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- Columns & Opinion, On Politics Dec 2, 2020
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Some things never change
Aldermen can vote to fire city workers but they better not vote against a TIF.
- News & Politics, Politics Jun 1, 2019
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Lightfoot’s first council meeting excites but sheds little light on procedures
What’s going on in the City Council? Still hard to say!
- Columns & Opinion, On Politics Feb 11, 2019
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The many lives of Alderman Danny Solis
Solis swapped his loyalty to Daley and Rahm for sex, Viagra, and the council’s zoning chair.
- News & Politics, Politics Jan 28, 2019
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Different planets
A tale of two endorsement sessions—the Tribune v. the Grassroots Collaborative
- News & Politics, Politics Jan 25, 2019
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Aldermen Goodfellas
Mayoral candidate Bill Daley’s proposed City Council cuts don’t sound so bad with aldermen talking like mobsters.
- Blogs, Bleader Nov 30, 2018
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Chance the Rapper offers a video preview of the new Chicagoist
An explainer on Chicago's City Council system is the first release since he bought the shuttered site in July.
- Blogs, Bleader Oct 16, 2018
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New podcast The City brings back memories of Alderman Bill Henry and dealmaking in Chicago
And Henry turns out to be a major character in Robin Amer's ten-part audio documentary for USA Today.
- Blogs, Bleader Aug 15, 2018
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Alderman who joked about the ‘gangsters’ on the City Council to plead guilty to corruption charges
Hmm, maybe 20th Ward alderman Willie Cochran really wasn't joking about being a gangster after all.
- Blogs, Bleader Jun 18, 2018
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Another whopper from Rahm: express service to O'Hare that won’t cost the public
Does anyone really believe the public won't be contributing any money to Elon Musk's new project?
- Blogs, Bleader May 24, 2018
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Why did Carlos Ramirez-Rosa get kicked out of the City Council’s Latino Caucus?
A few theories, and a little advice: If you want back in, Carlos, fall on your knees and suck up to the mayor.
- Blogs, Bleader May 22, 2018
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Aldermen seek to yank fascist Balbo’s name from Chicago street, rename it for Ida B. Wells
It would be the first permanent Chicago street renaming in 50 years, officials said.
- Blogs, Bleader May 21, 2018
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City Council should investigate Rahm, not Lori Lightfoot
There are a lot more questions we need answers to about Mayor Rahm than about his former police board chair.
- Blogs, Bleader May 7, 2018
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Are 16-year-olds smart enough to vote? Vote16 Illinois thinks so
Some students are pushing Chicago and Illinois to follow the lead of other places that lowered the voting age recently.
- Blogs, Bleader May 4, 2018
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Who's telling the truth in the Rahm-Daley feud?
We need a Truth and Reconciliation Commission to get to the bottom of this after Bill Daley slammed Mayor Rahm recently.
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 22, 2018
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Gadfly George Blakemore, Cook County Board's biggest nightmare, wins spot on November ballot
The longtime political watchdog emerged from the primaries as the Third District Republican candidate for Cook County Board, running for the seat vacated by Jerry "Iceman" Butler.
- News & Politics, Politics Feb 20, 2018
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Ex-Chicago police oversight head: ‘I don't know Rahm well’
Attorney general hopeful Sharon Fairley says there's more to her candidacy than her work for IPRA.
- Columns & Opinion, On Transportation Jan 23, 2018
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Is it time to bring point-to-point car share to Chicago?
First Ward alderman Joe Moreno wants to put a trial program in place this spring, but opponents worry that it will create a parking crunch.
- Columns & Opinion, On Politics Jan 18, 2018
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If Mayor Rahm really wanted to stop poor people from leaving Chicago, he’d stop giving TIF handouts to corporations
Instead another TIF deal benefits a downtown building instead of neighborhoods in need.
- Blogs, Bleader May 19, 2017
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Conde Nast Traveler names Chicago the best restaurant city in the U.S., and other news
Also, there's still no resolution to the state's school funding crisis.
- Blogs, Bleader Nov 30, 2016
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Alderman Ameya Pawar is considering running a ‘progressive campaign’ for governor in 2018, and other Chicago news
Also, Illinois Supreme Court justice Anne Burke wants to add a fifth star to the Chicago flag—for a charity she cofounded.
- Blogs, Bleader Oct 6, 2016
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City Council approves Rahm's plan for a new police oversight agency, and other Chicago news
Also, a new poll shows Tammy Duckworth leading Senator Mark Kirk by 14 percent.
- Blogs, Bleader May 19, 2016
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Aldermen propose dumping TSA and hiring private security for city airports, and other Chicago news
Also, Senator Mark Kirk offers tepid support for the "river boat gamble” Donald Trump.
- Blogs, Bleader May 6, 2016
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Anita Alvarez cedes Laquan McDonald case to special prosecutor, and other Chicago news
Also, what it means to have Empire, Chicago Fire, or the other locally filmed TV shows shoot in your home.
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 28, 2016
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Chicago Teachers Union is taking its planned Friday strike very seriously, and other news
Also, the Blackhawks make the Stanley Cup playoffs.
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 22, 2016
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Cubs manager Joe Maddon isn't in the clubhouse 'to make rules' and other Chicago news
Also, a finalist for Chicago Police Department chief is critical of Rahm's handling of Laquan McDonald case.
