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Supporters of a Chicago ballot measure that raises a one-time tax on luxury properties to fund services for homeless people, rally prior to a court hearing Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024, in Chicago.
Generally speaking, the mayor and city departments comprise the executive branch of the city government, and the city council comprises the legislative branch. [3] However, the mayor does have some formal legislative functions such as being the presiding officer of the council and being able to break tie votes, and informally has dominated legislative activity since the late 19th century.
Supporters of a Chicago ballot measure that raises a one-time tax on luxury properties to fund services for homeless people rally prior to a court hearing, Feb. 14, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photo ...
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Member of the Chicago City Council (2015–present) 8th Ward Michelle Harris: 2008 Member of the Chicago City Council (2006–present) 9th Ward: Anthony Beale: 2000 Member of the Chicago City Council (1999–present) 10th Ward: Susan Sadlowski Garza: 2016 Member of the Chicago City Council (2015–2023) 11th Ward: John Daley: 1980 [14]
Evans was elected alderman of the city's south side 4th Ward in a November 27, 1973 special election [4] to fill the vacancy created six months earlier by the death of Ald. Claude Holman on June 1, 1973. [5] Evans defeated Hattie B. Kay Williams, a 50-year-old executive of the Girl Scouts and civil rights activist by a vote of 6,784 to 3,136 ...
The 27-23 vote came just weeks before the end-of-the-year deadline, avoiding what would have been Chicago’s first shutdown of the city government. The mayor needed at least 26 of 50 alders for a ...
The City Treasurer’s Office is the custodian and manager of all cash and investments for the City of Chicago, the four City employee pension funds, and the Chicago Teacher’s Pension Fund. Additionally, the Treasurer’s Office manages a number of programs that promote financial education and small business growth in Chicago’s neighborhoods.