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Mayor Lori Lightfoot speaks to aldermen at the Chicago City Council meeting on Dec. 18, 2019.

Legal recreational weed sales will begin Jan. 1 as planned in Chicago, despite a wild, angry debate in City Council

December 18, 2019 at 7:30 p.m.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Wednesday beat back an attempt by black aldermen to stall the start of recreational marijuana sales in Chicago for six months, setting the stage for the...

Cook County Board member Jeff Tobolski appears at a board meeting Sept. 11, 2013, in Chicago.

Cook County Commissioner Jeff Tobolski resurfaces nearly 3 months after feds raided his office

December 17, 2019 at 3:32 p.m.

After missing nearly three months of Cook County Board meetings, embattled Commissioner Jeff Tobolski surprisingly returned to action Tuesday by attending the Forest Preserve District meeting. But although Tobolski resigned...

Lamont Burnett, an activist with the group ONE Northside, speaks at Chicago City Hall on Dec. 11, 2019, during a news conference where advocates called for more units of affordable housing.

Advocates push ‘Development for All’ ordinance to increase Chicago’s affordable housing options

December 12, 2019 at 11:25 a.m.

When he was a resident of the Wilson Men's Hotel in Uptown, Lamont Burnett paid $340 a month for a tiny cubicle room in the building, where he shared a...

Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx, center, at the state Capitol in Springfield on May 30, 2019.

Lottery decides Kim Foxx will top the list of candidates seeking Cook County state’s attorney nomination; order of other races also randomly picked

December 9, 2019 at 5:32 p.m.

Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx will appear first on the March 2020 primary election ballot in the competition for her seat, and attorney Jacob Meister will appear first in...

Todd Stroger files petitions Dec. 2, 2019, to be placed on the 2020 ballot as a candidate for commissioner of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago.

Kim Foxx challengers among Cook County candidates who crammed the clerk’s office before Monday’s filing deadline

December 3, 2019 at 9:14 a.m.

He arrived hours early, but Deyon Dean waited until the last hour before he actually completed the paperwork to be listed on the ballot to run for a spot on...

Bill Conway, center, a candidate for Cook County state's attorney, delivers his nominating petitions for the 2020 primary at Cook County Clerk Karen Yarbrough's office on Nov. 25, 2019.

2020 primary election candidates begin filing paperwork to get on March 17 ballot

November 25, 2019 at 6:34 p.m.

The hotly contested 2020 races for Cook County state's attorney, Cook County clerk of the circuit court and other offices officially kicked off Monday with the traditional herding of the...

Dr. John Jay Shannon is named the new CEO of Cook County Hospital during a board meeting at the administrative building at Cook County Hospital on June 27, 2014. After the hospital system's board of directors decided not to renew his contract, Shannon will be leaving his post at the end of 2019.

Cook County Health CEO out at the end of 2019 after hospital system opts against renewing his contract

November 23, 2019 at 2:22 p.m.

The current head of Cook County Health will be leaving his post next month, after the hospital system's board of directors on Friday decided not to renew his contract. The...

Cook County board member Jeff Tobolski in 2013.

Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle says she’s not sure if she’ll ask for Commissioner Jeff Tobolski’s resignation

November 21, 2019 at 7:26 p.m.

Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle on Thursday said she's not sure whether she'll call for Commissioner Jeff Tobolski to resign from his elected position, despite his absence from three...

Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle presents her 2019 budget to the board on Oct. 10, 2019.

Cook County Board approves $6.2 billion budget for 2020, without increases in taxes or fees

November 21, 2019 at 6:50 p.m.

With only one sole voice of opposition, the Cook County Board of Commissioners approved President Toni Preckwinkle's $6.2 billion 2020 spending plan on Thursday afternoon. In a special meeting that...

Joe Caltabiano, president and co-founder Cresco Labs, receives his stub from Zoning Board of Appeals Manager Victor Resa during a lottery drawing at City Hall on Friday, Nov. 15, 2019.

Chicago holds lottery for chance to sell legal weed in the city: ‘African American participation at this point is zero. That’s a problem.’

November 18, 2019 at 12:06 p.m.

Long before the lottery to determine which marijuana dispensary companies would get to sell recreational pot in Chicago next year, the room in City Hall was packed, with business owners,...

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