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City scofflaws and debtors, it’s time to pony up

Chicago has amassed more than $6.4 billion in unpaid fees and fines over the last three decades. It won’t be possible to recoup all that money, but city officials should be aggressive about getting what they can.

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Gutted by fire, the fate of Bronzeville’s historic Swift Mansion remains in limbo

The fire is under investigation, but the 131-year-old home’s survival could rest with the results of a structural report now being prepared by city building inspectors.

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Chicago City Hall is owed billions of dollars it hasn’t managed to collect

A Sun-Times analysis finds that thousands of scofflaws — many from the suburbs — have dodged city debts over the years, depriving City Hall of a massive sum of money as Mayor Brandon Johnson faces steep budget challenges.

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Ten-day paid leave plan passes City Council: Chicago employers must give workers more time off than other Illinois firms

The Council voted 36-12 in favor of the ordinance that requires Chicago businesses to give their workers 10 days off per year beginning Jan. 1, including five sick days and five vacation days.

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‘Protect our home:’ Girl Scouts paint mural in support of resident opposition to proposed data center in South Loop

Local residents continue to rally against the expansion of a data center, citing concerns of noise disruption and potential air pollution, according to the president of the Prairie District Neighborhood Alliance.

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Johnson wins first test of City Council muscle

By a 41-9 vote, Mayor Brandon Johnson reshaped the City Council in his progressive image.

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Mayor-elect Johnson forges ‘Unity Plan’ to reorganize the new City Council

The plan shrinks the number of Council panels from 28 to 20. Pat Dowell, whose switch of support from Lightfoot to Johnson was crucial to his victory, will be finance chair.

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Chicago out of money, space and time to handle migrant crisis, City Council told

With no money from the federal government for 2023 costs and a $53 million shortfall to meet the surge through June, Budget Director Susie Park said the City Council will soon be asked to approve a midyear budget amendment.

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Mayor-elect warned: don’t mess with City Council reorganization

Finance Committee Chair Scott Waguespack is among the committee chairs who could be pushed out in favor of more chairs loyal to Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson.

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Lightfoot says she’s handing Johnson a city with rosy financial future

The midyear budget forecast, issued about four months earlier than usual, offers a brighter picture than the last forecast, just eight months ago. But one City Council member said it’s far too soon for an accurate assessment.

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City Council must vote to keep Red Line extension plan on track

It’s a potential win for the city — and we certainly could use a few Ws these days — as well as the South Side.

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Red Line South TIF approved by City Council committee

The primary opposition came from Budget Committee Chair Pat Dowell (3rd) and former longtime Transportation Committee Chairman Anthony Beale (9th), whose Far South Side constituents would benefit the most.

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CTA has work to do to get past line in the sand over Red Line extension

No matter how potentially vital the Red Line extension may be, the CTA must help its case for getting the money by better tending to the system as it exists now.

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CPS advances plans for Near South high school despite opposition, threat to withhold state funding

CPS leaders said teens travel far for school now, and population growth justifies the school. Opponents said the plan is irresponsible and lacks community input.

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Harold Lucas, Bronzeville organizer, activist, historian, dead at 79, lauded as a champion

“As you walk and drive around Bronzeville, Harold’s works are everywhere,” author Nathan Thompson said. “Harold was one of the freedom fighters,” Rev. Jesse Jackson said.

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Not so fast? Alderpersons seek to wave the caution flag on mayor’s NASCAR plan

Something this important is worthy of public legislative debate.

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City Council members want to put the brakes on NASCAR’s Chicago street race

Alderpersons Pat Dowell (3rd), Sophia King (4th) and Brendan Reilly (42nd) are upset NASCAR could occupy part of Grant Park for two weeks next summer.

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Start your engines: Lightfoot gives NASCAR green flag for three years of races through streets of Chicago

The race would be run on a 2.2-mile course north of Roosevelt Road, along Columbus Drive, South DuSable Lake Shore Drive and Michigan Avenue, as far north as Jackson Boulevard.

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When it comes to Black politics, the changing of the guard can feel like a betrayal

The 1st Congressional District primary to replace the retiring U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush, D-Illinois had 17 challengers, while one strong opponent was trying to upend the legendary U.S. Rep. Danny K. Davis.

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Field of 21 Democrats and Republicans running to succeed Bobby Rush in First Congressional District

Nearly two-dozen candidates are running in the First Congressional District, which stretches from Chicago’s South Side nearly to Kankakee. “It really is important that you have somebody that speaks truth to power,” said political consultant Delmarie Cobb, who ran Rush’s first campaign in the…

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