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Chicago City Council will meet May 20
Chicago City Council will meet at 10:30 a.m. Monday, May 20.
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Stephanie Coleman ousts Ald. Toni Foulkes in the 16th Ward
With 33 of 36 precincts reporting, Coleman had 66.70 percent of the vote (3,305) to Foulkes' 33.3 percent (1,650), according to the Chicago Board of Election Commissioners.
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City Council will livestream committee hearings
The Chicago City Council has approved a rule mandating that all committee hearings be aired or broadcast over the Internet beginning later this year.
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Activists asking Aldermen to discriminate, Catholic leader claims
A letter from a group with "Catholic" in its title criticizing Chicago City Council for approving a multi-million-dollar subsidy to Illinois' largest Catholic health care system is asking city aldermen to discriminate, claims the vice president of a faith-based advocacy group.
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Pro-choice group trying to 'astroturf' aldermen, advocate says
A letter from a group with "Catholic" in its title that criticized a split Chicago City Council approval of a multimillion-dollar subsidy to Illinois' largest Catholic health care system should not be trusted, the president of a conservative, nonprofit advocacy group said.
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Rahm and Pritzker backed winners and losers on Election Day
Gov. J.B. Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel appear to have gotten mixed results for the nearly $1 million they combined to invest in city council races across the city on Election Day.
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CORRECTED: Alderman Moreno's girlfriend, fake car theft caper confound police, First Ward voters
In June 2016, the Chicago Reader named Chicago First Ward Ald. Proco "Joe" Moreno and Oak Park-reared non-profit executive Celena Roldan the city's second-ranked "power couple."
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Robling questions sincerity of Daley's proposal to reduce City Council membership
As much as he is supportive of the idea of Chicago voters having the chance to drastically reduce the size of the now 50-member City Council, Chris Robling says he questions how sincere a current proposal to do that really is, considering its source.
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Krupa sues Quinn, Madigan to 'set a precedent' for future elections
David Krupa argues his stance against Ald. Marty Quinn and House Speaker Mike Madigan is bigger than the race he’s running in the 13th Ward.
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177 declared candidates vying for Chicago's 50 aldermen seats
As of Jan. 17, 177 declared candidates for the Chicago aldermen races remained, according to the Chicago Board of Election Commissioners.
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FBI found 23 guns in Burke's office, local research group says
Longtime Chicago Alderman Ed Burke, facing a federal attempted extortion charge, was required to turn over almost two dozen firearms during an FBI raid on his office in November, according to a local research group's online post earlier this month.
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Chicago Alderman Burke says 'I've done nothing wrong' in response to federal attempted extortion charge
Longtime Chicago Alderman Ed Burke, who faces a single count of attempted extortion released in a federal criminal complaint unsealed Thursday, told reporters later that day that he is not guilty of the charge.
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Analysis: Chicago Alderman Reilly uses campaign funds to pay $30K in bar tabs
At a River North tavern where he’s considered a “regular,” 42nd Ward Chicago Alderman Brendan Reilly has paid the tab with his campaign account nearly 200 times.
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FBI raids Burke's Council and ward offices
Federal authorities continue to be tight-lipped about the reasons behind a recent early-morning raid on the Chicago City Council and ward offices of the city’s longest-tenured alderman.
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Sun-Times: Raids on Burke offices rooted in city politics
The Chicago Sun-Times reports all the current telltale signs suggest the recent raid on the offices of veteran Chicago Alderman Ed Burke have nothing at this point to do with his association with President Donald Trump.
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New legislature could overrule pension bill veto
A bill that Gov. Bruce Rauner previously vetoed involving pensions for former firefighters serving as aldermen might continue if lawmakers choose to override Rauner's veto.
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“Sometimes there are so many they look like they’re having a union meeting"- Southwest Siders rally against prostitution
The Chicago Police Department (CPD) has organized a “Take Back the Streets” rally at 7 p.m. today on 49th and Cicero, a corner in Archer Heights that has neighbors on a crusade to rid it, and the entire block, of prostitutes and drug dealers.
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Chicago City Council met July 25.
Chicago City Council met Wednesday, July 25.
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Chicago ordinance could make employers give 2 weeks notice before changing employee schedules
Plans to introduce a new ordinance requiring employers in Chicago to give their workers advance notice of changes in their schedules appear to have stalled, according to an employment law attorney.
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Chicago City Council met June 27.
Chicago City Council met Wednesday, June 27.