Recorder of Deeds Yarbrough to challenge Clerk Orr
If Cook County Clerk David Orr seeks an eighth term next year, he could be facing his first Democratic primary challenger in more than two decades. Recorder of Deeds Karen...
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Chicago property tax bills going up 10 percent this year
The average Chicago property tax bill is going up about 10 percent this year following City Hall and Chicago Public Schools tax hikes to pay for police, fire and teacher...
Emanuel: Chicago will get same results on police reform without a judge’s oversight
Days after backing off his commitment to have a federal judge enforce reforms meant to fix the scandal-plagued Chicago Police Department, Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Monday suggested his tentative deal...
Taxi union wants a tax and fee waived in the age of Uber and Lyft
A union representing hundreds of taxi drivers wants the city of Chicago to ease vehicle restrictions, waive a tax and eliminate a fee to help an industry that they say...
City Water Department emails reveal racial insensitivity, sexism
A former city Water Department superintendent used his work email to distribute anti-Obama polemics, with some of his messages veering off into racially insensitive, anti-Islamic and sexist territory, documents obtained...
Emanuel’s latest possible tax hike: 911 phone fees
In the final moments of lawmakers' spring session Wednesday night in Springfield, Mayor Rahm Emanuel scored a political win that could serve as another pocketbook loss for Chicago taxpayers. As...
City watchdog offers Emanuel cost-saving ideas as dozens of union contracts to expire
With dozens of city worker union contracts about to expire for the first time in a decade, Chicago should consider a host of changes that could save taxpayer money, streamline...
CPS chief: Schools will open on time in fall
Chicago Public Schools will open on time this fall whether or not the state provides more money to the city's financially teetering education system, district CEO Forrest Claypool said Tuesday....
Emanuel doesn’t get behind controversial Northwest Side apartment complex
Mayor Rahm Emanuel declined Wednesday to throw his weight behind a controversial Northwest Side apartment complex that has drawn angry crowds of opponents to City Hall meetings. The proposed Jefferson...
Developers could be hit with big fees if housing near the 606 isn’t affordable
Three aldermen whose wards straddle the trendy 606 trail proposed Wednesday hitting area developers who don't maintain affordable housing with high fees. Ald. Roberto Maldonado, who represents Humboldt Park, said...