Independent journalist Dave Glowacz does audio and print reporting on Chicagoland government. Find his work at chigov.com, and follow him at facebook.com/insidegov .
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A rendering of the first phase of the Lincoln Yards plan that was presented to the Chicago Plan Commission on April 15. [Department of Planning and Development]
A developer’s about-face in its first stage of building the Lincoln Yards megadevelopment illustrates how much latitude the firm has been given to reshape its massive plans — shutting out public input in the process, some neighbors argue.
Sterling Bay presented the first construction planned in its sprawling Lincoln Yards campus to the Chicago Plan Commission during a public hearing on April 15.
Change-up in Lincoln Yards plan prompts questions over community vetting
Chicago Budget Director Susie Park during a virtual 2021 budget hearingIn the 2021 Chicago budget approved last month, city budget documents attributed $43 million of a $93.9 million property tax increase to a "loss in collection" shortfall.
At a November presentation, city Budget Director Susie Park said that this was “the result of a lawsuit that the city lost."
Near half of 2021 Chicago property tax hike stems from pension lawsuit
Illinois Commerce Commission kills 3-year effort to let utilities capitalize cloud computing costs
Future of aldermanic group probing mayor's pandemic spending is unclear
Mayor Lori Lightfoot speaks in October at an announcement of the INVEST South/West Initiative. (Provided)
Among the hundreds of items passed by the Chicago City Council at its April 24 meeting was funding for Mayor Lori Lightfoot's nascent INVEST South/West project.
Announced last October, the mayor's project aims to reinvigorate the West and South Sides, in part by jumpstarting local businesses.
City Council approves TIF to fund INVEST South/West, but some aldermen not on board
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