CITY COUNCIL

It is rare for such a close ally of a mayor to endorse their rival, though Lightfoot has also picked up endorsements from eight aldermen.

The sheriff, supervisor of elections, tax collector and several city council candidates are running unopposed in the upcoming municipal elections in seven weeks.

It’s been 23 years since Jacksonville voters agreed to raise the sales tax by a half cent to improve the city with major road and public projects.

After hours of debate and public comment Tuesday night, the City Council approved a change in the city’s land use plan but deferred the actual zoning change for a planned Pumpkin Hill development.

The Jacksonville City Council on Tuesday approved legislation that bans any message projected onto someone’s building or property without permission.

Two identical bills are set to appear on Tuesday night’s City Council agenda to address a series of hate messages that have appeared in Jacksonville recently.

The 2023 Chicago mayoral race features eight candidates challenging Mayor Lori Lightfoot in her bid for reelection. Among them is Roderick Sawyer.

Norfolk Southern portrays its expansion plan as a badly needed infusion of jobs and investment. But the demolition of hundreds of homes and a rising tide of truck pollution has sparked discontent.

Last week, Jacksonville City Council members filed two bills, which are set to appear on Tuesday night’s agenda. They appear to do the same thing.

Natural gas reduction is on the minds of Evanston City Council as it considers a ban on natural gas connections in new construction.

Neptune Beach City Manager Stefen Wynn was fired during Tuesday night's city meeting.

In a letter addressed Thursday to Mike Hogan, the Duval County supervisor of elections, Jacksonville City Council member Brenda Priestly Jackson writes that she be withdrawing as a candidate for District 10.

In March, Jacksonville will be voting for a new mayor and new city council members to run the city. Political observers anticipate a high turnout compared to past local elections as races began to become very competitive.

Attorney, civil rights advocate and legal commentator, John Phillips, announced on social media Tuesday that he is running for Jacksonville City Council.

Jacksonville community activist Ben Frazier plans to attend Tuesday night’s city council meeting despite the risk of being arrested again.

He was first tapped to represent the 26th Ward in the summer of 2009 by Mayor Richard M. Daley.

Federal prosecutors said indicted Chicago Ald. Carrie Austin is exaggerating health issues to avoid going to trial on fraud charges, saying the FBI recently observed her going about political duties and running daily errands.

The approval of the casino deal and a CTA Red Line extension funding district were two wins for Mayor Lori Lightfoot as she seeks reelection.

A homeless state of emergency proposed by Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass was approved by the City Council Tuesday.

Vintage Chicago Tribune offers a look back at events, places and people involved in shaping Chicago’s past, present and future, in ways both small and big.

Here’s a look at the 14th Ward alderman's career, indictment and upcoming trial.

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Lopez was one of the earlier candidates to announce he would challenge Lori Lightfoot for mayor before reversing those plans.

Candidates line up to begin filing to run in the 2023 Chicago mayor and City Council election.

There’s an update in the fight to redraw Jacksonville’s City Council districts.

City Council members in the central Oregon city of Bend have approved strict new rules for homeless camping that will limit where, when and how people can live outside, as a growing number of cities across the state seek to control encampments amid a surging homelessness crisis driven by an affordable housing shortage and the coronavirus pandemic. OPB reports that the code change, approved Wednesday, will require people camping on city property and public right-of-ways such as sidewalks and landscaping strips to move locations by 600 feet, or one block, every 24 hours. Additionally, the code dictates what homeless people can possess while living outdoors.

Los Angeles' new mayor has outlined her vision to turn around a troubled City Hall and restrain an out-of-control homeless crisis in the nation's second-largest city.

Voters in Portland, Oregon, have approved a ballot measure that will overhaul the city's government, spurred by growing concerns over homelessness and a desire to make City Hall more inclusive.

U.S. Rep. Karen Bass has pulled ahead of developer Rick Caruso in their back-and-forth contest to become mayor of Los Angeles.

After much deliberation and debating, Jacksonville City Council members made a final decision Friday on a redrawn redistricting map.

A special Jacksonville City Council committee narrowed down new city council and school district boundary maps from two choices to one on Wednesday, though its work is not done.

Norma Thornton, 78, was arrested for distributing prepared food from a van to the homeless population in Bullhead Community Park in northwest Arizona.

The move comes as the CTA faces ongoing complaints of unreliable service and concerns about safety.

Lightfoot's choice of Ald. Jim Cappleman was seen as a snub of Ald. Sophia King, who is running against Lightfoot for mayor.

Less than a month since the Chicago Police Department began to enforce an ordinance aimed to curb drag racing — a citywide trend that has often turned violent — police have impounded more than two dozen vehicles and has had more than 70 impound requests.

If City Council greenlights the ambitious proposals, they would join other potentially massive apartment developments nearby

The council met on Thursday to discuss the matter — but nothing has yet been decided. A new drawing of the district map has not begun.

Chicago’s office of inspector general released its third quarter report to the City Council Friday.

The city anticipated a $127.9 million budget shortfall, the smallest in Lightfoot's time in office, and she said no to a tax increase of up to 5%.

City Council on Tuesday night gave its approval to Mayor Lenny Curry’s record-setting $1.5 billion operating budget for the city of Jacksonville.

Ordinance also requires that some low-lying commercial buildings — many of them warehouses — be built with roofs capable of supporting solar panels.

San Diego officials on Tuesday were expected to approve a $600,000 payout to a woman who was severely injured when a police dog attacked her in her own yard after escaping from its trainer's home nearby. A lawsuit filed by Jenna Cole in March called the bite a “vicious” and “unprovoked attack” and accused the city of negligence for how it trained, monitored and caged the K-9. The suit also contended such animals should be in secure facilities, not residential neighborhoods.

Knudsen, if confirmed by the council, would serve out the rest of the term but would have to run in February to keep the seat.

A federal judge is considering whether to throw out Jacksonville’s newly-drawn city council and school board district map ahead of next year’s elections in March.

Booting companies cannot charge more than $170 to remove the device; proponents contend it's more humane than getting towed.

The National Foundation for Gun Rights also filed suit against the states of Connecticut, Hawaii and Massachusetts.

After a recent string of Chicago police officer suicides, mental health experts spoke with a City Council committee Thursday afternoon on what can be done to support officers.

The Uvalde School Board is deciding whether or not to fire police chief Pete Arredondo for his handling of the Robb Elementary shooting.

The highest-paid aldermen currently earn about $130,250 and will see that increase to about $142,780 if they don't turn down the raise.

The mayor says this as one of the lowest budget deficits "in recent City history."

Nearly a half-century after arson killed 32 people at the UpStairs Lounge, the City Council has renewed the search for the remains of four victims — three of them never identified.

Nearly a half-century after arson killed 32 people in a New Orleans gay bar, the City Council has renewed the search for the remains of four victims — three of them never identified.

The mayor has called the gang forfeiture proposal an "essential tool" to fighting crime but it hasn't gotten a vote six months since its delay.

Tuesday’s fatal hit-and-run follows a string of pedestrian deaths as the result of vehicles earlier in the summer.

A nonprofit news outlet has spent the past half year publishing more complete data on homelessness. Eric Adams’s administration says it plans to start doing the same.

Should the city of Jacksonville legalize adult game rooms? That’s a question making its way through the City Council.

In a report following the mayor’s remarks, city manager Ghida Neukirch said 115 agencies responded to the shooting, including 74 law enforcement agencies and 25 fire departments.

The Northside Coalition has filed a lawsuit Friday against the City of Jacksonville asking a judge to throw out the city council’s redistricting map.

Some affordability activists say the measure doesn't go far enough, but the mayor called it a “very important step.”

A property tax rollback, money for riverfront development downtown, a new fire station and more money stashes away for emergencies in the reserve fund -- those were just some of the things Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry highlighted Thursday morning in his budget address to City Council.

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The mayor lowered the ticket threshold to 6 mph over the limit, which has raised tens of millions of dollars for the city.

Parking spots would be capped in residential buildings near rail stations, in one provision of the plan.

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot is making an announcement with NASCAR leaders on Tuesday.

The city of Chicago is poised to pay more than $11 million in police misconduct settlements approved by a City Council committee.

The maximum fine for ethics violations would rise from $5,000 to $20,000 and ex-aldermen would be banned from lobbying the City Council.

The surprise move comes shortly after Mayor Lightfoot appointed Scott's sister to replace him on the City Council.

After serving 25 years in prison, Desmond Ricks was released in 2017 when bullet tests revealed that the evidence used to convict him was bogus.

Detroit agreed to pay $7.5 million to settle a lawsuit by a man who claimed police switched bullets to pin a murder on him in 1992. Desmond Ricks was released from prison in 2017 after 25 years, thanks to gun experts, law students at the University of Michigan and his unwavering insistence that he was innocent. Police seized a gun that belonged to Ricks' mother and said it was the murder weapon.

Many voters “think as a general rule that aldermen are clowns, incompetent and corrupt," former Ald. Joe Moore said.

Cops are given notice when days off are canceled, Lightfoot said. This year that's included Memorial Day, Father’s Day and July 4th.

City Council member Randy DeFoor announced Wednesday that she won’t be seeking re-election for the district, which includes Riverside, Avondale, Lake Shore and parts of the Westside to the Clay County line.

The City Council in Nebraska’s capital city has rescinded an anti-discrimination measure that extended protections to sexual orientation and gender identity, just four months after unanimously approving it. The Lincoln City Council voted 4-3 Monday to rescind the February revision to the city’s fairness ordinance in the face of a successful petition effort by a conservative group that would have put the measure on the November ballot, the Lincoln Journal Star reported.

As expected, every city council member voted yes to approve the special election, but council members also had questions for General Counsel Jason Teal. Some wondering why the city’s top lawyer is saying the sheriff did not vacate the office until four days ago, June 2, when it was clear he moved out of Jacksonville a year ago.

Two Memphis City Councilmen don't want the Memphis Police Department to provide security for former President Donald Trump during his Southaven event.

The Jacksonville City Council on Tuesday voted against setting a public referendum on whether the city should remove historic monuments on city-owned property.

The vacancy is the second Mayor Lori Lightfoot will be able to fill on the council, following Patrick Daley Thompson's departure due to a tax conviction.

The future of Jacksonville’s confederate monuments will again be a topic discussed at Tuesday night’s city council meeting.

Tuesday was election day in Orange Park and Green Cove Springs. Green Cove Springs had two City Council seats on the ballot, and Orange Park had one Town Council seat.

A proposal that would let Jacksonville voters have the final say on whether to take down historical monuments, including one in particular that’s tied to the Confederacy, was introduced to the City Council during its Tuesday evening meeting.

New maps could soon be approved for Jacksonville’s 14 City Council districts.

Republican LeAnna Cumber announced Monday she’s running in 2023 to replace term-limited Lenny Curry for Mayor of Jacksonville.

Curbside recycling is expected to return in Jacksonville in about three weeks, and News4JAX has learned glass WILL continue to be collected along with other items.

Known for his legendary "On Your Side" reports, Ken Amaro, formerly of First Coast News, filed to run for Jacksonville City Council District 1.

Polls will open at 7 a.m. Tuesday in a special election to replace the Jacksonville City Council seat left vacant when Tommy Hazouri died in September.

Republican Nick Howland and Democrat Tracye Polson are in the final stretch before next Tuesday’s special election.

In six days, Jacksonville voters will elect a new member to the city council to replace Tommy Hazouri who died last September.

Who are the two people running for the City Council seat open since the death of Tommy Hazouri?

Early voting will begin Saturday for a special Jacksonville City Council election to replace the seat left vacant when Tommy Hazouri died in September.

The News4JAX Trust Index team is fact checking a commercial that’s been all over Jacksonville airwaves, including Channel 4. It’s a political ad created for City Council candidate Republican Nick Howland, attacking his opponent, Democrat Tracye Polson.

The News4JAX Trust Index team is fact checking a commercial that’s been all over Jacksonville airwaves, including Channel 4. It’s a political ad created for City Council candidate Republican Nick Howland, attacking his opponent, Democrat Tracye Polson.

With the local gas tax set to double in Jacksonville next month, there is a push by one City Council member to stop it.

News4JAX is taking a closer look at Tuesday’s election results for the late Tommy Hazouri’s City Council seat.

Jacksonville Councilman Matt Carlucci is no longer running to become the next mayor of Jacksonville in 2023.

A city committee on Tuesday evening met to discuss complaints that have been made against Jacksonville’s inspector general, the person responsible for investigating wrongdoings in city government.

On Tuesday, a city committee will discuss additional complaints involving Jacksonville’s inspector general, the person responsible for investigating wrongdoings in city government.

During its Tuesday night meeting, the Jacksonville City Council approved a resolution honoring First Coast News investigative journalist Ken Amaro for his decades of work.

There are a number of pressing issues and hot-button topics facing Jacksonville, including the future of the city’s remaining Confederate monuments, suspension of curbside recycling pickup and traffic delays due to trains.

Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry said it’s unfortunate that his legislation to remove a Confederate monument from Springfield Park was withdrawn by the City Council.

A Jacksonville City Counil member along with the chairman of the Jax Chamber are calling for the city council to postpone an upcoming vote to remove a Confederate moment that is still standing in a Springfield park.