a hearing on sexual harassment at the Ford Motor Plant on the city’s South Side. The resolution is sponsored by Ald. Ed Burke (14), Ald. Marge Laurino (39), Ald. Carrie Austin (34), Ald. Michelle Harris (8) and City Clerk Anna Valencia.
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The incumbent Cook County Assessor hits cable airwaves this week – one month away from primary day, while a candidate for Treasurer pens a whole book on why he's running.
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An independent study commissioned to examine the fairness in Cook County’s property tax assessment system came to an unsurprising conclusion: the system is more variable and regressive than industry standards, leading to low-value homeowners paying more, and high-value homeowners paying less.
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Englewood’s new high school that would consolidate student populations from four under-enrolled South Side schools passed the Chicago Plan Commission easily Thursday, as did another slew of West Loop projects and two new transit oriented developments.
Sterling Bay's new West Loop properties at the site of the former Coyne College will generate millions for the city's Neighborhood Opportunity Fund. Photo: Chicago Department of Planning and Development.
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The Chicago Plan Commission meets at 10:00 a.m. today to consider a cluster of zoning changes in the 27th Ward, and two lakefront developments: a practice facility for Loyola athletes, and construction of the new Englewood high school in Ald. Roderick Sawyer’s (6) ward serve students from Harper, Hope, Robeson and TEAM Englewood high schools.
