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Mixed-income Bronzeville apartment tower, Morton Salt building rehab set for plan commission approval

By Alex Nitkin  - January 21, 2021

A new 99-unit mixed-income apartment complex proposed next to the 43rd Street CTA Green Line station in Bronzeville is among the largest of five projects set for consideration by the Chicago Plan Commission during its 10 a.m. meeting on Thursday.

Proposal to convert Jefferson Park firehouse into brewery and apartments inches closer to reality with committee approval

By Erin Hegarty  - January 21, 2021

A proposal to convert a vacant Jefferson Park firehouse into a brewery and taproom with upstairs apartments cleared one of its final hurdles Wednesday. Members of the City Council Committee on Housing and Real Estate unanimously voted during their Wednesday

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Tax credits for downtown office rehab, new industrial sites, Midway Culver’s set for committee approval

By Alex Nitkin  - January 21, 2021

Aldermen on Thursday will consider granting a $51 million, 12-year tax break for the rehabilitation of a downtown office tower alongside a handful of smaller tax credits for new industrial proposals around the city.

‘Final step’ to converting Jefferson Park firehouse to brewery, apartments to be considered by aldermen

By Erin Hegarty  - January 20, 2021

Work to convert a Jefferson Park firehouse into a brewery and tasting room with apartments on the top floors could finally kick into gear this year if aldermen approve the sale of the property to the developer this month.

Council approval of Smart Lighting Program exposed communication, transparency issues in city ‘legislative process,’ watchdog finds

By Erin Hegarty  - January 20, 2021

A report published Tuesday by Chicago Inspector General Joseph Ferguson seized on the City Council’s approval of the Smart Lighting Program as an example of problems the office has observed when it comes to communication and transparency with aldermen over

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Expanded ‘Welcoming City’ ordinance advanced: ‘A long time coming’ on Lightfoot campaign promise

By Alex Nitkin  - January 20, 2021

Advocates for undocumented immigrants celebrated a string of substantive and symbolic victories Tuesday as aldermen advanced a measure to firm up protections for foreign-born residents on President Donald Trump’s last full day in office.

Aldermen press health officials on vaccines, other grant funding as loose timeline emerges for citywide shots

By Alex Nitkin  - January 20, 2021

Chicago health officials will soon release information on how city workers can sign up for COVID-19 vaccine doses, they told anxious aldermen during a committee meeting Tuesday. The city is “getting very close” to widening its pool of residents eligible

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Lightfoot’s PAC rakes in cash from unions and delivery apps, shells out for aldermen who supported 2021 budget

By Erin Hegarty  - January 19, 2021

Select aldermen in leadership positions who supported Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s 2021 pandemic budget and worked to ensure the spending plan addressed key issues for their caucuses benefitted with donations from Lightfoot’s political action committee during the last quarter of 2020,

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Expanded ‘Welcoming City’ ordinance set for Tuesday committee vote after fresh additions

By Alex Nitkin  - January 19, 2021

A long-promised proposal by Mayor Lori Lightfoot to reinforce city protections for undocumented immigrants is primed for a vote Tuesday after a fresh round of revisions that advocates say will further strengthen the measure.

The CloutCast: Episode 2 Reflecting on the Lame Duck

By The Daily Line Staff  - January 18, 2021

The 101st General Assembly of the Illinois legislature wrapped up last week, after passing a comprehensive series of proposals from the Illinois Legislative Black Caucus during an abbreviated lame duck session. On this episode, Senate Majority Leader Kimberly Lightford (D-Maywood),

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