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BREAKING: Mayor Lori Lightfoot announces that Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents will be permanently banned from accessing
@Chicago_Police
databases, including the city's gang database
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BREAKING: Mayor Lori Lightfoot announces she has terminated federal immigration agents' access to Chicago's gang database in advance of raids on undocumented immigrants set for Sunday in Chicago and cities across the city.
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At the press conference now for
@chancetherapper
. He begins with remembrance of
#RekiaBoyd
and praise for activists, organizers that he’s met with over the past couple weeks. Activists told him they don’t feel safe in a city with Lightfoot on the 5th floor.
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BREAKING: The final votes are in:
@RossanaFor33
defeats
@debmell
by 13 votes, ending the Mell dynasty in Chicago politics and expanding the number of
@ChicagoCityDSA
-backed aldermen to 6
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BREAKING: City lawyers are headed to court within the hour to ask a judge to allow inspectors into the studio at 219 N. Justine St, which is rented by R. Kelly after getting a 311 complaint that people were living in a commercial space, which is prohibited.
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BREAKING: Attorney General
@KwameRaoul
will challenge Jason Van Dyke’s nearly 7 year sentence as too lenient.
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Lightfoot said she spoke with ICE leadership in Chicago to lodge her "strong objection to any such raids." CPD will not cooperate with or facilitate any ICE enforcement actions, Lightfoot says.
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Lightfoot notes that the “clock is up” on President Trump’s threat to launch immigration raids two weeks after he called them up, but vows to remain vigilant.
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Lightfoot: "Chicago will always be a welcoming city and a champion for the rights of our immigrant and refugee communities, and I encourage any resident in need of legal aid to contact the National Immigrant Justice Center."
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.
@chicagosmayor
opposed a plan for
@ChicagoOIG
to build a public police misconduct database, saying it would cost the city "tens of millions of dollars." Now an independent budget office says it would cost about $320K per year.
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Exclusive:
@chicagosmayor
and
@ObamaCBA
have reached a deal on an ordinance to protect vulnerable Woodlawn residents from displacement. Here’s what’s in it:
Via
@AlexNitkin
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In April, Inspector General Joseph Ferguson found that 4 or 5 immigration agencies made more than 32,000 queries to the database — which he said is riven with errors
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Update from the Chicago Board of Elections: Extremely light turnout reported, spokesman Jim Allen says. There have been 297,000 ballot cast as of this moment. 55 and older voters are leading the way — unlike in the November elections.
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Again, this race is indicative of the environment of much of this municipal race. O'Connor has been Mayor Rahm Emanuel's floor leader but is getting beat by one of several Democratic Socialist candidates who've made inroads this election season.
40th Ward, 82% in and only 7 precincts left, this 666 vote margin may be insurmountable:
O'Connor 46.97%
Vasquez 53.03%
Margin 666 Votes
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For those new here:
Chicago has had exactly one female mayor, and exactly one African American mayor. If these results hold, it's guaranteed Chicago will have a Black female mayor - either
@toniforchicago
or
@LightfootForChi
.
With more than 87% of precincts reporting, two African-American women -- Lightfoot and Preckwinkle -- are leading the race for Chicago's next mayor.
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New housing mega-ordinance pitched by
@chicagosmayor
/
@ChicagoDOH
takes aim at segregation, exclusionary zoning, aldermanic prerogative
Via
@AlexNitkin
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We are very excited to work with the folks over at
@BlockClubCHI
! Thanks for the announcement,
@RobertFeder
!
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BREAKING: Contract for the police academy PASSES. 38-8. VOTING NO: Hairston, Sadlowski-Garza, Maldonado, Waguespack, Mell, Ramirez-Rosa, Arena, Pawar.
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Lincoln Yards will feature 6,000 new residential units, triggering a requirement that 1,200 be set aside for low- and moderate-income Chicagoans. Only 300 will be built on site, according to the plans presented to the Plan Commission.
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BREAKING: Cappleman moves to defer consideration of Lincoln Yards.
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Up now: Ald.
@SSadlowskiGarza
I'm a no. I have five bridges that "are falling in the water." Money that the city just agreed to borrow to pay for repairs is a "band aid on a machete wound." I have no mental health clinics in my ward.
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Please join us in welcoming
@erin_hegarty
to the team. We are pumped to have her on the team. Give her a follow and look for her stories in The Daily Line Chicago!
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City Council caucuses rarely vote as a bloc, but the freshly minted Democratic Socialist Caucus is vowing to stay together to stretch their power in the 50-member body. Via
@AlexNitkin
📌
@CDRosa
@AldermanLaSpata
@ByronSigcho
@J1Ramann
@RossanaFor33
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#NoCopAcademy
activists stage graveyard in lobby of City Hall, demanding mental health services, housing, violence prevention, and "Schools, schools, schools."
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Osterman continues: "This is the rich getting richer. The North Side getting norther." How does our city get divided, he asks. "It happens on days like today, with votes like this. This is the tale of two cities."
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.
@ToniPreckwinkle
amended her campaign finance report to the Illinois State Board of Elections tonight to report a $10,000 contribution on Jan. 12 from Shoukat Dhanani, the owner of the Burger King at the heart of the charges against Ald. Ed Burke to her campaign committee (1/2)
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BREAKING: The sale of adult-use recreational marijuana for WILL NOT BE DELAYED FOR SIX MONTHS. Final vote: 29-19.
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.
@AnthonyJQuezada
trounces
@LuisArroyoJr08
, giving Democratic Socialists a foothold on Cook County Board — and other county commissioner results:
Via
@AlexNitkin
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A speaker wearing a
#NoCopAcademy
sweatshirt ends public comment by calling Emanuel and Ald. Emma Mitts "sell outs." Someone else yells, 'F--- you, Rahm!"
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We are happy to announce that
@AlexNitkin
will be the new editor of The Daily Line. A cornerstone of the publication since he joined the team in 2019, Alex will guide daily
@thedailylinechi
and
@thedailylineIL
’s editorial coverage while continuing to write and report every day.
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@TheChicagoIndex
poll shows Garcia, Johnson leading contenders in mayor’s race, with Lightfoot deeply unpopular among most voters:
Via
@MikeMcDTweets
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Two election judges have been removed as of this afternoon. One from 26th Ward after complaints from other poll workers that she was pushing voters to cast their ballot for a specific aldermanic candidate. She made racist remarks before being removed, Allen said.
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🔓 UNLOCKED
Police misconduct lawsuits cost Chicago taxpayers $40M in 2020,
@ChicagoCityLaw
report shows — and costs are only growing
Via
@AlexNitkin
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BREAKING: Mayor For Lightfoot calls on Burke to resign after federal officials indict him on racketeering and bribery, vows "to investigate whether any current city employees or vendors were complicit"
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BREAKING: Lincoln Yards PASSES. 32-13. Voting NO: Dowell, King, Hairston, Sadlowski-Garza, Cardenas, O'Shea, Waguespack, Ramirez-Rosa, Reilly, Smith, Arena, Pawar, Osterman.
Burke abstains, again.
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Former Chicagoan weighs in on today’s events
Congratulations on the inauguration of
@ChicagosMayor
Lori Lightfoot, Treasurer Melissa Conyears-Ervin,
@ChiCityClerk
Anna Valencia, and the new City Council.
Watch President
@BarackObama
's message to Chicagoans on this historic day.
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Police academy land acquisition ordinance passes. Only aldermen to vote against it is
@CDRosa
.
#NoCopAcademy
protestors now chanting "Shame!" and "Vote them out!"
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Asked of machine ties, Chance says Preckwinkle has separated herself from Burke, and while there’s been a lot of talk of the machine, the criminal justice system is a worse machine that Lightfoot has contributed to.
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Jason Van Dyke is GUILTY of second-degree murder: JURY VERDICT
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Says
@toniforchicago
stands for CBAs, “This shit has just been tiring for everybody... but to paraphrase Dave Chappelle, I don’t want to be the hero in this, I just want to be Paul Revere,” the truth is the most qualified person who will look out for Chicago is Toni Preckwinkle.
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New statement from
@UWFIllinois
: "Aldermen who vote yes on the Lincoln Yards and 78 TIFs should watch their backs in 2023."
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More millennials have voted in today’s runoff than voted in February, Allen says, and fewer older voters.
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More Sadlowski-Garza: "No one supports union labor more than I do. I need that money to come to the Southeast Side. We are dying there."
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Ald. Harry Osterman (
@48Ward
) — "Ald. Burnett almost changed my mind — but this is a terrible deal." We are creating a new neighborhood between Lincoln Park and Bucktown, two of the most affluent neighborhoods in Chicago. "What's the rush?"
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.
@GrassrootsChi
Amisha Patel calls the new Lincoln Yards TIF an “egregious” abuse of the TIF rules to benefit the few at the expense of the many. Along with
@ILRaiseYourHand
, the groups are suing the city over the subsidy
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This statement, from Burke to Solis, according to the indictment, is sure to earn a place in Chicago political lore: "So, did we, uh, land the tuna?”
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90 percent of women in prison have been victims of abuse, 80 percent are mothers to young children, many are dealing with PTSD. 46 Illinois counties have experienced spikes in female incarceration.
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[This should serve as a reminder that no matter how big and fierce this fight is, the fight over the next City Council district map is going to be INSANE.]
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Very proud to announce that our
@AlexNitkin
is a finalist for the Peter Lisagor award for Best Political and Government Reporting (circulation less than 100,000) from
@headlineclub
. Congrats, Alex!
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Emanuel begins to speak as loud protests erupt, forcing him to stop.
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We're excited to introduce
@thedailylineIL
’s new contributor, Hannah Meisel, who will start Monday! Follow her
@hannahmeisel
and subscribe here:
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We’re excited to announce that we’ve joined forces w/
@BetterGov
,
@BlockClubCHI
,
@ChicagoReporter
&
@TheTriibe
to launch a free, high-powered and wide-reaching voter-readiness website:
Stay tuned for updates on your one-stop shop for the Chicago election!
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Emanuel tries to begin again, as security removes the protestors chanting "NO COP ACADEMY $95 MILLION FOR THE COMMUNITY." The mayor stops again.
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What do
#NoCopAcademy
protesters want the $95 million spent on instead? "Parks, libraries, buses that run on the regular, trains that run into these neighborhoods that have been systematically abandoned for decades," one says. "You know the city doesn't care."
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.
@Ameya_Pawar_IL
rises: yes, this project will create lots of jobs. But my issue is affordable housing. We should not allow developers that get a subsidy to pay a fee instead of building actual affordable housing units. "This is a loophole that needs to be addressed."
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Final cost to save Chance The Snapper: $33,649.17: city records by
@HeatherCherone
h/t
@BlockClubCHI
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Recap:
@ChicagoDOT
planning 150 miles of new bikeways, alderpeople hear in committee.
Via
@MikeMcDTweets
@AldermanLaSpata
|
@AlderwomanCruz
|
@40thforward
🔗
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BREAKING: Lincoln Yards PASSES: 33-15. Voting no: Hairston, King, Sadlowski-Garza, Maldonado, Foulkes, Santiago, Waguespack, Mell, Ramirez-Rosa, Smith, Arena, Cappleman, Pawar, Osterman, Reboyras. Burke abstains under Rule 14,
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Big group of aldermanic candidates and
@LightfootForChi
holding presser in support of “People First Pledge” which includes mayoral and chairmanship term limits, no outside jobs, FOIA compliance, and nonpartisan ward redistributing.
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Aldermen propose bringing more public bathrooms to Chicago: ‘such a central need that we’ve failed to meet’
Via
@erin_hegarty
📌
@AldermanLaSpata
@RossanaFor33
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@SSadlowskiGarza
@Ald_Reboyras
@JamesCappleman
@rodriguezfor22
@ByronSigcho
@ChicagoCityDSA
@AldMattMartin
@Ameya_Pawar_IL
@Andrefor40th
The police budget should not be larger than the combined budget of six other departments, Vasquez says.
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It is business as usual inside the Council Chambers — but five aldermen-elect are outside City Hall protesting Lincoln Yards and The 78, signaling the sea change about to wash over the City Council
Protesters blocking La Salle Street include incoming aldermen Hadden, Rodriguez, LaSpata, Vasquez, Sigcho
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A plan to use some stimulus money for a guaranteed income program had support from at least 18 aldermen by the end of the day Thursday:
Via
@AlexNitkin
&
@erin_hegarty
📌
@Gilbert36Ward
@MichaelDTubbs
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Former County Clerk David Orr endorsing a group of aldermanic candidates citywide. “These candidates are independent, they’re proactive,” and will make City Council a real legislative body.
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Lightfoot responds: "Any time the FOP wants to so anything other than obstruct, I am happy to sit down with you. Any time you are willing to move forward on reform ... my door is open." The crowd erupts in cheers and applause.
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On track for 30 percent turnout, which would be among the worst in recent Chicago municipal elections, Allen says.
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Happening now at City Hall -
@BPNCchicago
decries city clinic closures and impact on mental health on the city’s Southwest Side for Latinx communities.
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It is hard to overstate how unprecedented this is — no one at City Hall can recall a time when a committee voted to overturn a deferral requested by a committee chair. Was it simply theater to give Cappleman, facing a runoff on April 2, political cover?
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As
@CDOT
increases fleet of bike lane street sweepers to nine, some question why there isn’t a publicly available sweeping schedule
Via
@erin_hegarty
@bikelaneuprise
|
@DanielLaSpata
|
@StreetsandSan
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BREAKING: Lincoln Yards will be considered by the City Council's Zoning Committee on March 7, according to a just published agenda:
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.
@CDRosa
— police killed Laquan McDonald and Rekia Boyd. "CPD is not lacking in resources, it is lacking in accountability and oversight."
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Pawar, an Asian American, notes that he represents a ward that is 90 percent white. However, "I can't in good conscience support a project that is being built by a contractor that also builds prisons." He is referring to
@AECOM
.
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BREAKING: Mayor Lori Lightfoot says the safe capture of
@ChanceDaSnapper
was a "great relief."
@BlockClubCHI
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The most wonderful day of the year! <eye starts to twitch>
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Loud cheers erupt as Ald. Pat O'Connor announces no vote will be taken today on Lincoln Yards and the 78 — but will schedule another meeting for Wednesday morning — before the full City Council meeting give the mayor and the mayor-elect a chance to work out an agreement.
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🔓UNLOCKED:
Chicago aldermen spent $4.3M+ in discretionary infrastructure dollars on police cameras in 2021, more than quadruple what they spent on surveillance in 2020
Via
@erin_hegarty
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Up now:
@AldermanSmith43
this project's $900M subsidy comes at the expense of less wealthy areas of the city. Sterling Bay does not require a "handout," Smith says.
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@ChiAlderwoman
@CTULocal1
@UWFIllinois
@emmachungming
Concerned citizen George Blakemore steps to the microphone. Mayor Lightfoot: "Good morning, Mr. Blakemore."
Mr. Blakemore: "It is not a good morning."
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We at
@thedailylinechi
will miss
@ad_quig
but know she is going to do great things at Crain's — and wish her all the best!
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"I pay too much taxes for my son to be afraid of the police," African-American woman tells Aldermen of her 17y/o son
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Lighfoot’s burden, Emanuel’s legacy –
@Amanda_Kass
sets the fiscal table awaiting the new mayor by
@ad_quig
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Perhaps people will wait this election out, Allen says. But your vote will never count more than in Chicago history, he adds. Their preferred candidate may not make the runoff, Allen says.
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The
@BringChiHome
coalition rally kicks off today’s city council meeting this morning at City Hall.
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Mocks the notion that this land is "blighted" — a requirement to create a TIF that will generate the $900M subsidy.
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The final full City Council meeting of 2019 promises to showcase a truly rare occurrence: a knock-down, drag-out floor fight with no clear projected winner. Follow along here ⤵️
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21 candidates filed to run for mayor of Chicago by the 5 p.m. deadline, according to the unofficial list from the Chicago Board of Election Commissioners
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Office of
@CookCoDefender
announces immigration division to become permanent part of office:
Via
@MikeMcDTweets
@SharoneMitchJr
|
@ToniPreckwinkle
|
@AlmaAnaya7th
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