Finance Chair Pat Dowell (3) is pictured at a City Council on June 12, 2024. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]

The City Council Committee on Finance on Monday approved the second global police misconduct settlement reached by the law department in a little over a year and millions in tax increment financing (TIF) and bond assistance for school and economic development projects, although some city financial assistance advanced by the committee may not receive a final vote at City Council next week.

Mayoral candidate and attorney Bill Quinlan is pictured. [Campaign social media]

Bill Quinlan, a longtime Democratic Party attorney, has waded into the mayor’s race in dramatic fashion by taking aim at some of his opponents for running for two political offices at the same time. 

Ald. Matt Martin (47), the ethics committee chair, is pictured at a City Council meeting on April 15, 2026. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]

The City Council ethics committee was denied the opportunity to question the leaders of World Business Chicago (WBC) about the public-private partnership organization’s recent videos that have been criticized as crossing the line into taxpayer-funded political advertising for Mayor Brandon Johnson.

The City Council meets on April 15, 2026. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]

Alderpeople on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved a deal to transfer the rights to the city’s parking meters to a new firm after months of delays and negotiations that yielded some more favorable terms for the city under the concession agreement leasing the meters.

Ald. Marty Quinn (13) is pictured at a City Council meeting on Jan. 15, 2025. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]

The City Council on Tuesday voted 32-15 to approve a higher threshold by which the City Council could approve the issuance of new debt and borrowing by the city. The mayor said he hasn’t made his mind up about whether to veto it.

The City Council meets on Dec. 16, 2024. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]

After a delay last week, the City Council on Tuesday is set to consider the transfer of the rights to the city’s parking meters under a revised concession agreement. The council is under a Sept. 30 deadline to approve the deal. The council will meet at 10 a.m.

The City Council on Friday delayed a final vote on the proposed transfer of the rights to the city’s parking meters that’s accompanied by a renegotiated concession agreement with several sweeteners for the city as the members that pushed for the amended agreement said they are still working on whipping enough votes to pass the measure.

City Hall is pictured in this file photo. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]

The City Council Committee on Finance on Thursday advanced a transfer of the rights to Chicago’s metered parking system under renegotiated terms that proponents pitched as a huge win for taxpayers.

While just two alderpeople voted no in committee, multiple council members voiced skepticism about some of the terms — primarily, the city’s ability to hold the new owners accountable if they fail to divest from a controversial company they’re invested in. Some asked for reassurance before a full City Council vote, which could come as soon as Friday.

Ald. Anthony Beale (9) is pictured at a City Council meeting on Feb. 26, 2025. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]

The City Council on Wednesday delayed votes on two competing rental housing code reform ordinances but approved tens of millions in financial assistance for part of the site once envisioned as Lincoln Yards, a measure to require data centers to report their energy and water use and an update to the city’s campaign finance and ethics rules.

Mayor Brandon Johnson is pictured at a City Council meeting on April 15, 2026. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]

The mayor and three members of the City Council on Wednesday officially proposed a one-year moratorium on new data center infrastructure to allow the city to modernize and update its regulations for the facilities.

Renderings show the proposed master plan for the Foundry Park development site. [Chicago Department of Planning and Development presentation]

The City Council Committee on Finance on Tuesday approved tens of millions of dollars in public assistance for a development being built on what was once part of the Lincoln Yards proposal but delayed a key vote on the city's infamous parking meter deal until later this week.

Ald. Gilbert Villegas (36), chair of the zoning committee, is pictured at a housing committee meeting last week. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]

The City Council Committee on Zoning, Landmarks and Building Standards on Tuesday approved the expansion of a Lincoln Park college prep school, the redevelopment of the former Ford City Mall and a new Amazon warehouse in Gage Park, as well as a proposed designation of a Far North Side street as a historic landmark.