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NOV 04, 2026
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CPS Board President-elect Jessica Biggs speaks to supporters at a watch party in River North on Nov. 3, 2026. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]
Chicago Board of Education Member Jessica Biggs made history Tuesday night, becoming the first elected president of the school board.
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NOV 04, 2026
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Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle visits Manny's Deli on Nov. 3, 2026. [Cameron Levasseur/The Daily Line]
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle officially won a fifth term as county executive Tuesday night, while Pat Hynes, the Lyons Township assessor, was elected Cook County assessor in some of the county’s biggest general election races.
The County Board of Commissioners also lost its last Republican-held seat, flipping the body entirely blue next term.
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NOV 04, 2026
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A Chicago voter casts a ballot in the 2022 primary. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]
Chicago voters on Tuesday approved all three citywide advisory questions on their ballots, including referenda on the development of permanent festival and outdoor event space for large events, the reinstatement of gunshot detection technology and cost recovery associated with the federal government’s immigration actions in Chicago.
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NOV 03, 2026
Mayor Brandon Johnson presides over a City Council meeting on April 15, 2026. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]
The City Council at a special meeting on Monday voted overwhelmingly to allocate a multimillion-dollar sum received under the deal transferring the rights to the city’s parking meters toward the city’s pension obligations above and beyond what’s already been paid this year.
The move now creates a new budget gap that Mayor Brandon Johnson and the council must work to address.
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NOV 03, 2026
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Chicago Housing Authority Comm. Matthew Brewer is pictured. [Campaign]
Matt Brewer, one of the dozen-plus candidates running to unseat Mayor Brandon Johnson, thinks Chicago must grow its way out of its budget woes rather than rely on tax hikes to fuel spending.
“We can't get there without growth,” Brewer said in an interview with The Daily Line a little over a week after filing signatures to get on the mayoral ballot. “Right now, we have recurring expenses, and we don't have enough recurring revenue to match our recurring expenses.”
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NOV 02, 2026
The City Council meets in chambers on April 15, 2026. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]
The City Council on Monday could approve an ordinance that would require the $75 million payment agreed to under the deal that transferred the rights to the city’s parking meters to a new lessee to be put into the city pension system separately from any other statutory or supplementary payments.
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NOV 02, 2026
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle said Thursday the county may need to consider new revenue in fiscal year 2028 after balancing next year’s budget without tax increases largely through one-time measures.
Preckwinkle spoke at a City Club of Chicago luncheon alongside Cook County Health CEO Dr. Erik Mikaitis, where the two discussed the county’s budget and the impact of federal Medicaid cuts.
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Susana Mendoza speaks with Dan Gibbons at City Club (Don Vincent/The DailyLine)
Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza pitched herself to Chicago business leaders Wednesday as the mayoral candidate who would grow the city’s economy instead of raising taxes, taking aim at Mayor Brandon Johnson’s proposed 2027 budget.
Mendoza laid out her plan at a City Club of Chicago luncheon and answered questions on transit safety, the Archer Avenue traffic project and taxes on high earners.
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OCT 30, 2026
Ald. Bill Conway (34) asks CDOT Comm. William Cheaks questions at a budget hearing on Oct. 29, 2026. [Livestream]
For the second year in a row, the Chicago Department of Transportation (CDOT) faced the ire of alderpeople representing downtown and Near North and Near West sides for ongoing bridge projects that have caused traffic problems.
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OCT 29, 2026
Ald. Matt O'Shea (19) asks CPD leadership questions during a budget hearing on Oct. 28, 2026. [Livestream]
The Chicago Police Department’s (CPD) headcount is poised to increase in Mayor Brandon Johnson’s 2027 budget proposal despite plans to civilianize scores of positions and eliminate more than 130 vacant sworn officer roles.
CPD leadership answered questions from the Committee on Budget and Government Operations at its annual budget hearing Wednesday on its workforce plans and a new set of pilot programs for gun violence detection and response technology
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OCT 28, 2026
The City Council budget committee hears from the environment department on Oct. 27, 2026. [Livestream]
The City Council budget committee on Tuesday heard about how the Department of Environment (DOE) is handling the full return of its regulatory and enforcement powers just months after a multi-year transition was completed.
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OCT 28, 2026
Buildings Comm. Marlene Hopkins takes questions from Ald. Andre Vasquez (40) at a budget hearing on Oct. 27, 2026. [Livestream]
The Chicago Department of Buildings (DOB) on Tuesday answered questions from alderpeople about the impact of a proposed tax hike on the lease of personal property, a new head tax and the number of complaints it receives related to rental housing that it could shift to the housing department under a proposed reform ordinance.
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OCT 27, 2026
The budget committee asks questions of Chief Financial Officer Ashlee Gabrysch, Acting Budget Director Jonathan Ernst and Comptroller Michael Belsky on Oct. 26, 2026. [Livestream]
Alderpeople kicked off their annual budget hearings on Monday with the leaders of the city’s finance and budget offices answering questions about some of the most controversial elements of Mayor Brandon Johnson’s 2027 budget proposal, which was unveiled last week.
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OCT 27, 2026
The Cook County Board of Commissioners passed an ordinance Thursday to prevent private companies with county contracts from sharing residents’ personal data with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) or other third parties.
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OCT 26, 2026
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Budget Chair Jason Ervin (28) attends a City Council meeting on April 17, 2024. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]
The City Council Committee on Budget and Government Operations on Monday will begin departmental hearings as part of the 2027 budget cycle. Over the next two-plus weeks, all city departments and agencies will appear before the committee to detail their spending and operations plans for the next year.
