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  • JUL 20, 2018
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    Aldermen lavish praise on mayor’s pick to lead Aviation Department

    Aldermen unanimously approved Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s selection of Jamie Rhee to replace Ginger Evans as the head of the city’s Aviation Department.

    Aldermen lavished praise on Jamie Rhee, Mayor Rahm Emanuel's pick for aviation commissioner. [Heather Cherone/The Daily Line]
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    JUL 19, 2018
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    Morning Briefing — Officials launch effort to cut number of women in prison by half; Aldermen set to consider honor for Ida B. Wells; Public safety, aviation appointments up for vote

    A group of female elected officials launched an effort to significantly cut the number of women behind bars, while aldermen prepared to advance a plan to rename Congress Parkway for a Civil Rights icon and consider two high-profile appointees.

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  • JUL 19, 2018
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    Preckwinkle, Chief Judge Evans reach settlement in suit over layoffs

    Union members, Chief Judge Timothy Evans and Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle’s administration agreed to settle a lawsuit prompted by the county’s 2018 budget cuts and end a monthslong standoff.

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  • JUL 19, 2018
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    Aldermen agree to tack on 2% surcharge to home-sharing services to fund domestic violence services

    Aldermen endorsed Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s proposal (O2018-4988) to impose an additional 2 percent tax on short-term rental guests in Chicago to help fund housing for victims of domestic violence.

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  • JUL 19, 2018
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    Plan Commission set weigh proposal to build 972 homes on former Ickes public housing development

    The former Harold L. Ickes Homes public housing development in the South Loop would be transformed into a new mixed-income neighborhood by a proposal set to be considered Thursday by the Chicago Plan Commission.

    The proposed Southbridge development. [McCaffery Interests]
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  • JUL 18, 2018
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    License Committee to consider easing 25-year-old ban on spray paint sales in Chicago

    A two-year effort to ease Chicago's nearly quarter-century old ban on the sale of spray paint is on the agenda for the meeting of the City Council Committee on License and Consumer Protection set for 11 a.m. Wednesday.

    City crews remove graffiti. [City of Chicago]
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  • JUL 18, 2018
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    Janitor in Cook County treasurer’s office overpaid by $27,000; Veterans Assistance Commission official misappropriated funds, hired son: county watchdog

    A woman working as a janitor in Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas’ office earned $74,194 when she was performing duties that should have paid at most $47,134 because she was misclassified as an analyst, according to the second quarter audit by the Cook County Office of the Independent Inspector General.

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    JUL 18, 2018
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    Morning briefing — Mayor declines to say whether South Shore police shooting was justified; Ald. Ed Burke reports huge war chest as challenge looms

    Mayor Rahm Emanuel weighed in Tuesday on the shooting death of a man Saturday in South Shore, saying he hoped it would become a “teachable moment” for a city. Ald. Ed Burke (14), Chicago’s longest serving alderman — and perhaps the City Council’s most vulnerable — will have no trouble financing a bid for another term, according to reports filed with state officials.

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  • JUL 18, 2018
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    A quarter of children taken from parents at U.S.-Mexico border held in Chicago have been reunited with family members, officials tell aldermen

    Approximately 73 immigrant children separated from their families at the U.S.-Mexico border were sent to shelters in Chicago, according to the president of the nonprofit organization housing the children.

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  • JUL 17, 2018
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    Employee wellness program cost city $22.8 million, but has no measurable benefits: watchdog

    Chicago officials have taken no steps to measure the effectiveness of its employee wellness program, three years after the program was initially criticized by Inspector General Joseph Ferguson, according to a follow-up audit by the city watchdog.

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  • JUL 16, 2018
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    New city licenses for pharmaceutical reps means treatment for 4,000 Chicagoans for opioid abuse, officials say

    Fees paid by pharmaceutical sales representatives to be licensed to work in Chicago funded opioid addiction treatment and screenings for approximately 4,000 residents in 2017, mostly on the West Side, Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced.

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  • JUL 13, 2018
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    NYPD assistant inspector general named new watchdog overseeing police misconduct probes

    The assistant inspector general overseeing the New York Police Department was named Thursday to oversee investigations of police misconduct in Chicago.

    Joseph Lipari was picked by Inspector General Joseph Ferguson to be Chicago's deputy inspector general for public safety.


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  • JUL 13, 2018
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    Preckwinkle on Cook County budget: ‘low hanging fruit’ gone, tough decisions on horizon

    Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle said county officials had "plucked all the low hanging fruit,” leaving “difficult decisions” to be made to bridge the county’s budget shortfall.

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  • JUL 12, 2018
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    New approach to debt saves city $46.3 million: annual report

    A new debt structure backed by Mayor Rahm Emanuel and approved by the City Council in October saved city taxpayers $46.3 million in 2017 by allowing officials to pay off high-interest debt, according to the city’s Comprehensive Annual Financial Report.

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  • JUL 12, 2018
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    Cook County Pension Fund to be insolvent by 2042, 4 years later than expected: report

    Cook County’s pension fund again pleaded for a long-term solution to improve its fiscal future in its latest annual actuarial valuation report, which covered 2017.

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