Chicago-area LGBT organizations and members of the sports world testified at a public hearing Tuesday in support of a resolution that encourages commissioners of major sports leagues to publicly state support for their gay athletes. The resolution is expected to go up for a full city council vote Wednesday.
A second group of aldermen, calling themselves the Paul Douglas Alliance (after the liberal Illinois U.S. Senator and former member of the Chicago City Council), announced they are forming a new so-called progressive caucus. The move comes one day after the council's original progressive caucus, the Progressive Reform Coalition, announced their legislative priorities. Progress Illinois breaks down what the formation of the second progressive caucus could really mean.
A new report suggests that the city of Chicago has not fully kept
track of some of its patients amid the closing of mental health
clinics.
The study released this week by the AFSCME Council 31
public employees union and the Mental Health Movement coalition finds
that on March 1 the city counted 3,282 patients using Chicago Department
of Public Health, or CDPH, mental health services.
By July 24, following the April closing of six the city's 12 CDPH mental health clinics, the number of patients dropped to 2,798. Read more »
There are worries that Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s proposed “Infrastructure Trust” will not be accountable to the public and City Council. However, the trust is still largely undefined, raising another, more basic question: What projects will it finance?
Ald. Nicholas Sposato (36th) and attorney Larry Andolino are dueling for 36th Ward Democratic Committeeman. At the same time, both candidates mercilessly skewer the new ward map City Council approved January 19, and are open to a legal challenge regarding the very ward boundaries they are vying to represent.
Ald. George Cardenas (12th) said Thursday that the health
committee he chairs will hold a hearing to review cuts in the city’s
2012 mental health care budget – including the outlined closing of six
of the city’s twelve mental health clinics.
The three female freshmen to join the new City Council all have one
thing in common: they won their seats from some of the most heated races
in the April run-offs. Progress Illinois first noted aldermen Mary O’Connor
(41st), Michele Smith (43rd) and Debra Silverstein (50th) were all gains
for women, despite the number of female aldermen dropping from
19 to 15. On Wednesday, just moments before the new City
Council’s historic first meeting at City Hall under Mayor Rahm Emanuel,
Progress Illinois caught up with the three women to hear what their
immediate plans were for their wards, including possible committee assignments. See more in the video after the
jump: Read more »
A new report suggests that the city of Chicago has not fully kept
track of some of its patients amid the closing of mental health
clinics.
The three female freshmen to join the new City Council all have one
thing in common: they won their seats from some of the most 