Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle speaks before the County Board of Commissioners following its vote to approve the county budget Thursday. [Michael McDevitt/The Daily Line]

The Cook County Board of Commissioners approved the county’s annual budget for 2023 by a unanimous 17-0 vote during a special meeting Thursday. The full board’s approval of the budget came after the spending plan passed the County Finance Committee by the same margin with more than two dozen amendments.

CTU President Stacy Davis Gates, who chairs United Working Families, speaks during a news conference announcing endorsements on Thursday. [Erin Hegarty/The Daily Line]

The progressive organization United Working Families on Thursday endorsed 18 people hoping to win aldermanic elections in wards across the city during next year’s municipal election.

Former governor of Illinois Pat Quinn announced he won’t run for mayor. The mayor’s office on Thursday made public the names and resumes of four people hoping to be the next 12th Ward alderman. And the Plan Commission approved an affordable housing development in Lincoln Square.

The City Council met for its regular meeting on Wednesday. [Erin Hegarty/The Daily Line]

The City Council on Wednesday approved $13.5 million in tax-increment financing (TIF) dollars for a Black-owned company that plans to spruce up six Save-A-Lot grocery stores on the South and West sides.

Democrat Maggie Trevor, left, faced Republican Matt Podgorski for the District 9 seat on the Cook County Commission [Courtesy photos]

The number of Republicans serving on the Cook County Board of Commissioners will soon fall to just one after results for a close contest in District 9 flipped the seat for a Democrat Tuesday evening.

Members of the Chicago Plan Commission on Thursday will consider a proposal for a 63-unit affordable development in Lincoln Square. [City of Chicago}

Members of the Chicago Plan Commission are scheduled to meet on Thursday to consider a 63-unit, 100 percent affordable residential development proposed for Lincoln Square and the renovation of a building on the Near South Side to bring a mixed-use development with 38 residential units to the community.

The City Council is scheduled to meet at 10 a.m. Wednesday. [Erin Hegarty/The Daily Line]

Aldermen during Wednesday’s City Council meeting could finally vote on a controversial proposal to legalize private booting of cars citywide, according to a notice filed with the City Clerk’s office on Monday.

Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle gives her 2023 budget address during a special board of commissioners meeting in October [Cook County Board of Commissioners livestream]

The Cook County Board of Commissioners could approve the county’s annual budget as soon as Thursday.

A special meeting of the board and the Cook County Finance Committee are both scheduled for Nov. 17 at 9 a.m. to act on the 2023 budget. The finance committee must approve the budget before it goes for a vote before the full 17-member board.

Delayed property tax bills finally became available Tuesday, a day after a study by the county assessor said Board of Review appeals increased the tax burden on homeowners. Meanwhile, Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced her signature Invest South/West program would expand its scope to investments for residential developments.

Supporters of the Bring Chicago Home proposal attend a news conference outside City Hall Monday. [Erin Hegarty/The Daily Line]

A public hearing on whether to ask voters this February if they support raising the real estate transfer tax to help fund affordable housing and homelessness services did not occur after not enough aldermen showed up to council chambers to meet the required quorum.

Members of the City Council’s finance committee during Monday’s meeting. [Erin Hegarty/The Daily Line]

Aldermen on Monday gave an initial OK to a measure that would give $13.5 million in tax-increment finance (TIF) dollars to a company planning to lease and rehab six Save-A-Lot grocery stores in the city.

The Board of Commissioners for the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago convenes for a meeting Nov. 3. [MWRD Livestream]

In addition to countywide wins for Cook County Democrats in the 2022 midterm elections, Democrats also performed a clean sweep of all four open seats on the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago (MWRD).

The MWRD, which is responsible for protecting area waterways and Lake Michigan, treating wastewater and providing stormwater management for Chicago and suburban Cook County, usually has at least three seats up for election on its nine-member board each cycle as board members serve staggered six-year terms.

Aldermen will meet Tuesday to consider referendum questions proposed for the Feb. 28 ballot. [Erin Hegarty/The Daily Line]

The outcome of a key City Council committee meeting Tuesday is likely to determine which referendum questions get placed on the Feb. 28 municipal election ballot.

Aldermen will meet on Monday to discuss a proposed referendum to change the real estate transfer tax. [Erin Hegarty/The Daily Line]

The City Council will convene for a special meeting Monday to discuss a measure that would give voters the choice this February to raise the real estate transfer tax to help fund affordable housing and homelessness services.

Anjanette Young speaks during a meeting of the City Council Committee on Public Safety Thursday. [Erin Hegarty/The Daily Line]

An ordinance originally proposed by a group of Black alderwomen to establish new rules for residential search warrants in Chicago following the police department’s wrongful raid of Anjanette Young’s home in 2019 did not pass out of a key council committee Thursday.