Chicago Progressive Caucus calls for collaboration CHICAGO (April 28, 2020) – On Friday, April 24th, 13 members of Chicago’s City Council Progressive Caucus were joined by 8 others in voting against Mayor Lightfoot’s Executive Powers Ordinance which gave her administration expanded spending and procurement powers during the COVID-19 fight. A cross section of City Council […]
Progressive and Latino Caucus Endorse Legislation calling for COVID-19 responsive mortgage and rent relief
Caucuses call for immediate relief for renters and homeowners affected by COVID-19 CHICAGO (April 20, 2020) — On Monday, the Chicago City Council Progressive Reform Caucus and Chicago City Council Latino Caucus jointly supported two measures that will provide relief for landlords and tenants impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic and the stay at home order. […]
Ald. Rodriguez & City Council Progressive Caucus Calling for Hilco to Be Held Fully Accountable for Crawford Coal Plant Implosion
CHICAGO — HILCO, the company responsible for the environmental assault on Little Village last Saturday, misled the city and this community when it sought a permit to take down the former Crawford coal plant tower by implosion. “HILCO assured us that the pollution caused by the implosion to take down that tower would not go […]