The Latest Breaking News from Harry Osterman

With many alderpersons choosing not to run for reelection, decades of institutional knowledge will be lost when the new Council convenes.

The Finance Committee approved the property tax levy, but must reconvene Wednesday to reconsider the revenue ordinance. As proposed, it would cut some vehicular fines in half to comply with a court decision, but if Ald. Brendan Reilly has his way, those fines will remain at $500.

Newly released autopsy results show the primary cause of death for all three women was “environmental heat exposure due to hot residential building during heat-related weather event.”

Through Oct. 18, 77 hate crimes, a 71% increase over the same period last year, were reported this year to the city’s Commission on Human Relations.