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With the city’s agreement with ComEd to provide electric service to 1.2 million Chicago residents set to end on Dec. 31, 2020, aldermen will get a chance on Thursday to press company officials on their plans for the future — and to ensure service during the hot summer months.
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In a nod to Pride Month and the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall uprising that launched the modern LBGTQ+ rights movement, commissioners approved measures in support of the federal Equality Act, and doubled down on protections against discrimination in public facilities like bathrooms and dressing rooms.
“This is an important step forward for the county and taking away potential barrier for gender non-conforming residents,” Comm. Kevin Morrison (D-15) said. [A.D. Quig/The Daily Line]
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A man whose wife died after giving birth at Stroger Hospital should get $7 million to resolve his wrongful death suit, county lawyers recommended.
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The land rush in the Fulton Market District is showing no signs of slowing down, with aldermen advancing three big projects for the red-hot West Loop neighborhood on Tuesday.
The nine-story Fulton Market office tower at 1230 W. Washington Blvd. [City of Chicago]
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A group of Far Northwest Side Democratic Party insiders will gather Friday to pick a replacement for former State Sen. John Mulroe (D-Chicago), who resigned to become a Cook County judge.
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Days after Gov. JB Pritzkersigned an executive order to establish a Census Office ahead of the high stakes 2020 count, Cook County commissioners are set to vote on 13 appointments to its own Complete Count committee.
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The Wicker Park Target would be allowed to sell booze under a proposal set to be considered Wednesday by aldermen.
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Both during the signing ceremony for the marijuana legalization bill on Tuesday and in the many months of negotiations before HB 1438 passed the General Assembly in the waning days of its spring legislative session, supporters of the bill emphasized that the legalization was about more than just generating tax revenue — but was designed to address the disproportionate negative effects of the war on drugs on minority communities.
Gov. JB Pritzker celebrates the signing of the marijuana legalization bill Tuesday. [Hannah Meisel/The Daily Line]
Stemming from that goal, the clearing of people’s criminal records of low-level marijuana charges is central to the cannabis legalization law. Expungements and pardons will available under the new law for approximately 700,000 arrest and conviction records belonging to approximately 315,000 people.
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Chicagoans will be prohibited from weighing in on each item set to be considered Tuesday at the first regular meeting of the City Council’s Zoning Committee under the leadership of Ald. Tom Tunney (44).
Ald. Tom Tunney. [46th Ward Office]
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Disgraced former 20th Ward Ald. Willie Cochran was sentenced to one year and a day in prison Monday, the 30th Chicago alderman to be convicted of corruption since 1973 and the third alderman of the ward to plead guilty after being charged with crimes.
“It’s never going to be right, not under these circumstances,” former 20th Ward Ald. Willie Cochran said. [A.D. Quig/The Daily Line]
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Cook County Inspector General Patrick Blanchard dropped a $700 million bomb on Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle’s desk, days after she released a good news preliminary forecast that showed the county’s budget gap at a historic low of $18 million.
John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital [Cook County Health and Hospital Systems]
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Former Ald. Willie Cochran (20th) will be sentenced Monday.
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Precisely 920 days after he learned from Ald. Ed Burke (14) on the floor of the City Council that he had been indicted for allegedly shaking down a local business owner and stealing $30,000 he collected to help people in his ward, former 20th Ward Ald. Willie Cochran will find out whether he is headed for jail.
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Eight candidates for the Illinois Supreme Court asked members of the Cook County Democratic Party to back their bids for the state’s highest court.
First District Appellate Court Judge Nathanial Howse makes the case for his candidacy for the Illinois Supreme Court to the Cook County Democratic Party. [A.D. Quig/The Daily Line]
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After the City Council’s most tenured black alderman saw her office raided by federal officials Wednesday, members of City Council’s Black Caucus Thursday declined to speculate about what would happen next in the federal investigation into Ald. Carrie Austin (34).
Ald. Jason Ervin (28) is the chair of the Black Caucus. [Heather Cherone/The Daily Line]
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Plans to transform the long-vacant former Sears store at North and Harlem avenues into a mixed-use development featuring 313 homes, a grocery store and fitness center cleared the Plan Commission Thursday.
