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“Greenway” on School Street? Tunney looks to add bike lane, slow cars

Fri, 01/24/2014 - 10:57am

Emanuel, Ald. Burke look to blunt medical pot sales

Thu, 01/23/2014 - 3:20pm

Repeatedly expressing anger that the state legalized medical cannabis with minimal input from the city of Chicago, Alderman Ed Burke (14th) put forward an ordinance during a Thursday City Council Zoning Committee meeting that would limit where in the city medical marijuana could be legally sold.

“I don’t know if the rest of you are as outraged as I am by the way we have been treated by the General Assembly,” Burke said.

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Pothole program pays for damaged vehicles, but process is time-consuming

Fri, 01/17/2014 - 10:39am

City Hyde Park to get $11.8 million in TIF support

Thu, 01/16/2014 - 10:51am

City Council round-up: E-cigarette ban passes easily, measure against charter schools likely DOA

Wed, 01/15/2014 - 3:43pm

Legislation to prohibit e-cigarettes in indoor places where tobacco cigarettes are already banned sailed through the City Council by a 45-4 vote on Wednesday, despite hours of testimony on the council floor and in committee against the ban.

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Sneed exclusive: Ald. Leslie Hairston wants city to stop doing business with Chase

Wed, 01/15/2014 - 2:03pm

Finance committee debates environmental matters, but takes little action

Tue, 01/14/2014 - 3:26pm

On the same day that the City Council Finance Committee moved to ban e-cigarettes in indoor public places, committee Chairman Ed Burke (14th) on Monday pushed two other public health matters: a city ban on polystyrene foam and a call to better regulate rail tanker cars that carry crude oil.

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Greenleaf Ave. firehouse finalists vie for alderman's support

Tue, 01/14/2014 - 1:53pm

Chicago ban on e-cigs indoors advances

Mon, 01/13/2014 - 5:35pm

A City Council joint committee on Monday approved a ban on so-called e-cigarettes in indoor public places following a parade of public witnesses and fiery debate about the health harms of the electronic products.

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Ald. Pawar hosts special ward night to field snow plowing complaints

Mon, 01/13/2014 - 10:32am

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