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Check out previous editions of Point of Information below:
7/19/23- A sidestep for City Council transparency
7/12/23- Could an income tax be the answer to Chicago’s money woes?
6/28/23- The New Faces & Functions of City Council Committees
6/21/23- The New Centers of Power in Chicago’s City Council
6/14/23- Illinois’ Cannabis Industry at a Crossroads
6/7/23- A Blurry Timeline for a Ballyhooed Affordable Housing Policy
5/31/23- The Gnawing Issue That Could Dominate Veto Session
5/24/23- A Stream of Trans-Inclusive Legislation in Springfield
5/17/23- Can Brandon Johnson Keep One of His Most Repeated Campaign Promises?
5/10/23- What it Will Take to ‘Fix’ the Pension Crisis
5/3/23- What’s in Store for Property Taxes in the North ‘Burbs
4/26/23- New Legislators Are Coming — Here’s What To Watch For
4/19/23- Brandon Johnson’s Rocky Path to $800 Million
4/12/23- The Homeowners Next in Line for Property Tax Pain
4/5/23- A Plan in Springfield To Keep the Affordable Housing Spigot Open
3/29/23- A Swarm of Ideas on How the City Council Should Operate
3/22/23- Dueling Visions for an Independent City Council
3/15/23- The Cities Chicago Could Emulate For Safer Buildings
3/8/23- The fiscal time bomb awaiting the next mayor
3/1/23- A legislative fix for property taxes?
2/22/23- Four plays the Bears could run to score public money
2/15/23- Is Lightfoot’s flagship affordable housing policy working?
2/8/23- Injection sites, tax reform and food trucks: what we’re watching in Springfield
2/1/23- A New Era For Chicago’s Electric Grid?
1/25/23- What Comes Next For Chicago’s Debt?
1/18/23 – An inflection point for City Council oversight?
1/11/23 – An embarrassment of riches for downtown TIFs
1/4/23 – What’s in store for bail reform? For clues, look East.
12/21/22 – Bottling the Tax Hike Genie
12/14/22 – Is this Shakman’s last gasp?
12/7/22 – Yet another reason your taxes are going up this year
11/30/22 – Who Pay’s the ‘T’ in TIF?
