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On the fourth day of the heat wave last week, city officials closed cooling centers and libraries where those without air conditioning had sought relief.
His was the voice behind the "sermon" embraced by house music fans for decades. Then came a viral video, a record contract and a call from Beyoncé's people.
After a nearly three-hour meeting, members were no closer to consensus on how Mayor Brandon Johnson should solve the city’s $35.4 billion pension crisis or generate $800 million in new revenue for "investments in people."
Council members from the Southwest and Northwest sides, with wards dominated by single-family homes, said allowing homeowners to turn attics, basements and garages into revenue-generating "granny flats" could create problems.