Chicago City Council Archives - The Chicago Reporter http://www.chicagoreporter.com/tag/chicago-city-council/ Investigating race and poverty since 1972 Tue, 23 Jun 2020 20:37:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.chicagoreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/logo-1-reverse-1-150x150-1.png Chicago City Council Archives - The Chicago Reporter http://www.chicagoreporter.com/tag/chicago-city-council/ 32 32 163009088 ROUNDUP: Policing and pandemic politics take center stage in Chicago https://www.chicagoreporter.com/roundup-policing-and-pandemic-politics-take-center-stage-in-chicago/ https://www.chicagoreporter.com/roundup-policing-and-pandemic-politics-take-center-stage-in-chicago/#respond Fri, 19 Jun 2020 17:25:00 +0000 https://www.chicagoreporter.com/?p=6114057 The racial reckoning ignited by the police killing of George Floyd played out on city streets and at City Hall as Illinois gradually reopens from COVID-19 restrictions.

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]]> https://www.chicagoreporter.com/roundup-policing-and-pandemic-politics-take-center-stage-in-chicago/feed/ 0 6114057 ROUNDUP: Power plays in COVID-19 fight as peak remains out-of-sight in Chicago and Illinois https://www.chicagoreporter.com/roundup-power-plays-in-covid-19-fight-as-peak-remains-out-of-sight-in-chicago-and-illinois/ https://www.chicagoreporter.com/roundup-power-plays-in-covid-19-fight-as-peak-remains-out-of-sight-in-chicago-and-illinois/#respond Thu, 23 Apr 2020 22:30:00 +0000 https://www.chicagoreporter.com/?p=5847819 With the state stay-at-home order extended through May, officials spar over how best to manage relief and respond to the still escalating pandemic.

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]]> https://www.chicagoreporter.com/roundup-power-plays-in-covid-19-fight-as-peak-remains-out-of-sight-in-chicago-and-illinois/feed/ 0 5847819 Chicago on the hook for Lake Michigan dump costs https://www.chicagoreporter.com/chicago-on-the-hook-for-lake-michigan-dump-costs/ https://www.chicagoreporter.com/chicago-on-the-hook-for-lake-michigan-dump-costs/#respond Thu, 13 Feb 2020 20:38:10 +0000 https://www.chicagoreporter.com/?p=5484755 While requesting disaster relief for lakefront erosion, Chicago will pay to dump pollution on Lake Michigan in South Chicago

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]]> https://www.chicagoreporter.com/chicago-on-the-hook-for-lake-michigan-dump-costs/feed/ 0 5484755 Study: Restaurant industry thrives in cities that have eliminated subminimum wage https://www.chicagoreporter.com/study-restaurant-industry-thrives-in-cities-that-have-eliminated-subminimum-wage/ https://www.chicagoreporter.com/study-restaurant-industry-thrives-in-cities-that-have-eliminated-subminimum-wage/#respond Fri, 15 Nov 2019 18:30:29 +0000 https://www.chicagoreporter.com/?p=4936955 As Mayor Lori Lightfoot and City Council members debate changes to how Chicago’s tipped workers are paid, a new report highlights how other cities have fared after eliminating the subminimum wage.

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]]> https://www.chicagoreporter.com/study-restaurant-industry-thrives-in-cities-that-have-eliminated-subminimum-wage/feed/ 0 4936955 Chicago City Council quietly begins push to decriminalize psychedelics https://www.chicagoreporter.com/chicago-city-council-quietly-begins-push-to-decriminalize-psychedelics/ https://www.chicagoreporter.com/chicago-city-council-quietly-begins-push-to-decriminalize-psychedelics/#respond Thu, 24 Oct 2019 21:56:25 +0000 https://www.chicagoreporter.com/?p=4649901&preview=true&preview_id=4649901 Ald. Brian Hopkins sponsored a resolution calling for the city to deprioritize arrests and investigations of adults using the drugs and for the public health department to study the plants as alternative treatment options.

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