Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced today his picks for the five-member board of the Infrastructure Trust, a plan
to use private money to finance public projects that passed the City
Council in April. The council, which next meets June 27, must approve
each choice.
But the mayor has still not identified Trust
projects, except a plan where private investors would use $225 million to make
some city buildings more energy efficient. Emanuel spokesman Tom
Alexander said in an interview last week that, currently, there are no
additional projects on the table. Read more »
Mental health advocates intensified their opposition today to the city’s plan to close six of 12 mental health clinics by occupying the lobby outside Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s office – even as the city confirmed that they would go forward today with the last four clinic closings. 
An ordinance that would restructure the terms of privatization efforts
in Chicago and how the City Council approves such deals was held in the
City Council's Committee on Finance this morning. The 