Plus: Aldermen opposed to Mayor Brandon Johnson’s renters’ rights plan advance their own version • Mid-decade redistricting put nearly 35 million people into new House districts, report says
The Spin Thursday, September 17, 2026 | | |
| | | | | The top official at the U.S. Postal Service said Thursday that the agency has stopped work on developing a controversial computer system that was central to President Donald Trump’s effort to limit mail voting after the Supreme Court rejected his executive order this week. | | | | | Aldermen advanced a counterproposal to Mayor Brandon Johnson’s broad renters’ rights overhaul Thursday, setting the dueling ordinances on a collision course. | | | | | The unprecedented spate of mid-decade redistricting for the U.S. House has changed the congressional districts for one-tenth of Americans, according to a new study. | | | | | With construction already underway on a retail center at 159th Street and LaGrange Road, Orland Park Village Board members voted to provide Amazon with a nearly $1.5 million property tax break on the development, courtesy of Cook County. | | | | | A federal judge has ordered the Kennedy Center to provide 30 days’ notice before making any major physical changes to the building, including demolishing it as President Donald Trump has threatened. | | | | | Residents told the Illinois Commerce Commission they have to choose between paying water bills and buying groceries or medicine. | | | | | Members reported friction in the working relationship between the board and the executive office and difficulty in the budget process. | | | | | The White House said Thursday that it was withdrawing its nomination of Lance Schroyer, a former Oklahoma state trooper, to lead U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. | | | |