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MAR 31, 2020
As the number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Illinois continues to double every three or four days, Mayor Lori Lightfoot and Gov. JB Pritzker announced Monday that the battle against the pandemic entered a new phase with the announcement that McCormick Place will become a 3,000-bed hospital.
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City housing officials on Monday announced the approval of $13.2 million in tax credits for the construction of up to 1,083 units of affordable housing across Chicago, signaling that the coronavirus crisis has not stopped the city’s long-term fight to expand low-cost housing options.
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MAR 30, 2020
Chicagoans who lost their jobs or found their paychecks scaled back because of the coronavirus pandemic can apply for $1,000 grants from the city, Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced Friday.
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MAR 30, 2020
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Activists protest the Lincoln Yards and The 78 developments April 10 outside City Hall. (Hannah Alani/Block Club Chicago)
Mayor Lori Lightfoot last month unveiled long-awaited plans she said would restructure how Chicago subsidizes massive private developments with tax dollars originally intended to fight urban blight.
Lightfoot’s administration said the changes were a first step toward fulfilling the mayor’s campaign promise to impose “rigorous standards that eradicate waste and abuse and ensure investments in economically distressed neighborhoods” for the controversial tax increment financing program. -
MAR 27, 2020
Businesses across Cook County will be able to delay paying a combined $35 million in taxes under a “financial relief package” Board President Toni Preckwinkle rolled out on Thursday in an attempt to blunt the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic.
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MAR 27, 2020
Dr. Allison Arwady answers reporters questions, as Mayor Lori Lightfoot looks on. [Heather Cherone/The Daily Line]
An angry Mayor Lori Lightfoot closed the entire Lakefront Trail, the Riverwalk and The 606 trail on Thursday, hours after stir-crazy Chicagoans defied a statewide stay-at-home order designed to stop the spread of the coronavirus.
Chicago Police blocked access to all of the parks east of Lake Shore Drive and warned that those who did not turn around and head home could face $500 fines or even arrest.
“Dear God, stay home, save lives,” Lightfoot said. “We can’t mess around with this one second longer.” -
MAR 26, 2020
Metra trains sport messages urging Cook County residents to complete the Census. [Twitter/@Metra]
The coronavirus pandemic instantly scrambled the city, county and state’s coordinated multimillion-dollar campaign to pump up responses to the U.S. Census. But if early results are any indication, those efforts may already be paying off.
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MAR 26, 2020
The busy lakefront trail Wednesday. JUSTIN LAURENCE/ BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
Mayor Lori Lightfoot warned Chicagoans who flocked to the Lakefront Trail to stay home, saying she was prepared to shut down the city’s trails and parks to enforce Gov. JB Pritzker’s stay-at-home order designed to stop the spread of coronavirus.
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Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas obtained a court order to delay the county’s annual tax sale for delinquent properties until further notice, she announced on Tuesday.
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MAR 25, 2020
On paper, Tammy Wendt was never supposed to win the Democratic primary for a seat on the Cook County Board of Review.
Tammy Wendt campaigns in a picture posted to her Facebook page on March 7. [Facebook]
The Palos Heights attorney and first-time candidate faced Abdelnasser Rashid, a rising star in the Cook County Democratic Party, who boasted the near-unanimous backing of high-ranking elected officials, regional unions and newspaper editorial boards.
But she won anyway.
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MAR 24, 2020
Cook County judges will speed up bond hearings in an effort to reduce the number of detainees clustered inside the county’s jail — but that may not be enough to stop the spread of coronavirus now that people inside are already sick, lawyers and activists said.
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MAR 24, 2020
A New York federal appeals court affirmed a ruling on Monday that prohibits elected officials from blocking people or deleting critical comments on social media, bolstering rules from the Chicago Board of Ethics that regulate regulate how aldermen use Facebook and Twitter.
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MAR 24, 2020
Mayor Lori Lightfoot addresses the news media. [Colin Boyle/Block Club Chicago]
Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced her administration would house as many as 5,000 Chicagoans who are sick from coronavirus or awaiting test results in five hotels across the city, as she said she had lost confidence that the federal government will help cities cope with the pandemic.
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MAR 23, 2020
Approximately 300 Chicago business owners applied for emergency loans in the hours after Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced a new program designed to keep small businesses afloat while the city is under a statewide stay-at-home order, officials said.
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MAR 23, 2020
When employees in the Cook County Clerk’s office report back to their offices after the coronavirus pandemic, they could be under the microscope wielded by a new federal watchdog.
Local government reform fixture Michael Shakman answers questions from reporters. [A.D. Quig/The Daily Line]
