Via Crain's Chicago... Sterling Bay looking to sell properties in/around the Lincoln Yards site.

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Plan Commission approved 730 N Milwaukee LLC's residential conversion of a three-story office building at 1040 W. Huron St. in West Town. The project will add 24 market-rate and six affordable residences to the adjacent 'Avenir' Planned Development, for a total of 228 units.

Here's how Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson responded when asked if he's considering changes to CTA leadership:

'We continue to evaluate leadership... Dorval Carter is no exception,' Johnson responds to Quinn Myers.

1 hour.

That's how long a CTA employee sat in the driver seat of their bus before being found unconscious. They later died. I looked into what happened that night and how a stalled bus, that missed over 50 scheduled stops, never raised any red flags. blockclubchicago.org/2024/04/17/dea…

Beloved Wicker Park photographer Roberto Lopez will be honored in a mural. buff.ly/49yj2UO

This is such a shame. Not sure where else would have let me report a 12-minute radio feature. Long live Curious City wbez.org/stories/how-ch…

At today’s City Council zoning meeting, George Blakemore makes a pretty good point: why should he have to follow the 3-minute public speaker limit when the meeting started an hour late?

No Q&A, a mayoral spokesperson confirms.

.Mayor Brandon Johnson, The Cook County State's Attorney's Office and COPA holding a 10:45 presser regarding the Dexter Reed video.

COPA Releases Video & Other Materials From Fatal Officer-Involved Shooting Near 3800 W. Ferdinand chicagocopa.org/case/2024-0003…

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I spoke with the mayor this week about his first 11 months in office, mounting criticism from his opponents + allies, a strained relationship with the media and more.

What I got back was 'almost unbridled confidence' in his tenure so far.

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'The job cuts coincide with the debut of a $6.4 million, state-of-the-art studio at WBEZ’s Navy Pier office and follows a double-digit-percentage pay increase for Chicago Public Media’s top executive.'

This news comes, in part, from Matt Moog, who announced his resignation as CEO of Chicago Public Media four months ago: wbez.org/stories/chicag…

Cristina Pacione-Zayas has been formally named Mayor Brandon Johnson's chief of staff, replacing Rich Guidice. Formerly MBJ's deputy CoS, Pacione-Zayas was an Illinois state senator and longtime community activist in the Humboldt Park/Logan Square area Block Club Chicago

BREAKING: Eileen O'Neill Burke declares victory in the Democratic primary for Cook County State's Attorney Block Club Chicago

All provisional ballots have been counted. O'Neill Burke leads Harris by 1,556 votes. Final counting will take place early next week before the April 2 deadline.

Great to see our coverage of the migrant crisis and breakdowns in gov't response are included here. And for something completely different, I'm honored my story on venue merch cuts has been nominated for best music coverage: blockclubchicago.org/2023/09/26/mer…

Lot of immediate questions about how this would work with contracting, etc. Here's the latest version of the substitute ordinance from the clerk's website:

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