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A look at which Chicago aldermen are not running for reelection in 2023 — and why
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe Chicago City Council will see significant turnover next year as a wave of aldermen will not be...
Feds look to call ex-aldermen to testify at Madigan trial as experts on machine politics, City Hall
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 month agoCHICAGO — Federal prosecutors are seeking to call a pair of ex-Chicago aldermen as experts in the...
Editorial: Aldermen rationalize their pay raises. Don’t blame us, blame inflation.
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe lineup change that the Chicago City Council will undergo next spring won’t be the sort of...
Chicago Alderman Roberto Maldonado won’t seek reelection, ending 13-year tenure
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 year agoCHICAGO — Longtime Chicago Alderman Roberto Maldonado, 26th, appears to be joining the parade of City Council members opting out of another term. The Chicago Board of Elections confirmed Maldonado ...
Chicago at the ‘vanguard of government ethics’? New City Council rules would quadruple top fines for...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA City Council committee unanimously advanced a bundle of ethics amendments Friday that would...
Chicago Ald. Leslie Hairston says she turned down Mayor Lightfoot’s request to serve as ethics...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 year agoRetiring Chicago Ald. Leslie Hairston revealed Tuesday night that she rejected Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s request to serve as chair of the still rudderless ethics committee, in another sign that ...
Editorial: A temporary casino. Outdoor music venues by the Chicago River. Aldermen are rightly...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThere is a growing sense in Chicago that major changes to the city’s landscape are being rushed through by the Lightfoot administration with little in the way of consultation and a whole lot ...
Lincoln Yards and The 78 are developments that are years off, but nearly $140 million in TIF funds...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 9 months agoThe two largest ongoing development projects in Chicago — one on the North Side, the other just...
With Ald. George Cardenas resigning, Mayor Lightfoot opens applications for her 4th appointed city...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 2 years agoMayor Lori Lightfoot will have the chance to appoint a fourth member to the Chicago City Council...
How the Chicago City Council election is shaping up: Who’s facing steep competition, and who’s...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAs Chicago gears up for next year’s citywide election, it’s already apparent that the future makeup of City Council could seismically shift this February. Though less high profile than the mayor ...