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The Center Square: Chicago mansion tax opponents say rents will rise if approved
A proposed hike in the transfer tax on real estate in Chicago valued at $1 million or more is not sitting well with landlords of apartments and multifamily complexes.
Mayor Brandon Johnson says the new revenues from the “mansion tax” will be used to tackle the city’s homelessness problem. His administration said the tax hike could net the city as much as $163 million a year.
Chicago Tribune: Larry Snelling, ‘son of this city,’ confirmed as next Chicago police superintendent
Larry Snelling was confirmed as Chicago’s next police superintendent in a City Council vote Wednesday, finalizing Mayor Brandon Johnson’s choice for the longtime insider and South Side native to lead the department with a vision of rejuvenating officer morale and repairing community relations.
Aldermen voted 48-0 to approve the department’s current chief of counterterrorism and a longtime instructor at the training academy as the next leader of the nation’s second-largest police department. Snelling was then formally sworn in as superintendent at a City Hall ceremony Wednesday afternoon before heading into his first day in charge.
Capitol News: Speaker says he hopes to pass bill in upcoming veto session
House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch, D-Hillside, has filed legislation that would, for the first time in Illinois, authorize legislative staff to form a union and engage in collective bargaining.
House Bill 4148, creating the Legislative Employee Labor Relations Act, comes in response to a monthslong effort by Democratic staff in the speaker’s office to unionize and negotiate wages, hours and other working conditions.