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    Sep 7, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  1. Q&A with Toni Preckwinkle

    — Toni Preckwinkle was a high school history teacher before she embarked on a new career, winning a seat on the Chicago City Council in 1991. During 19 years on the council, she sponsored living wage and affordable housing ordinances. In 2010, she ran for Cook County Board president and won. This week, she attended her second Democratic National Convention, the first four years ago in Denver.
    — Toni Preckwinkle was a high school history teacher before she embarked on a new career, winning a seat on the Chicago City Council in 1991. During 19 years on the council, she sponsored living wage and affordable housing ordinances. In 2010, she...

    Tags: Democratic Party, Politics, Cook County Board of Commissioners, Toni Preckwinkle, Cook County Government

    2. Jul 20, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  2. Mobile food ordinance rolls through City Council committee, dismaying advocates

    After a four-hour hearing filled with heated questions and tearful testimony, an expanded mobile food ordinance two years in the making was approved Thursday by the Chicago City Council's License and Consumer Protection Committee.
    After a four-hour hearing filled with heated questions and tearful testimony, an expanded mobile food ordinance two years in the making was approved Thursday by the Chicago City Council's License and Consumer Protection Committee. And while some...

    Tags: Restaurant and Catering Industry, Chicago Mayor, Lifestyle and Leisure, Consumers, Services and Shopping

    3. Jul 5, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  3. Here come food trucks

    If all goes as planned, sometime in August food trucks with on-board preparation will be rolling in Chicago's streets.
    If all goes as planned, sometime in August food trucks with on-board preparation will be rolling in Chicago's streets. The ordinance expected to reach the Chicago City Council at its next meeting — July 25 — was introduced by Mayor Rahm...

    Tags: Thomas M. Tunney, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Rahm Emanuel, Rick Bayless, Chicago Mayor

    4. Jul 25, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  4. City Council approves food truck ordinance

    The Chicago City Council today approved a measure to expand food truck offerings following weeks of controversy about various provisions in the new rules.
    Tribune reporter
    The Chicago City Council today approved a measure to expand food truck offerings following weeks of controversy about various provisions in the new rules. Aldermen voted 45-1 to approve the ordinance, with Ald. John Arena, 45th, the sole "no" vote....

    Tags: Chicago Mayor, Politics, Lifestyle and Leisure, Services and Shopping, Rahm Emanuel

    5. Jun 27, 2012 |Story| WGN-TV

  5. Chicago City Council passes pot ordinance

    The Chicago City Council overwhelmingly voted Wednesday to decriminalize small amounts of marijuana possession.
    WGN News
    The Chicago City Council overwhelmingly voted Wednesday to decriminalize small amounts of marijuana possession. Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s  proposal passed 43-3, allowing Chicago police to issue pot-possession tickets as soon as July. The move makes...

    Tags: Rahm Emanuel, Justice System, Politics, Judges, Gun Control

    6. Jun 27, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  6. Chicago City Council passes pot ticket ordinance

    The Chicago City Council overwhelmingly voted today to decriminalize small amounts of marijuana possession.
    Tribune reporter
    The Chicago City Council overwhelmingly voted today to decriminalize small amounts of marijuana possession. Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s  proposal passed 44-3, allowing Chicago police to issue pot-possession tickets starting Aug. 4. The move makes...

    Tags: Drug Trafficking, Ameya Pawar, Politics, Sauganash, Police Arrests

    7. Jun 27, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  7. Chicago decriminalizes pot

    The Chicago City Council doesn't always act with wisdom and frugality, but it did so today in voting to decriminalize possession of small amounts of marijuana. Treating it as a crime wastes money, diverts police from truly scary activity and brands many...

    Tags: Marijuana Use, Lifestyle and Leisure, Recreational Substance Use, Crime, Law and Justice, Substance Abuse

    8. Jun 6, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  8. Produce stands legalized in Chicago

    As Chicago heads into summer, a bumper crop of fruit and vegetable stands is ready to sprout on street corners all over the city. And, finally, they will be legal.
    As Chicago heads into summer, a bumper crop of fruit and vegetable stands is ready to sprout on street corners all over the city. And, finally, they will be legal. On Wednesday the City Council unanimously approved an amended ordinance to issue an...

    Tags: Obesity, Navy Pier, Apples, Consumers, Weight

    9. Jun 21, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  9. Did California learn anything from Chicago's foie gras ban?

    Before Charlie Trotter revealed he had quit serving foie gras and suggested eating the liver of fellow Chicago chef Rick Tramonto, before Ald. Joe Moore proposed that the city ban the sale of the fat livers of force-fed ducks, before the City Council enacted the ban and prompted Mayor Richard M. Daley to declare it "the silliest law that they've ever passed," before two years of foie gras prohibition followed as some Chicago restaurants continued serving the forbidden dish by giving it away or offering it under other names, and before the City Council repealed the ban with almost as little discussion as it had passed it in the first place, there was California.
    Before Charlie Trotter revealed he had quit serving foie gras and suggested eating the liver of fellow Chicago chef Rick Tramonto, before Ald. Joe Moore proposed that the city ban the sale of the fat livers of force-fed ducks, before the City Council...

    Tags: Anthony Bourdain, Foie Gras, Book, Joseph A. Moore, Politics

    10. Apr 2, 2012 | RedEye

  10. Another City Council Remap Submitted; Field Hearings To Begin

    Lakeview
    The Roscoe View Journal reports:
    A new proposed map for Chicago City Council wards was submitted to City Council by the Mexican American Legal Defense Fund (MALDEF) yesterday, as the debate over how to readjust ward lines to 2010 Census dat...
    11. Jun 8, 2011 | Chicago Tribune

  11. Chicago City Council to vote today on McCarthy appointment as police superintendent

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    Posted by John Byrne at 12:01 a.m. The Chicago City Council today is scheduled to take confirmation votes on several of new Mayor Rahm Emanuel's appointments, including Garry McCarthy as police superintendent. Among the other appointments aldermen will...
    12. Dec 16, 2011 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  12. Ex-lawmaker nearly doubles his pension with one month of work

    All it took for former state Rep. Robert Molaro to nearly double his public pension was spending one month as an aide to Ald. Ed Burke, the powerful chairman of the Chicago City Council's Finance Committee. Among Molaro's duties: Write a 19-page white...

    Tags: Politics, Government, Edward M. Burke, Economy, Business and Finance, Crime, Law and Justice

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