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Ald. Marty Quinn (13) has successfully banned home-sharing booked through sites like Airbnb and VRBO in half of his ward, and has more planned in the coming weeks. Aldermen also approved an increase to maximum booting fees, and licensing costs for those booting companies.
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One day after Ald. Ricardo Muñoz (22) invoked a rarely used rule to force the City Council’s Committee on Education and Child Development to hold a hearing on whether Chicago Public Schools officials improperly denied some special education students services they were entitled to under federal law, a hearing was scheduled for 2:30 p.m. on Jan. 12.
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More than a dozen current and former city employees told aldermen in blunt terms Wednesday the Chicago Water Department remains rife with racism and sexism — despite a scandal that toppled a commissioner and cost three high-ranking employees their jobs earlier this year.
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Concerned that smartphone-obsessed drivers are contributing to an epidemic of crashes caused by distracted drivers, two powerful aldermen will ask the Chicago Police Department to start using technology to crack down on those who text while driving.
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Aldermen approved the redevelopment of a former Chicago Housing Authority site, a new 23-story building on Milwaukee in River West, and a new development near the Ravenswood Metra. Two of the biggest items on the Zoning Committee’s agenda were deferred and await Plan Commission approval, while one item notably absent from the agenda led to one couple getting ejected from the meeting and an alderman blocking an affordable housing organization on Twitter.
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The Chicago Federation of Labor, the umbrella organization for Chicago and Cook County's labor unions, publicized a selection of endorsements in countywide races in the upcoming March 20 primary. The group neglected to endorse in a few key races, opting to write “TBD” for the 2nd, 4th, 5th, 8th, 10th, 11th, and 16th district races, and for county assessor.
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Assessor Joe Berrios’ petition challenges against both Frederick “Fritz” Kaegi and Andrea Raila’s campaigns are expected to be overturned, the non-incumbents said Tuesday.
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A plan to expand one of the few parks in Logan Square adjacent to the 606 — otherwise known as the Bloomingdale Trail — got the green light Tuesday from the Committee on Special Events, Cultural Affairs and Recreation.
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Correction: A previous version of this story stated 24 wards allow private booting. The correct number is 30.
The Committee on License and Consumer Protection will jumpstart a stalled effort to hike the penalty for parking illegally in a private lot at its meeting at 11 a.m. today.
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Ald. Ricardo Muñoz (22) Tuesday invoked a rarely used rule to force the City Council’s Committee on Education and Child Development to hold a hearing on whether Chicago Public Schools officials improperly denied some special education students services they were entitled to under federal law. Ald. Scott Waguespack (32) said late Tuesday the mayor’s office has agreed to hold the hearing on Friday at 2:30.
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After months of revelations about rampant racism and sexism in the Chicago Water Department, the Human Relations Committee will hold a hearing at 10 a.m. today into the scandal that has already toppled a commissioner and cost three high-ranking employees their jobs.
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Another aftershock of the political earthquake caused by the decision of U.S. Rep. Luis Gutiérrez not to run for re-election to Congress hit City Hall Tuesday.
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The City Council’s Committee on Transportation and Public Way meets at 10 a.m. today to consider approving dozens of permits to install planters throughout the Wicker Park business district as part of a beautification effort by the Wicker Park & Bucktown Chamber of Commerce.
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City Council’s Zoning Committee meets at 10:00 a.m. today to consider increasing the floor area ratio of a massive riverfront property on Wacker, a redevelopment plan for four buildings on the corner of State and Adams downtown, and another mixed use development in the 27th ward.
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Chicago Teachers Union officials Monday tossed a wrench into the first high-profile project announced by newly named interim CEO Janice Jackson, announcing that they had challenged a plan to close four Englewood high schools in June.
Union Vice President Jesse Sharkey said the teachers’ contract with the Chicago Public Schools prohibits any school closings — unless those schools can’t offer the classes students need to meet graduation requirements.
