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The process of creating and then approving new maps, as it now stands, is enough to make one’s head spin. Time to break free of the convoluted system. Let voters decide.

Council members show up, on average, for four of every five required meetings, a new analysis by The Daily Line, WBEZ and Crain’s Chicago Business found.

Ineffective campaign finance rules, allowing alderpersons to make unilateral decisions on many permits and zoning changes and permitting elected officeholders to represent clients seeking government aid invite corruption.

Some are on £1000 a day

At a grand opening Wednesday for the $26.6M Montclare Senior Residences of Englewood, developer Philip Mappa of M.R. Properties aired the untold story of how Austin’s selflessness helped salvage the project.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot said she told lawyers to file a victim-impact statement in Solis’ case. She added, “no one is above the law and Chicago residents expect that their elected officials will be held accountable.”

It's not yet being enforced despite new signs in place

PHILADELPHIA — There was one point upon which lawyers on opposite sides of Kenyatta Johnson’s federal bribery trial agreed in their final pitches to jurors Tuesday: There is no smoking gun to prove the Philadelphia City Council member accepted nearly $67,000 in bribes disguised through a consulting contract with his…

Qualified and committed Interim Commission candidates have been named and are eager to get to work. Deadlines have passed. Council members should pick Interim Commission candidates by the next council meeting on April 27.

It’s the formal understanding between U.S. Attorney John Lausch’s office and a man who could be remembered as one of Chicago’s most significant government moles. Solis’ cooperation was first exposed by the Chicago Sun-Times four weeks after he signed the deal.

After analyzing publicly available attendance records for meetings between May 2019 and December 2021, WBEZ, Crain’s and The Daily Line found that City Council members overall attended 81% of the meetings they were required to be at.