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Children's Memorial demolition includes rat control plan

Mon, 03/03/2014 - 12:33pm

City Council, Illinois US senators wage dispute on Eliot Ness legacy

Fri, 02/28/2014 - 4:00pm

Acknowledging that “it’s not the most important thing that we’re going to talk about,” Alderman Ed Burke (14th) lead the charge Friday for a City Council resolution opposing a federal plan to name a building after Eliot Ness.

The City Council Committee on Public Safety adopted a resolution opposing a federal measure sponsored by Sens. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) to name the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms headquarters in Washington, D.C. after Ness.

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Zoning committee adds strip club regulations

Thu, 02/27/2014 - 4:19pm

The City Council Zoning Committee green lighted Thursday changes to city law governing strip clubs, adult bookstores, and adult movie spots, effectively adding legal hurdles for any prospective strip club in the city.

According to Alderman Scott Waguespack (32nd), the ordinance's sponsor, the measure prevents an “adult bookstore, motion picture theater, or other type of establishment” from “transforming themselves” into strip clubs.

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Residential building at Logan Square stop 'just a concept,' says CTA

Thu, 02/27/2014 - 12:04pm

City Colleges' graduation rate rises, but questions remain for 'Reinvention' initiative

Wed, 02/26/2014 - 4:25pm

At Wednesday’s City Council Committee on Education and Childhood Development meeting, City Colleges of Chicago Chancellor Cheryl Hyman updated aldermen on the progress of the seven-college system’s “College to Careers” program – part of the “Reinvention” initiative pushed by Hyman and Mayor Rahm Emanuel to cater CCC classes to available jobs and credits transferrable to four-year universities.

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Seven grocers turn down former Dominick's in South Shore, alderman says

Wed, 02/26/2014 - 1:11pm

Land swap advances Jones Prep sports field, new public housing at Cabrini site

Tue, 02/25/2014 - 3:38pm

A City Council committee moved forward on Tuesday a land swap that will give Jones College Prep a track and artificial turf field, while at the same time providing public housing to former Cabrini-Green residents.

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Strippers at bachelor party: Anything but ‘private event’ for alderman

Tue, 02/25/2014 - 11:06am

Ride-sharing crackdown gets support, opposition from alderman

Mon, 02/24/2014 - 3:39pm

Modern, eight-story building proposed near Sheridan 'L' stop

Fri, 02/21/2014 - 12:44pm

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