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Voters eager to cast an early ballot in the Democratic presidential primary and a slew of Cook County races may have to wait, elections officials said Tuesday.
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JAN 29, 2020
Former State Sen. Martin Sandoval (D-Chicago) promised to “go balls to the walls” to protect the interests of a red-light camera company in exchange for $5,000 in monthly bribes, according to a plea agreement Sandoval signed as part of a guilty plea he entered on Tuesday.
“I’m ashamed, and I’m sorry. I want to apologize to the people of Illinois, to my constituents," said former State Sen. Martin Sandoval, (D-Chicago). [Alex Nitkin/The Daily Line]
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Less than a month after Illinois lawmakers legalized marijuana, Chicago aldermen are scheduled to weigh whether to take the first step toward decriminalizing magic mushrooms and peyote.
Ald. Brian Hopkins (2) addresses a community meeting. [Block Club Chicago]
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JAN 28, 2020
Chicago voters on March 17 will come face-to-face with more than 5,000 new voting machines and ballot tabulators ordered as part of an effort to ensure votes are counted accurately and free of outside interference, city election officials announced on Monday.
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JAN 27, 2020
Members of more than 60 Cook County boards and commissions would be banned from contracting with the county under a sweeping set of new ethics rules dismissed by county board President Toni Preckwinkle as a “political stunt.”
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JAN 27, 2020
Ald. Anthony Beale (9) collected enough valid signatures to appear on the March 17 ballot for Democratic committeeperson in his Far South Side ward, election officials ruled on Friday in their final eligibility decision for the 2020 primary election cycle.
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JAN 24, 2020
A rendering shows what a 20-story hotel at 800 W. Lake St. could look like.
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Fulton Market needs a new CTA station to cope with the flood of new residents and workers unleashed by the neighborhood’s development boom, Ald. Walter Burnett (27) said on Thursday.
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An exclusive deal allowing Lyft to operate the city’s Divvy bicycle-sharing system — inked at former Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s final City Council meeting in April — does not amount to a “backroom monopoly” that improperly “locks out” competitors, a federal judge ruled Thursday.
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Legislation that would put an elected board of Chicago residents in charge of the Chicago Police Department is once again in the spotlight at City Hall, with negotiations underway that could lead to a vote as soon as next month.
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City officials are scheduled to green-light a trio of multimillion-dollar construction proposals for Fulton Market on Thursday, leaving the spigot open on a gush of new commercial development overtaking the former meat-packing district.
Left: A 21-story tower planned for 1400 W. Randolph St. Right: A 10-story building planned for 1440 W. Randolph St. [Provided]
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JAN 23, 2020
A bid by the Cook County Board of Commissioners and President Toni Preckwinkle to increase their power over the county’s independent health system board could make the search for a new CEO more difficult — especially if the change take away its ability to offer severance pay, the health board’s chair said on Wednesday.
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Republicans in Chicago will have few chances to make their mark during the March 17 primary, with most GOP candidates either running uncontested or headed for likely defeats at the hands of their Democratic opponent in November.
Mike McAuliffe and Amie Kessem. [Submitted photos]
But one race in the city’s 41st Ward could have big implications for a burgeoning Republican movement on the Northwest Side, as well as the fight to defend the party’s last remaining state house seat within city limits.
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JAN 22, 2020
Ald. Daniel La Spata (1) did not gather enough signatures to appear on the primary ballot in his race to be the Democratic committeeperson in his ward, election officials ruled on Tuesday.
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JAN 22, 2020
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Mayor Lightfoot tours 345 Art Gallery with owner Corry Williams PASCAL SABINO / BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
Applications are now open through the end of February for $10 million in new business development grants provided by the city’s Neighborhood Opportunity Fund program.
The grants will be a driving force behind Mayor Lori Lighfoot’s INVEST South/West initiative to support equitable development in commercial corridors on the South and West sides. The city recently unveiled changes to the Neighborhood Opportunity Fund program that aim to make the program more accessible to the businesses that could benefit most from the money. -
JAN 21, 2020
Three candidates filed to run for the position of Democratic Committeeperson in Chicago’s 1st Ward this year, and two candidates declared for the position in the 9th Ward. A free-for-all of mutual petition challenges may prevent any of their names from being printed on the March 17 primary ballot, pending a hearing by the Chicago Board of Elections on Tuesday.
