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Any two City Council members — no reason needed — can delay a vote for one meeting. Ald. George Cardenas expects that stalling tactic to be used to delay a vote on s proposal to sue gangs and seize their assets.

City Hall lawyers have argued that written questions are more appropriate under the standard for seeking information from high-level government officials.

Chicagoans should not be put on the hook to keep a $4 billion sports franchise from skipping town.

CHICAGO — Leaders in Chicago’s Chinatown and beyond clamored Tuesday for Mayor Lori Lightfoot to appoint an Asian-American successor to 11th Ward Ald. Patrick Daley Thompson, whose federal tax fraud conviction this week could pave the way for the Near South Side enclave to have its first City Hall representative…

The City Council’s Committee on Public Safety will meet at 2 p.m. Thursday to consider the revised ordinance that got a frosty reception from alderpersons last month.

CHICAGO — Chicago Ald. Patrick Daley Thompson was convicted by a federal jury Monday of filing false tax returns and lying to federal regulators about a line of credit he had with a failed Bridgeport bank.

Last year, the mayor unveiled a plan to confront gender-based violence and human trafficking. It was designed with input from survivors and supported by $25 million in "new investments" made possible by federal relief funds.

City officials last week said they’d follow the state’s lead in lifting a mask mandate by Feb. 28 — unless COVID-19 numbers worsened. Now, though citing "tremendous progress" against the Omicron surge, the mayor doesn’t want to set what she called an "artificial date."

Nearly a quarter-century after the campus’s creation, the city is wise to contemplate a major refresh of the site.