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Broadened Chicago ban on plastic bags gaining steam

Blue Line reconstruction 'not going to be easy,' alderman says

Aldermen push paid-sick days in City Council

The Chicago City Council will likely take a look at whether Chicago employers – like those in Washington D.C., Portland, Ore. and San Francisco – must provide paid sick days to their employees.

An ordinance introduced Wednesday by Aldermen Joe Moreno (1st) and Toni Foulkes (15th), would require Chicago businesses to give employees one hour of paid sick time for every 30 hours they are on the clock.

Carmichael's Steakhouse building sold, 131 rental units planned for site

City Council passes anti-puppy mill ordinance

The City Council approved an ordinance Wednesday with a 49-1 vote that would ban the sale of puppy mill-bred animals in Chicago pet stores, with Alderman Brendan Reilly (42nd) opposing the measure.

Emanuel doesn’t say how to pay for Soldier Field build-up

Mayor Rahm Emanuel declined Wednesday to provide any financial costs for a plan the mayor floated Tuesday to expand Soldier Field by 5,000 seats.

Emanuel told reporters that he is first “asking a more fundamental question, ‘Does [expansion] make sense?’” before examining costs. “How we’re going to finance it is a whole other question and we’re not going to get into [it] yet,” he said after Wednesday’s City Council meeting.

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Cooney Elementary construction going to be 'slightly painful,' ald. says

City panel advances McCormick hotel plan

The City Council Finance Committee on Tuesday approved routing $55 million in Tax Increment Financing to a new McCormick Place hotel as the city and the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority shift the plans of their major convention center remake.

Under the revamped McCormick Place plan, which officials from the administration of Mayor Rahm Emanuel first floated in late January, the city will use the $55 million in TIF money to build the hotel instead of putting it toward the construction of a new DePaul University basketball stadium.

City Council committee OKs Taste of Chicago ticket price-increases

The City Council Special Events Committee on Tuesday approved an ordinance from Mayor Rahm Emanuel that would elevate the prices of concert and food tickets at this year’s Taste of Chicago.

Obamacare signup push in 47th Ward for 'staggering' number of uninsured

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