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This still image taken from police dash camera video, eventually released by the city in November 2015, shows Chicago teen Laquan McDonald just prior to being shot by Officer Jason Van Dyke on Oct. 20, 2014. (Chicago Police Department)
Flexing new powers championed by Mayor Lori Lightfoot and approved by the Chicago City Council, city officials Wednesday released new details about the investigation into former Police Officer Jason Van Dyke, who murdered 17-year-old Laquan McDonald, and 15 officers accused of covering up the shooting.
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OCT 10, 2019
Cook County would add 265 employees to its various executive offices while cutting 638 unfilled positions from its health system under the 2020 budget set to be unveiled by Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle on Thursday.
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Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s pick to lead the Chicago Department of Planning and Development is scheduled to face public questions from aldermen for the first time during a meeting of the City Council’s Committee on Economic, Technology and Capital Development on Thursday.
Maurice Cox. [Submitted]
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Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle is expected to unveil a budget this week with no tax hikes or large-scale layoffs, a departure from previous years and a sharp contrast against the unprecedented budget hole faced by Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot.
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Smaller supermarkets would be allowed to sell booze starting at 8 a.m. on Sundays under a measure that cleared a key city panel on Tuesday.
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An investigation by the city’s watchdog found that vehicles with placards issued by the Chicago Police Department parked illegally near City Hall and blocked fire lanes, posing a safety hazard in “blatant disregard” of rules.
The alley at 140 W. Court Place, where Chicago Police officials parked illegally near City Hall, according to Inspector General Joseph Ferguson. [Heather Cherone/The Daily Line]
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Nearly two years after Argyle Street in Uptown became Chicago’s first shared roadway for cyclists, motorists and pedestrians, aldermen will weigh a measure to make the experiment permanent.
Shared street sign at the corner of Argyle Street and Sheridan Road. [DNAinfo/Josh McGhee]
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OCT 09, 2019
Metra will use its $1.45 billion share of the mammoth capital plan passed in Springfield this year to order hundreds of new train cars, update transit stations and replace rail bridges along the system’s 500-mile network, agency leaders announced Tuesday.
The Metra Electric and South Shore lines. [Airbus777/Flickr]
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The Cook County Assessor’s office has made “modest” progress on a court-ordered overhaul of its hiring practices, but staffers need to take the policy changes more seriously before the office can be free of its 7-year-old federal monitor, according to a legal filing from a government watchdog.
Cook County Assessor Fritz Kaegi. [A.D. Quit/The Daily Line]
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Under current city law, brunch-at-home aficionados and early-rising football lovers have to head to a supermarket to buy booze to lubricate their Sunday morning celebrations.
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The Illinois State Police is working to clear the DNA testing backlog at Illinois’ crime lab — which last year the agency said could take up to five years to get through — but Illinois’ precarious financial history is complicating the process, according to an ISP report published last month.
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A visibly frustrated Mayor Lori Lightfoot amped up the pressure on the Chicago Teachers Union to reach a deal and avert a strike, while the results from Lightfoot’s budget survey make it clear that a property tax increase will be very unpopular with voters.
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Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s pick to chair the Chicago Housing Authority board (A2019-67) sailed through a hearing of the City Council Housing and Real Estate Committee on Monday, setting her up for final confirmation by the full council next week.
Angela Hurlock greets reporters as she prepares for her confirmation hearing as CHA Board chair. [Alex Nitkin/The Daily Line]
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Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s pick to lead the Chicago Housing Authority board, an architect from the South Side who has spent her career working to expand access to affordable housing, will face aldermen Monday.
Angela Hurlock [Submitted]
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OCT 07, 2019
Most homeowners in Chicago’s north and northwest suburbs learned this year that Cook County Assessor Fritz Kaegi’s office determined the assessed value of their property spiked during the past year.
But the increases were a fraction of the potential tax hike faced by owners of office, apartment, retail and industrial buildings. And that likely means big changes for the way property taxes are collected while Kaegi is in charge.
