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The American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois took aim at the Chicago Police Department’s use of Twitter and Facebook, filing a lawsuit demanding answers the group said city officials have refused to provide. Cook County property tax bills are online — and officials are ready to take your money. Inspector General Joseph Ferguson slammed the city’s budget office for doing a poor job keeping tabs on fees.
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Aldermen will once again consider a measure that would use the city’s anti-loitering laws to crack down on prostitution, two months after concerns about whether the ordinance would withstand a legal challenge prompted a delay.
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The redevelopment of the former Salvation Army Freedom site was the Chicago Plan Commission’s only divided vote on Thursday, with members of the public chiming in about a lack of parking and union wages for construction workers. Commissioners also pushed developers about on-site affordable units at a new building planned for the busy commercial area around North and Clybourn, and greenlit a People’s Gas facility on the city’s Southwest Side.
Her voice thick with emotion, Zoning Administrator Patricia Scudiero paid tribute to her fellow commissioners and promised that she would not return to City Hall to lobby them on projects. [Heather Cherone/The Daily Line] -
Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas and President Toni Preckwinkle’s administration agree: revenues from Pappas’ office are approximately half of what county officials had been expecting to bank.
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The Chicago Plan Commission has a crowded agenda for its meeting set to start at 10 a.m., including a new building across from People’s Gas Training Facility on the Southwest Side, the redevelopment of an old Salvation Army Center into near West Side apartments, and a new development in the North Branch Industrial Corridor.
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With a plan to rename Balbo Drive for investigative journalist Ida B. Wells stalled, Ald. Sophia King (4) said she was open to renaming another major Chicago street for the Civil Rights icon — as long as it was prominent enough to merit bearing Wells’ name.
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A familiar face will return to City Hall to run the city’s procurement office as part of a shuffle caused by the resignation of Aviation Commission Ginger Evans. Aldermen will weigh tax breaks for three Chicago businesses, and the council’s Progressive Caucus demanded hearings on Chicago Public Schools officials handling of a sexual abuse scandal.
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Chicago hotels would only be required to provide employees who work in guest rooms with panic buttons to protect them from being sexually assaulted or harassed under a change endorsed Wednesday by the Committee on Workforce Development.
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Some homeowners near the popular 606 elevated trail are one step closer to getting some financial help from the city, as aldermen voted to approve a new grant program to help pay for exterior repairs. One alderman pressed city officials to develop more help for homeowners whose property values suddenly surge.
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Aldermen have a full set of committee meetings on tap — but a proposal to rename Balbo Drive for Civil Rights icon Ida B. Wells is now in limbo, and won’t be heard by the Transportation Committee. Aviation Commissioner Ginger Evans stepped down after three tumultuous years, and will be replaced by a City Hall veteran. The city’s use of a gang database faces a legal challenge filed by Northwestern University’s MacArthur Justice Center.
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City Council’s Housing and Real Estate Committee meets at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday to consider a revamp of one third of the Chicago Housing Authority’s Board, a plan to maintain homes for long-time residents near the 606 trail, and a road widening designed to allow better access to Chicago’s newest neighborhood.
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Chicago hotels would only be required to provide employees who clean guest rooms panic buttons to protect them from being sexually assaulted or harassed under a change proposed by Ald. Michelle Harris (8.)
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Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle offered her usual sobering warning at a briefing with reporters Monday designed to look ahead to the 2019 budget, anticipating it will be “difficult and challenging.”
Cook County budget projections show stagnant revenues and growing general fund expenses in the out-years, owed in part to the repeal of the county's beverage tax in 2017. [Cook County]
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A Chicago police officer who planned to challenge Sheriff Tom Dart dropped out of the race, while three new aldermanic candidates filed to challenge incumbents across the city.
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Despite efforts by supporters of a plan to rename Balbo Drive for investigative journalist Ida B. Wells to flood aldermen with calls and emails, the measure backed by 27 aldermen won't be considered Wednesday by the Committee on Transportation and the Public Way.
