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A move to force a hearing about why it will cost suburbanites less this winter to heat their homes than city dwellers is expected to finally emerge from limbo and questions about the Chicago Police Department's budget will take center stage at City Hall.
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OCT 30, 2018
Aldermen clashed Monday over a measure that would add a 1 percent tax to the sale of any Chicago property worth $750,000 or more to fund an effort to replace lead pipes in Chicago homes that could be polluting water, but took no action.
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Chicago Department of Aviation Commissioner Jamie Rhee told aldermen that employees at O’Hare and Midway airports will undergo new training to ensure that all employees experience a “positive work environment.”
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OCT 30, 2018
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After weeks of considering it, Ald. Ameya Pawar (47th) officially launched his bid to run for city treasurer on Monday.
Earlier this year, Pawar said he didn’t intend to run for another term as 47th ward alderman. And when Mayor Rahm Emanuel said he was not going to seek another term as mayor, Pawar initially said he wasn’t going to rule out running for mayor but that his family was the biggest factor in deciding which office to pursue next.
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OCT 29, 2018
After weeks of considering it, Ald. Ameya Pawar (47) will launch a bid Monday to replace City Treasurer Kurt Summers. A measure that would hand control of the Chicago Police Department to a board of elected civilians is set for a vote, more than two years after it was first introduced. Early voting continues a a furious pace — but if you want to vote by mail, the deadline to request a ballot is coming up.
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Budget Committee Chairwoman Ald. Carrie Austin (34) apologized Friday to Ald. Ariel Reboyras (30) for alleging that a question he posed to acting Chicago Fire Department Commissioner Richard C. Ford II about his qualifications for the top job was racially insensitive.
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Chicago Public Schools released 20th day enrollment data on Friday, showing a 10,000-student drop as compared with the 2017-18 school year, continuing the downward trajectory of the number of students in the city’s schools.
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Cook County Comm. John Fritchey (D-12) questioned county health officials about whether the plan to hire members of the Service Employees International Union to fill 55 custodian positions at the new Stroger Hospital professional building was prompted by President Toni Preckwinkle.
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Aldermen are set to consider a measure Monday that would add a 1 percent tax to the sale of any Chicago property worth $750,000 or more to fund an effort to replace lead pipes in Chicago homes that could be polluting water.
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A sedate hearing on the Chicago Fire Department’s 2019 budget Thursday erupted when several African American aldermen objected to a question posed by Ald. Ariel Reboyras (30) to acting Chicago Fire Department Commissioner Richard C. Ford II about his qualifications for the top job.
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A measure that would give an elected board control of the Chicago Police Department will get a hearing at noon on Monday at City Hall — 27 months after it was first introduced.
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Infrastructure changes planned around the Obama Presidential Center advanced Thursday, as the Committee on Transportation and Public Way endorsed the closure and widening of several roads to allow the four-building center to be built in Jackson Park.
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Two Cook County branch courts finally have a closing date— months after Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle and Chief Judge Timothy Evans reached a settlement over proposed court cuts included in the 2018 budget.
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Aldermen agreed to ban Airbnb or other home-sharing services from setting up shop in three more precincts of the 13th Ward, as Ald. Marty Quinn continued his push to keep the services out of his Southwest Side ward.
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Cook County commissioners met for the third day of budget hearings, with two more departments requesting a slight bump in their budgets. Commissioners will receive their final departmental briefings on Thursday from the Cook County Health and Hospitals System and Chief Judge Timothy Evans.
