In Chicago, legal battles intensify as Trump's lawyers aim to keep him on the Illinois ballot, facing objections from voters. A policy question on affordable housing funding is set for the upcoming primary election. Real estate groups sue to block a referendum on increasing property sales tax. Advocates seek protections against gentrification in South Shore via a nonbinding ballot question.
Advocates pushing to expand protections for longtime homeowners in South Shore from gentrification sparked by the Obama Presidential Center in Jackson Park are hoping a nonbinding ballot question will breathe new life into their yearslong fight https://t.co/FSpmQ4Valo https://t.co/uia5Ox4tNj
Democratic candidates for Cook County state’s attorney made their case to the Chicago Tribune Editorial Board on Wednesday, sparring mildly over their assessment of the county’s outgoing top prosecutor, Kim Foxx. https://t.co/ubLXcku8yw
Real estate groups are suing the Chicago Board of Elections to block the referendum question of whether Chicago should increase a one-time tax on property sales over $1 million, and decrease it for property valued under that amount. #BringChicagoHome https://t.co/VUR2lMxCIX
Procedural questions, like whether the the case is even filed against the right party, bog down a decision in the lawsuit aiming to block Chicagoans from voting on changes to the city's real estate transfer tax: https://t.co/rpHNIhA8xd
Cook County Judge Kathleen Burke says she’ll review several motions in the suit against the upcoming Bring Chicago Home referendum. The main question seems to be whether the city can intervene in the case & argue its merits, instead of the named defendant, the Board of Elections.
Supporters of Bring Chicago Home, the effort to increase Chicago’s real estate transfer tax to fund homelessness prevention, surround their attorney, Ed Mullen, outside the Daley Center ahead of a court hearing on a suit to block the question from the March ballot. https://t.co/ZlUTTTWby5
Chicago’s primary election is next month, and the ballot will include a policy question that could have big impacts on the city’s ability to fund affordable housing. https://t.co/ZR0DaMeQyf
Trump’s lawyers in Chicago have ratcheted up the rhetoric in their efforts to keep the former president on the ballot in Illinois next month, accusing lawyers for five voters who object to his candidacy of “uncivil and inappropriate mudslinging.” https://t.co/Fvg852YvYk