Sunday, May 11, 2025

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city-hall
  • by david hall
City Council subcommittee takes baby step toward raising new revenue

After a nearly three-hour meeting, members were no closer to consensus on how Mayor Brandon Johnson should solve the city’s $35.4 billion pension crisis or generate $800 million in new revenue for "investments in people."

city-hall
  • by david hall
'Bungalow Belt' City Council members brace for battle over 'granny flat' expansion

Council members from the Southwest and Northwest sides, with wards dominated by single-family homes, said allowing homeowners to turn attics, basements and garages into revenue-generating "granny flats" could create problems.

real-estate
  • by david hall
Historic buildings across from Wrigley Field closer to demolition despite neighbors' protests

The owners plan to demolish three century-old buildings to make way for new apartments with rooftop pickleball courts and parking.

edburke
  • by david hall
A smiling Ed Burke greets 2-year sentence on corruption charges as judge rejects prosecution request for much tougher term

U.S. District Judge Virginia Kendall seemed affected by the hundreds of letters written by Burke’s supporters. “I have never in all my career seen the letters that I have received for Mr. Burke.”