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Recent News About Chicago City Council
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Chicago City Council will meet June 28.
Chicago City Council will meet at 10 a.m. Wednesday, June 28.
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Chicago City Council met June 1.
Chicago City Council met at 12 p.m. Thursday, June 1.
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Chicago City Council will meet May 24.
Chicago City Council will meet at 10 a.m. Wednesday, May 24.
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Chicago City Council met May 17.
Chicago City Council met at 1 p.m. Wednesday, May 17.
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Chicago City Council will meet May 24
Chicago City Council will meet at 10 a.m. Wednesday, May 24.
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Chicago City Workforce Development and Audit met May 2.
Chicago City Workforce Development and Audit met at 10 a.m. Tuesday, May 2.
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Lack of quorum spells limbo for disputed apartment construction
The Chicago City Council Zoning Committee effectively put a hold on Ward 45 Alderman John Arena's plans for a much-debated storage facility in his Jefferson Park neighborhood when after a seven-hour meeting not enough panel members were still around to vote.
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Chicago City Council met April 19.
Chicago City Council met at 10 a.m. Wednesday, April 19.
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Chicago City Council met April 19.
Chicago City Council met at 10 a.m. Wednesday, April 19.
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Chicago City Council to consider intergovernmental agreement with Chicago Park District for additional police services
Chicago City Council will meet at 10 a.m. Monday, April 10.
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Chicago City Council Joint Committee on Finance and Committee on Public Safety considers resolution to promote better relations between civilians and police
Chicago City Council Joint Committee on Finance and Committee on Public Safety considers resolution to promote better relations between civilians and police at a recent meeting.
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Mishandling of energy project cost Chicago taxpayers millions, watchdog reports
Chicago's former legislative inspector general turned government watchdog has called on the mayor and Infrastructure Trust to explain how officials permitted large portions of city-owned buildings to be liened to a private bank to finance an energy upgrade project.
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Former legislative inspector general offers three steps to end Chicago corruption
There are three steps to reducing corruption in Chicago and they begin with completely rewriting its weak and archaic ethics ordinance that protects entrenched politicians, the city's former legislative inspector general turned government watchdog group CEO said.
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Alderman's support of subsidized housing draws community outrage in Jefferson Park
A crowd of about 200 protestors gathered and lined the sidewalk in front of 45th Ward Alderman John Arena’s office on Feb. 21, objecting the construction of the proposed 10-story, 100-unit low-income subsidized housing project in the Jefferson Park neighborhood.
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Chicago City Council hears reports and communications from the mayor
Chicago City Council hears reports and communications from the mayor at its meeting last week.
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BGA: Chicago's plastic-bag tax faked 'green' crusade to rake in green
The Better Government Association (BGA) recently suggested that the Chicago City Council’s new 7-cents-a-bag tax authorization is one more in a series of cloaked legislative efforts, wherein the stated purpose may obscure a second motive.
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Chicago City Council presents petitions
The Chicago City Council met Nov. 16 to present petitions.
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Khan: Fighting Chicago corruption requires a community-wide effort
A federal indictment announced charging Alderman Willie Cochran with multiple counts of extortion, bribery and wire fraud didn't surprise the city's former anti-corruption czar.
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Chicago City Council hosts public budget hearing
The Chicago City Council met Nov. 1 to host a public budget hearing.
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Cochran not stepping down despite indictment on 15 counts of wire fraud, bribery, extortion
Chicago Alderman Willie Cochran was indicted on federal charges today. The special June 2015 grand jury filed a variety of charges against the 20th Ward alderman in U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois Eastern Division.