Ald. Tom Tunney (44) and Ald. Raymond Lopez (15) during Wednesday’s City Council meeting [Don Vincent / The Daily Line]

Aldermen voted on Wednesday to create a new special City Council committee to review plans for the forthcoming Chicago casino, but a handful of aldermen didn’t agree with how members of the committee were chosen.

Aldermen approved the demolition of a home in the East Village Landmark District.

The City Council’s Committee on Zoning, Landmark and Building Standards approved two new Fulton Market towers, rehab work on a Lakeview single-room occupancy building and a new pot dispensary in Wicker Park, sending the proposals to council for final approval on Wednesday.

City Treasurer Melissa Conyears-Ervin and Ald. Daniel La Spata (1) speaking during a committee meeting on Monday.

Chicago moved one step closer to divesting most of its assets from fossil fuels as a pair of key City Council committees on Monday unanimously approved an ordinance doing just that.

A City Council committee on Monday approved the extension of a tax incentive for a Beverly medical office building. The next 11th Ward alderman is due for approval in committee on Tuesday. And city leaders kicked off a new tourism campaign to welcome travelers back to Chicago airports.

The City Council Committee on Zoning, Landmarks and Building Standards is set to consider a proposal for a 28-story 305-unit residential building at 1353 W. Fulton St.

The City Council Committee on Zoning, Landmarks and Building Standards is set to meet Tuesday to consider two proposals for new Fulton Market towers, the rehabilitation of a Lakeview single-room occupancy building and a slew of other developments proposed across the city.

Aldermen are set this week to consider an ordinance charting a path for the city to divest from fossil fuel. [Maxim Tolchinskiy on Unsplash]

Aldermen could give an initial OK to a measure banning the city from investing $6.7 billion of its assets from major fossil fuel companies.

The Chicago Plan Commission approved a proposal to build a 28-story 305-unit residential building at 1353 W. Fulton St.

The Chicago Plan Commission on Thursday approved two new towers — a 28-story 305-unit residential building and a 25-story commercial building — for the Near West Side during its monthly meeting.

Belray Limited Partnership is proposing to renovate the single-room occupancy building at 3105 N. Racine Ave. in Lakeview.

The Chicago Plan Commission is set to meet at 10 a.m. Thursday to consider a slew of development proposals including plans to renovate a Lakeview single-room occupancy building and to build a 305-unit residential building on the Near West Side.

Ald. Anthony Beale (9) and Ald. Pat Dowell (3) speak during a committee meeting on Wednesday.

An alderman’s proposal to establish separate legal counsel for the City Council faced its latest delay on Wednesday when it was held in committee to give aldermen more time to review new amendments to the ordinance.

Aldermen who support the “Chicago United Map” drawn under leadership of the rules committee attend a press conference on Tuesday. [Alex Nitkin / The Daily Line]

Chicago voters will have two ward map proposals to choose from when they go to the polls during the June 28 election, unless a last-minute compromise can be brokered between two groups of aldermen supporting them.

Ald. Anthony Beale (9) speaks during a City Council meeting. [Don Vincent / The Daily Line]

A proposal to establish separate legal counsel for the City Council is set on Wednesday to be discussed in public for the first time since it was introduced nearly nine months ago.

Ald. Gilbert Villegas (36) speaks during a committee meeting on Monday.

A proposed ordinance that cleared a key City Council committee on Monday would bar people who are charged with or convicted of hate crimes and treason from doing business with the city.

Trump Tower in the city’s River North neighborhood

The City Council Committee on Contracting Oversight and Equity is set on Monday to consider an ordinance that would bar people who are charged or convicted of crimes of treason and sedition from doing business with the city.

Members of the Latino Caucus and other aldermen in December submitted paperwork for their map to be placed on the June 28 ballot. [Justin Laurence / Block Club Chicago] 

A group of aldermen who already submitted their proposal for a new ward map to be placed on the June 28 primary election ballot want to make tweaks to their proposal to accommodate a potentially powerful new ally as the campaign ramps up. But amending the map, which has already been approved for the ballot by the City Clerk’s office, will be virtually impossible without a complex web of legislative maneuvering. 

City and transit officials on Wednesday announced new efforts to increase private security and the presence of police officers at CTA stations and on buses and trains. City housing officials confirmed they will push to extend a demolition fee pilot in gentrifying neighborhoods. Aldermen will make appointments to the Advisory Council on Cultural Affairs and Special Events. And a watchdog office credited the Chicago Department of Transportation for improving its management of the city’s traffic signals but said the department still has more work to do. 

Aldermen have begun interviews applicants to serve on the interim Community Commission for Public Safety and Accountability. [Erin Hegarty / The Daily Line]

A working group of aldermen has begun interviewing the dozens of people who applied to serve on the interim Community Commission for Public Safety and Accountability, and a list of nominees could be sent to Mayor Lori Lightfoot for consideration in April, officials said Tuesday.  

Chicago Public Schools plans to make masks optional in one week, district leaders announced on Monday. And dozens of county candidates hoping to get on the June 28 ballot for races ranging from Cook County Board President to the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District filed their nominating petitions on Monday. 

Ald. Rossana Rodriguez-Sanchez (33), left, and Chicago Department of Public Health Comm. Allison Arwady speak during a committee meeting on Friday. 

Since it launched in late last summer, Chicago’s pilot program that has embedded mental health professionals in mental health call responses has made 134 emergency runs — and on none of those occasions did they make any arrests or use force. 

Ald. Rossana Rodriguez-Sanchez (33) and Matt Richards with the city’s Department of Public Health speak during a September committee hearing. 

City health officials are set on Friday to update aldermen on the “co-responder” pilot program they launched in late August that sends different combinations of mental health professionals, paramedics, police officers and recovery specialists to calls of residents experiencing mental health crises.