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The Associated Press called the race for O'Neill Burke shortly before 5 p.m. Friday. She will face Republican Bob Fioretti and Libertarian Andrew Charles Kopinski in the November general election.
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Mayor Brandon Johnson did not commit to spending a specific amount of public money to lakefront infrastructure improvements, but vowed that whatever public money is invested, it must be committed to creating more housing and jobs and "a sustainable, clean economy."
According to a new report, former Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn is taking a simple message to City of Chicago officials when it comes to public funding for new stadiums: Ask the voters. The Sun-Times reports that Quinn has conducted a poll showing strong opposition to taxpayer-subsidized stadiums for the Bears and White Sox and plans to push for a proposed ordinance Wednesday that would direct the City Council to put an advisory referendum on the November ballot. That referendum, according to the report, would ask voters: "Do you support or oppose the Chicago Bears or Chicago White Sox receivin...
Quinn said he will try to get an advisory referendum on the November ballot asking voters: "Shall the people of Chicago provide any taxpayer subsidies to the Chicago Bears or Chicago White Sox ... to build a new stadium or real estate development."