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• Aldermen and Daley honor Michael Scott at council meeting

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  Posted by John Byrne at 12:10 p.m. The City Council and Mayor Richard Daley paused during today's meeting to pay tribute to late school board president Michael Scott, who one alderman lauded as Chicago's secretary of state. Scott's widow, Diane,...

  
  

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  Posted: November 25, 2009, 12:11pm EST
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• Daley holds meeting on convention show exodus

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  UPDATE AT 6:01 p.m. by John Byrne Mayor Richard Daley called labor leaders and McCormick Place officials into his office for a closed-door meeting today to talk about stopping the exodus of high profile trade shows to other cities by...

  
  

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  Posted: November 24, 2009, 12:55pm EST
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• Daley to aldermen: Have a better tax relief plan?

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  Posted by John Byrne at 12:30 p.m. Mayor Richard Daley today defended his $35 million property tax relief plan that was rebuffed by a City Council committee, saying homeowners should hold their aldermen accountable if the measure doesn't pass. The...

  
  

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  Posted: November 24, 2009, 12:36pm EST
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• State gets $500,000 to help connect military veterans with jobs

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  Posted by John Byrne and Monique Garcia at 5:30 p.m. The state will use a $500,000 federal grant to expand a program aimed at linking veterans with jobs when they return home from deployment. The grant is part of the...

  
  

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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 5:30pm EST
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• Caught driving without a license in Chicago? Get ready to pay $665

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  Posted by John Byrne at 3:19 p.m. Billing it as a public safety issue, Chicago aldermen today approved a measure requiring the impounding of cars where the driver was found to have a suspended or revoked license. But there's also...

  
  

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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 3:19pm EST
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• Chicago aldermen approve resolution aimed at helping student avoid deportation

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  Posted by John Byrne at 2:15 p.m. The Chicago City Council today approved a resolution urging passage of federal legislation that would allow some undocumented immigrant students to earn conditional residency. The local tie to the issue is the case...

  
  

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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 2:14pm EST
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• Mayor Richard Daley mourns loss of trusted ally Michael Scott

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  Posted by John Byrne at 11:10 a.m. The apparent suicide of Chicago Board of Education President Michael Scott deserves a thorough investigation, Mayor Richard Daley said today, adding that it would do his longtime friend a disservice to imply he...

  
  

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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 11:13am EST
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• Suspended motorists caught driving in Chicago could have cars impounded

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  Posted by John Byrne at 9:53 a.m. Drivers caught behind the wheel with a suspended or revoked license would have their cars impounded under a proposed ordinance the City Council's Police and Traffic Committee approved today. "We have people whose...

  
  

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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 9:54am EST
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• Mayor Richard Daley: We've cleaned up city hiring and court oversight should end

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  Posted by John Byrne at 12:51 p.m. Mayor Richard Daley said today that his administration has taken sufficient steps to reform its hiring to end federal court oversight of its personnel practices.City Hall's top lawyer told aldermen this week that...

  
  

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  Posted: November 14, 2009, 12:51pm EST
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• Daley defends special taxing districts as he opens restored North Side bridge

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  Posted by John Byrne at 3:55 p.m. Mayor Richard Daley today used the opening of a renovated bridge on the North Side to decry critics of special taxing districts, defending the programs as one of the few tools to help...

  
  

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  Posted: November 13, 2009, 3:54pm EST
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• Daley will pay drivers OT this winter to plow side streets after city failed to attract private company for the work

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  Posted by John Byrne at 1:30 p.m.; updated at 5:01 p.m. with overtime information The city of Chicago will pay Streets and Sanitation snowplow drivers overtime this winter after failing to find a private firm to clear side streets. In...

  
  

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  Posted: November 12, 2009, 1:26pm EST
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• City Council panel approves Daley's inspector general nominee

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  Posted by John Byrne at 11:07 a.m. A federal prosecutor nominated to be Chicago's next inspector general told aldermen today that "there are still significant pockets of fraud and corruption in city government." Joseph Ferguson also applauded Mayor Richard Daley...

  
  

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  Posted: November 12, 2009, 11:09am EST
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• Daley marks Veterans Day with Soldier Field wreath laying

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  Posted by John Byrne at 2:15 p.m. Chicago leaders marked Veterans Day with a ceremony at Soldier Field that included the laying of a wreath at a statue remembering World War I. About 200 or so people gathered at the...

  
  

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  Posted: November 11, 2009, 2:21pm EST
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• Aldermen, transportation officials debate safety of 'Don't Walk' timers at red-light camera intersections

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  Posted by John Byrne at 7:01 p.m. A fundamental disagreement surfaced Tuesday at City Hall about whether "Don't Walk" signs that give pedestrians and drivers a countdown improve safety at traffic signals with red-light cameras. City transportation officials told aldermen...

  
  

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  Posted: November 10, 2009, 7:01pm EST
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• Chicago police look again at changing patrol beats

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  UPDATED at 3:35 p.m. Originally posted by John Byrne at 12:00 p.m. Police Superintendent Jody Weis told aldermen today he's "extremely nervous" that large numbers of police officers will retire from the already undermanned department over the next year. In...

  
  

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  Posted: November 06, 2009, 12:00pm EST
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• Maxwell Street complaints surface at city budget hearing

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  Posted by John Byrne at 8:13 p.m. City officials pledged today to deal with complaints by some vendors at the Maxwell Street Market who say they have been harassed by city contractors managing the outdoor market south of the Loop....

  
  

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  Posted: November 05, 2009, 8:13pm EST
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• Chicago mental health clinics under pressure

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  Posted by John Byrne and Hal Dardick at 7:20 p.m. Chicago’s mental health budget will shrink next year amid continued billing problems that resulted in a state funding cut, prompting aldermen today to question how much care the city’s clinics...

  
  

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  Posted: November 05, 2009, 7:21pm EST
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• Daley's culture point person defends dropping Venetian Night: People care more about intimate atmosphere than fireworks

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  Posted by John Byrne at 1:50 p.m. Mayor Richard Daley's point person on culture said today that she plans to focus on more intimate free events next year to cut costs --- and besides, people don't really care that much...

  
  

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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 1:53pm EST
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• Library gives River North book pick up center a trial run

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  Posted by John Byrne at 3:25 p.m. Seeking to offer River North residents a way to more easily pick up books they've ordered, a Chicago Public Library reading room is now open in the Water Works building on North Michigan...

  
  

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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 3:25pm EST
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• African-American firms see share of city contract dip slightly

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  Posted by John Byrne at 7:10 p.m. Black-owned firms have seen their share of contracts awarded by the city fall slightly this year, officials said today. Through the end of September, city departments had awarded $117.8 million in contracts to...

  
  

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  Posted: November 02, 2009, 7:10pm EST
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• Daley defends not raiding special taxing district money to balance budget

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  Posted by John Byrne at 4:15 p.m. Mayor Richard Daley today defended the city’s reliance on special taxing districts to pay for building and renovation projects and said his administration will do a better job educating the public on the...

  
  

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  Posted: October 31, 2009, 4:15pm EDT
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• Congressman Danny Davis hedges on Cook County Board contest

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  Posted by John Byrne at 2:35 p.m. After months of saying he is likely to run for Cook County Board president, U.S. Rep. Danny Davis hedged his bets today by indicating he'll file paperwork that will preserve his option to...

  
  

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  Posted: October 31, 2009, 2:45pm EDT
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• City clerk calls for permit parking review, singles out suburban Cubs fans

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  Posted by John Byrne at 7:10 p.m. City Clerk Miguel del Valle wants aldermen to review permit parking in Chicago, saying Thursday that the ever-expanding patchwork of residential zones has become frustratingly complicated and difficult to administer. "People have a...

  
  

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  Posted: October 29, 2009, 7:09pm EDT
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• Daley aide tells aldermen no money for major blue-cart recycling expansion next year

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  Posted by John Byrne at 8:01 p.m. Mayor Richard Daley’s top budget aide tried today to persuade the City Council that the wheels aren’t falling off the city’s blue-cart recycling program, even as he acknowledged there would be no major...

  
  

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  Posted: October 28, 2009, 8:00pm EDT
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• Daley, aldermen suggest Chicago police officers, firefighters take unpaid days off

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  Posted by Hal Dardick and John Byrne at 6:22 p.m. Mayor Richard Daley and some aldermen suggested today that police officers and firefighters take off nearly five weeks without pay to cut city spending next year. The idea, which the...

  
  

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  Posted: October 28, 2009, 6:22pm EDT
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• City Council hearings on Mayor Daley's budget start today

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  Posted by John Byrne at 4:55 a.m. A panel of Chicago aldermen today kicks off its department-by-department review of Mayor Richard Daley's proposed budget for next year. The City Council Budget Committee will have the chance to question department heads...

  
  

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  Posted: October 28, 2009, 5:15am EDT
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• Daley pushes plan to give up to $200 in property tax relief

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  Posted by Hal Dardick and John Byrne at 12:45 p.m. Mayor Richard Daley today promoted his plan to give between $25 and $200 to homeowners who soon will face spiking property tax bills. “My job is to fight for Chicago’s...

  
  

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  Posted: October 27, 2009, 12:48pm EDT
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• Mayor Daley, Valerie Jarrett talk about making federal government more friendly to cities

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  Posted by John Byrne at 5:50 p.m. Mayor Richard Daley and White House senior adviser Valerie Jarrett today stressed the need to eliminate governmental parochialism if the Chicago area and the nation are to emerge strongly from a bad economy....

  
  

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  Posted: October 23, 2009, 5:59pm EDT
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• Daley meets with Bank of America officials that sued State Street developer

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  Posted by John Byrne at 7:18 p.m. Mayor Richard M. Daley held a closed-door meeting with Bank of America officials at City Hall today, two days after the bank and a group of lenders moved to foreclose on the retail...

  
  

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  Posted: October 21, 2009, 7:19pm EDT
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• Mayor Richard Daley to call for spending more parking meter money, ending Venetian Night in today's budget speech

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  Posted by Dan Mihalopoulos, Hal Dardick and John Byrne at 5 a.m.; last updated at 12:41 p.m. Mayor Richard Daley today proposed a 2010 budget that would hold the line on taxes and fees but dip deep into the reserve...

  
  

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  Posted: October 21, 2009, 5:00am EDT
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