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Civic Federation offers revenue, cost-cutting options to confront Chicago’s financial challenges

For each new administration, the Civic Federation tries to make confronting Chicago’s financial challenges a little easier, analyzing the pros and cons of taxes, fines and fees — but without taking a definitive position on any of them.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 14, 2023

Los Angeles city councilman charged with embezzlement and perjury

Prosecutors have charged a Los Angeles city councilman with embezzlement and perjury in the latest criminal case to upend the scandal-plagued governing board of the nation’s second-largest city

The Independent UK · Jun 13, 2023

LA City Council member Curren Price charged with embezzlement, perjury

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles City Council member Curren Price was charged with 10 counts of embezzlement, perjury and conflict of interest on Tuesday, becoming the latest in a years-long parade of elected city officials to face public corruption allegations from state or federal prosecutors.

Los Angeles Times · Jun 13, 2023

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City again delays moving migrants from shuttered YMCA to Daley College

Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration has been unclear about the reasoning behind the transfer, and has even kept a local City Council member in the dark about the plan.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 11, 2023

Johnson urged to fire CTA and CHA chiefs

Ald. Jeanette Taylor argued that CHA CEO Tracey Scott deserves to be ousted because the agency has failed to deliver on its fundamental mission — and the same goes for CTA President Dorval Carter Jr.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 8, 2023

Atlanta's "Cop City" approved after marathon city council meeting

The proposal to build the $90 million complex — dubbed "Cop City" by opponents — on 85 acres owned by the city of Atlanta has sparked a nationwide movement against it.

Axios · Jun 6, 2023

Atlanta project decried as 'Cop City’ gets funding approval from City Council

Atlanta City Council has approved funding for the construction of a proposed police and firefighter training center, rejecting the pleas of hundreds of activists who packed City Hall and spoke for hours in fierce opposition to the project they decry as “Cop City.”

The Independent UK · Jun 6, 2023

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'Stop Cop City' activists pack Atlanta City Hall ahead of crucial vote

Hundreds of activists are at Atlanta’s City Hall ahead of a council vote over whether to approve tens of millions in public funding for a police and firefighter training center

The Independent UK · Jun 5, 2023

Private meetings prevent public spats in Springfield

Members of the Legislature can hammer things out behind closed doors ahead of public debates because the General Assembly has long exempted itself from the Illinois Open Meetings Act.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 2, 2023

Inside the political survival of Chicago City Council dean

Ald. Walter Burnett expected to be stuck in the political wilderness. Instead, he became vice-mayor, with a $400,000 budget, keeping the staff he had as chair of the Committee on Pedestrian and Traffic Safety.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 1, 2023

Divided City Council approves $51 million in migrant crisis funding

The raucous meeting saw speakers shouting each other down, prompting appeals for decorum from Mayor Brandon Johnson. In the end, the funds transfer passed 34-13 — enough to carry Chicago only through June 30.

Chicago Sun-Times · May 31, 2023

Picture Chicago: 11 can’t miss Sun-Times’ photos

Mayor Brandon Johnson presides over his first City Council meeting, efforts begin to restore and preserve the Chicago Harbor Lighthouse, and adorable foxes call Millennium Park home.

Chicago Sun-Times · May 26, 2023

Small, rural communities have become abortion access battlegrounds

WEST WENDOVER, Nevada — In April, Mark Lee Dickson arrived in this 4,500-person city that hugs the Utah-Nevada border to pitch an ordinance banning abortion.

Tribune News Service · May 25, 2023

With sometimes self-deprecating humor, Johnson presides over first City Council meeting

The new mayor more than made it through his first Council meeting with grace, style and plenty of jokes.

Chicago Sun-Times · May 24, 2023

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Chicago Sun-Times · May 24, 2023

Housing plan for migrants proposed by group of Latino City Council members

The plan, backed by Ald. Byron Sigcho-Lopez (25th) and others, includes finding unused buildings that, with community approval, could be temporary shelters — and the first step on the road to permanent housing for migrants and homeless people.

Chicago Tribune · May 24, 2023

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson’s first City Council meeting: Early victory on installing allies, a dig at Fox News and a delay on migrant spending vote

CHICAGO — Mayor Brandon Johnson’s first City Council meeting saw aldermen sign off on his plan to stack key leadership roles with his allies, an early victory for the new mayor who spent much of his first day holding the gavel attempting flattery and levity — including an opening dig…

Chicago Sun-Times · May 24, 2023

Migrant funding hits roadblock in City Council

Parliamentary maneuver postpones a final vote on a $51 million fund transfer — enough to help the city deal with the crisis till the end of June.

Chicago Sun-Times · May 24, 2023

Johnson wins first test of City Council muscle

By a 41-9 vote, Mayor Brandon Johnson reshaped the City Council in his progressive image.

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Chicago Sun-Times · May 23, 2023

Brandon Johnson’s first City Council meeting certain to be tamer than Lightfoot’s

Senior adviser Jason Lee said the mayor has been doing some rehearsing to make sure he’s comfortable with the gavel in his hand and running the meeting smoothly.

Chicago Sun-Times · May 23, 2023

Johnson forges compromise to expand outdoor dining in Chicago

The mayor is making permanent an expanded outdoor dining program that helped restaurants and bars get through the pandemic, while he preserves input from the local alderperson.

Chicago Tribune · May 23, 2023

Editorial: New mayor, new City Council. Perfect time for needed campaign reform.

All’s fair in love, war … and campaigning. At least that’s what some political candidates think.

Chicago Sun-Times · May 22, 2023

Workers’ rights groups protest restaurant industry convention at McCormick Place

Demonstrators rallied outside the National Restaurant Association gathering at McCormick Place, demanding the City Council raise tipped workers’ minimum pay.

Los Angeles Times · May 22, 2023

Beverly Hills voters to decide the fate of ultra-luxury LVMH hotel project

In a city whose name is shorthand for exclusivity and wealth, the future of a planned ultra-opulent hotel will soon be decided by the most democratic of means: an election.

The Independent UK · May 20, 2023

Former 49ers lobbyist testifies he received illegally leaked report on team's political influence

The former chief lobbyist for the San Francisco 49ers has testified that a Silicon Valley city councilman illegally leaked a confidential report criticizing the team’s political influence

Chicago Sun-Times · May 18, 2023

More respite centers in Hispanic neighborhoods key to reducing migrant crisis tensions in Chicago, mayor’s floor leader says

Ald. Carlos Ramirez-Rosa wouldn’t say where the new centers could be, only that the administration was “very close to moving on a number of locations, some big and some small, primarily in Spanish-speaking communities.”

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