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A court hearing is scheduled today that plaintiffs say could invalidate one of City Council’s most productive meetings of this term.
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Assessor candidate Frederick “Fritz” Kaegi is confident in a win on March 20. “Polling looks terrific.” Even calculating for potential unusable votes cast for Andrea Raila, Kaegi said, “We’re not worried. We’re firmly focused on Joe Berrios. I think to the extent that people may be voting for her it may be drawing equally from both of us.”
(Kaegi takes questions from reporters after a speech at the City Club of Chicago on March 8, 2018. Photo: A.D. Quig, The Daily Line)
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An analysis of Chicago Police Department data from July 1, 2016 through Dec. 31, 2016 found while the city and police department have made “great strides in its efforts to reform its policies and practices and public image within the past two years,” police stops of black civilians “outnumbered stops of other racial and ethnic groups by a significant margin.” And black and Latino civilians “were significantly more likely to be patted down” than white civilians.
(Chart via “The Consultant’s Second Semi-Annual Report Investigatory Stop & Protective Pat Down Agreement,” March 2018.)
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One of the candidates in Cook County’s 7th District race tossed accusations of pay-to-play politics at her opponent, alleging improper donations that are similar to those that Assessor Joe Berrios is fighting fines for.
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A golden anniversary and another round of NOF awards top off the day.
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The 12th District race has inundated households with mail from both sides, split North Side elected officials and countywide unions, and is turning out to be one of the tightest and most expensive races on the county board.
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Chicago and Cook County voters will get a chance to weigh in on some of the hottest political issues as part of the March 20 primary election.
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With the next round of aldermanic races officially less than a year away, a handful of Chicagoans have announced plans to make a run at the Chicago City Council.
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Endorsements continue to roll in as Cook County election officials open up more early voting locations.
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As the final weeks of primary season winds down, the mailers and ads keep coming. We've compiled the ones we've received in the past few weeks here, and are always accepting more. Please scan or snap a picture of both sides of mailers (if possible, obscure your name and home address), send links to ads, or send audio files of robocalls.
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Cook County Assessor Joe Berrios skipped Thursday’s hearing about the results of the Civic Consulting Alliance analysis of his office’s valuations of residential properties.
Berrios’ team touted “immediate” changes to the residential assessments for the 2018 cycle in Chicago, and dismissed calls from the assessor's challenger in the March 20 primary to immediately reassess Chicago’s highest-value commercial properties to give homeowners a break.
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Commissioners were deluged with hundreds of comments and heard more than four hours of testimony Thursday from south suburban mayors, managers and developers furious about a proposal to force businesses that get county tax breaks to pay the prevailing wage on construction projects.
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Three aldermen Wednesday demanded a hearing on a measure designed to force Cook County Assessor Joe Berrios to reassess the value of seven Downtown commercial building.
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MAR 01, 2018
Infuriated by the deaths of Chicago Police Commander Paul Bauer on Feb. 13 and 17 students in Parkland, Florida, aldermen demanded that state and federal lawmakers impose tougher gun control laws.
Aldermen observe a minute of silence to remember Chicago Police Commander Paul Bauer and the 17 high school students slain in Parkland, Florida. Credit: Heather Cherone, The Daily Line
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Commissioners have called on representatives from the Civic Consulting Alliance and Assessor Joe Berrios’ office “to present and discuss the results” of the study analyzing Cook County’s property tax assessment system (18-2142) at a Finance Committee hearing scheduled for 11:30 a.m. today. That study, released earlier this month, found that the system is more variable and regressive than industry standards, leading to low-value homeowners paying more, and high-value homeowners paying less.
