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by Ellyn Fortino
3:36pm
Wed Sep 14, 2016
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Chicago City Council Roundup: Water & Sewer Tax Hike Passes, O'Hare Bonds Get Approved

Chicago City Council

From a new water and sewer tax to O'Hare bonds and TIFs, Progress Illinois rounds up highlights from Wednesday's Chicago City Council meeting. 

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by Ellyn Fortino
5:31pm
Wed Jun 22, 2016
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Chicago City Council Passes Paid Sick Leave Ordinance, Regulations On Sharing Services

City of Chicago

From paid sick days to regulations on popular sharing services like Airbnb and Uber, Progress Illinois rounds up highlights from Wednesday's Chicago City Council meeting.

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by Ellyn Fortino
5:55pm
Wed May 18, 2016
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Chicago City Council Roundup: Aldermen Propose Privatizing Airport Security; Debt Transparency Ordinance Passes

Chicago City Council

From airport security to debt transparency, Progress Illinois rounds up highlights from Wednesday's Chicago City Council meeting.

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by Ellyn Fortino
4:40pm
Wed Apr 13, 2016

Chicago City Council Roundup: Aldermen Confirm Top Cop, Push For Paid Sick Days

Chicago City Council

From police oversight to paid sick days, Progress Illinois rounds up highlights from Wednesday's Chicago City Council meeting.

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by Ellyn Fortino
6:43pm
Wed Feb 10, 2016

Chicago City Council Roundup: The Brouhaha Over Council Oversight & Plan To Slap Cab Riders With Another Surcharge

City of Chicago

Progress Illinois provides highlights from Wednesday's Chicago City Council meeting, which covered everything from city council oversight to the "tampon tax."

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by Ellyn Fortino
5:21pm
Wed Nov 18, 2015
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Chicago City Council Roundup: 'Sanctuary City' Resolution, Privatization Safeguards & Drone Regulations

City of Chicago

Progress Illinois recaps Wednesday's Chicago City Council meeting, during which aldermen reaffirmed Chicago's status as a "sanctuary city" and approved new drone regulations and a Privatization Transparency and Accountability Ordinance.

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by Ellyn Fortino
11:40pm
Mon Oct 26, 2015
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Chicago's Southwest Siders Rally Against Charter Expansion At Burke's Office (VIDEO)

Education

Hundreds of Chicagoans protested Monday afternoon against charter school expansion proposed for the Southwest Side. They marched from Thomas Kelly High School to the ward office of local Ald. Ed Burke, who supports a proposal for a new Noble Network of Charter Schools campus in Brighton Park. Progress Illinois provides highlights from the protest.

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by Ellyn Fortino
7:24am
Thu Aug 20, 2015
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Chicago's Southwest Siders Bring Fight Against Noble Charters To Ald. Burke's Office

Education

Southwest Side residents and education activists delivered over 500 community letters to Chicago Ald. Ed Burke's (14th) office on Wednesday as part of their campaign against new Noble charter school campuses proposed for the area. Local residents were also granted a meeting with Burke's assistant to discuss the charter school issue.

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