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The Chicago Aldermanic Black Caucus is a bloc of aldermen in the Chicago City Council, designed with the goal of "representing the needs and interests of Chicago's Black communities." [ 1] During the 2019–23 term, the caucus consists of 20 members, out of the council's 50 aldermen. [ 1][ 2] As of June 2023, the chair of the caucus is ...
The Chicago City Council is the legislative branch of the government of the City of Chicago in Illinois. It consists of 50 alderpersons elected from 50 wards to serve four-year terms. [1] The council is called into session regularly, usually monthly, to consider ordinances, orders, and resolutions whose subject matter includes code changes ...
The Chicago City Council assumed its modern form on April 16, [dates 1] 1923, with fifty wards each electing one alderperson. Here is a list of the people who have served as an alderperson since that time. Since its incorporation as a city in 1837 Chicago had been divided into wards whose number varied [a] but which were almost [b] always ...
Cumberland University (BA) University of Illinois, Chicago (MA) Byron Sigcho-Lopez (born July 7, 1983) is a Chicago politician and community activist. He is the alderman of Chicago's 25th ward, having taken office as a member of the Chicago City Council in May 2019. He won an open race to succeed outgoing alderman Daniel Solis in the 2019 ...
Website. Citizens for Shiller. Helen Shiller (born 1947) is a former Alderman of the 46th ward in Chicago, Illinois. Shiller is also a published author, having written a 500-page book on her politics and activism in Chicago from 1971 to 2011. [ 1 ] Shiller served in the Chicago City Council for six four-year terms, from 1987 to 2011.
Rockford. v. t. e. The 2015 Chicago aldermanic elections happened on February 24, 2015, to elect the 50 Aldermen that represent Chicago in the City Council. The elections were non-partisan and if no candidate received an absolute majority, a runoff would be held between the top two finishers on April 7, 2015.
Andre Vasquez (born May 21, 1979) is a Chicago politician, community organizer, and former rapper. He is the alderman of the city's 40th ward. He won election to that office after defeating incumbent Patrick O'Connor in the 2019 Chicago aldermanic elections. Vasquez is a member of the Chicago chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America.
There is a Romanian community in Chicago. [72] Other European ethnic groups in Chicago are Slovaks, [73] Macedonians, [74] Estonians, [75] Latvians, [76] Slovenes, [77] Dutch, [78] Spaniards [79] and Norwegians. [80] There is a Belgian community in Chicago. [81] There is a Portuguese community in Chicago.