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Mayor Lori Lightfoot Tuesday tapped Gia Biagi to lead the Chicago Department of Transportation, making a key appointment to her cabinet, more than six months after taking office.
Gia Biagi [Submitted]
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Supporters of a measure that would ratchet up the city’s requirements for developers to set aside new residential units for low- and moderate-income Chicagoans will finally get to make their case, 18 months after the ordinance known as Development for All was introduced.
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DEC 10, 2019
Some lesser-known candidates claimed a small but important victory on Monday when a lottery placed their names high on the primary ballot set to face next March.
Cook County Clerk Karen Yarbrough draws names to determine the ballot order for March 17. [Alex Nitkin/The Daily Line]
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An effort to require City Council committees to take a vote to determine whether a majority of aldermen are present before getting underway ran into a buzzsaw of opposition Monday.
Ald. Patrick Daley Thompson (11) makes his case for his proposal. [Heather Cherone/The Daily Line]
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The battle over Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s effort to roll back aldermanic prerogative flared back into public view Monday as aldermen delayed a vote on a proposal to end a Northwest Side tax-increment financing district in the face of opposition from two aldermen.
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DEC 10, 2019
Cannabis cultivator Cresco Labs is scheduled to score zoning approval on Tuesday to move its Medmar Lakeview dispensary into the heart of Wrigleyville, clearing a regulatory hurdle that aldermen added to cannabis zoning rules in order to tighten their control over the approval process.
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Candidates will hope the odds are ever in their favor as a lottery set for 10 a.m. Monday will determine who is first — and last — on the March 17 primary ballot.
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Chicago ethics officials said they are working to address the anxiety coursing through many of Chicago’s nonprofit organizations, who must register as lobbyists starting Jan. 1 as part of an ethics reform package pushed through by Mayor Lori Lightfoot takes effect.
Chicago Board of Ethics Chair William Conlon said objections lodged by some groups “raised some good questions” the board will attempt to resolve. [Heather Cherone/The Daily Line]
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City Council committees would have to take a vote to determine whether a majority of aldermen are present before getting underway, according to a proposal authored by Ald. Patrick Daley Thompson (11) set to be considered by aldermen on Monday.
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Aldermen are set to consider a proposal from Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Monday to shutter four tax-increment financing districts early.
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Four cyclists have died in crashes on Chicago’s streets since Sept. 1 — after no one died while riding a bicycle in Chicago during the first eight months of 2019, according to data compiled by the Chicago Department of Transportation.
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DEC 06, 2019
A bonanza of local elected officials, second-time candidates and relative unknowns threw their names into a crowded race to fill three contested seats on the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago — and that was all before former Cook County board President Todd Stroger turned in his signatures minutes before Monday’s filing deadline.
Metropolitan Water Reclamation District candidates, from left: Frank Avila, Cam Davis, Kimberly Neely Du Buclet and Eira Corral Sepúlveda. [Submitted photos]
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Gov. JB Pritzker and his cannabis czar Toi Hutchinson on Wednesday defended the slow, deliberate rollout of Illinois’ cannabis legalization law — including the fact that existing medical cannabis companies received the first recreational licenses.
Gov. JB Pritzker signs SB 1557, a trailer bill for Illinois’ cannabis legalization program, Wednesday at Cabrini Green Legal Aid’s downtown offices, surrounded by bill sponsors, advisers and stakeholders. [Hannah Meisel/The Daily Line]
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Aldermen unanimously voted on Wednesday to advance a measure that would ban them from working as lobbyists to press other elected officials on city-related matters.
Chicago Board pf Ethics Executive Director Steve Berlin urged aldermen to approve the proposed ban. [Heather Cherone/The Daily Line]
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Gov. JB Pritzker on Wednesday appointed four members to the Joint Commission on Ethics and Lobbying Reform — a body created during the legislature’s Fall Veto Session and charged with recommending changes to require more transparency and disclosure for both lawmakers and lobbyists in Springfield.
