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Chicago Council Keeps Tipped Wage Phaseout After Veto Override Fails

The vote preserves cost-of-living raises for servers under Chicago’s 2023 One Fair Wage law.

Minneapolis Council Starts Process to Reconsider Bathhouse Ban

Chicago Council Fails to Override Johnson's Veto of Hemp Ban

Johnson Vetoes Chicago’s Hemp Ban, Sponsor Abandons Override Bid

City Council Moves to Restore Year‑Round Outdoor Dining in New York City

NYC Council to Override 17 Adams Vetoes, Lets COPA and Two Others Stand

Julie Menin Unanimously Elected New York City Council Speaker, Signaling Cooperation With Guardrails

On Final Day, Adams Vetoes 19 Council Bills, Creates Charter Commission

Johnson Lets Council Budget Take Effect, Issues Orders on Debt Sales and Police Overtime

Finance Committee Approves Head‑Tax‑Free Budget Plan as Year‑End Shutdown Threat Looms

Chicago Panel Backs Citywide Ban on Intoxicating Hemp Sales, Sending Measure to Full Council

City Council Moves to Override Adams’s Vetoes on Rent Cap, Pay-Equity and Nonprofit Bills

Jackson Park Housing Pilot Clears Council Committee, Heads to Full Vote

VAI Resort Pushes Back Timeline Again as Glendale Build Advances

Adams Backs Central Park Horse-Carriage Ban, Signs Enforcement Order, Urges Council Vote

City Council Moves to Override Adams’s Veto of Grocery Courier Wage Bills

Adams Vetoes Council Bill to Decriminalize Street Vending, Setting Up Override Vote

Chicago Council Moves to Legalize Video Gambling at Airports and Citywide