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Film, Movie Review Nov 4, 2020
Recommended
City Hall highlights public servants actually serving the public

Frederick Wiseman’s documentary offers a hopeful look at political institutions.
- By Kathleen Sachs
- Tags: Movie Review, City Hall, Frederick Wiseman, politics, Mayor Martin J. Walsh, Recommended

News & Politics, Politics Mar 14, 2018
Rahm’s Chicago Stories podcast takes you inside the mind of the mayor

We listened to all 18 hours of it so you don't have to.
- By Maya Dukmasova
- Tags: Politics, Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Stories, city hall, goethe, george saunders, four moon tavern, the up room, Betsy Steinberg, Tim Horsburgh, Kartemquin Films, David Schwimmer, Luis Gutiérrez, Tim Cook, Graham Elliot, Freedom of Information Act, Mike Gemma, Trevor Hagen, Haymarket Brewery, Riverwalk, Beverly Kim, Charlie Robinson, Avondale, Gideon Sweet, Scofflaw, S.K.Y., Gift Theatre, Theater on the Lake, Mary Couzin, Kamau Murray, Robert Taylor Homes, Shaniqua Davis, Walter Robb, Richard Thaler, Rami Nashashibi, Cardinal Blase Cupich, Claude Lamb, Alphonso Johnson, Second Chances, Ben Austen, High-Risers, Mayor Richard M. Daley, Adam Collins, Laquan McDonald, Bill Ruthhart, My Block, My Hood, My City, Jahmal Cole

Columns & Opinion, On Politics Jan 18, 2018
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.
- By Ben Joravsky
- Tags: On Politics, finance committee, education committee, Presence Health, pro-choice, pro-life, Ziegler financial services, 200 S. Wacker, HB-40, CPS, Chicago Public Schools, Chicago City Council, Chris Kennedy, Election 2018, Democratic primary, gubernatorial primaries, Mayor Rahm Emanuel, TIFs, tax increment financing, economic development, Mayor Richard J. Daley, Mayor Richard M. Daley, Governor Bruce Rauner, City Hall

News & Politics, Politics Sep 27, 2017
Forrest Claypool messed with the wrong alderman

The brownnosing Chicago Public Schools CEO gets “dunked on” after questioning the honesty of tough-as-nails Tenth Ward alderman Susan Sadlowski Garza.
- By Ben Joravsky
- Tags: Politics, Forrest Claypool, Susan Sadlowski Garza, Scott Waguespack, John Arena, George Cardenas, Ricardo Muñoz, Paul Simon, Rahm Emanuel, Martin Ritter, Chicago Teachers Union, aldermen, City Council, City Hall, Michael Scott, Francis Parker

Blogs, Bleader Sep 12, 2017
Video
City Hall asks federal judge for nationwide injunction to prevent Jeff Sessions from defunding sanctuary cities, and other Chicago news

Also, a judge has sealed Jason Van Dyke's statements to IPRA about Laquan McDonald shooting.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Chicago, Illinois, Jeff Sessions, sanctuary cities, Harry Leinenweber, City Hall, Ronald Safer, Department of Justice, Chicago Police Department, Laquan McDonald, Independent Police Review Authority, Jason Van Dyke, Tesla, Rod Blagojevich, Chicago Architecture Foundation, Open House Chicago, Logan Square, Wintrust Arena, Bob Dylan, Mavis Staples, Rahm Emanuel, concerts, Video

Blogs, Bleader Sep 11, 2017
Report: Emanuel's relying on campaign donors who get City Hall benefits, and other Chicago news

Also, Rauner is visiting China and Japan on his first international trade mission this week.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Chicago, Illinois, Rahm Emanuel, City Hall, Election 2019, campaign donations, China, Japan, international trade, Bruce Rauner, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, DACA, Northeastern Illinois University, immigration issues, Donald Trump, Rosemont, Chicago Architecture Foundation, Art Institute of Chicago, public art

Blogs, Bleader Jul 21, 2017
Video
More than 1.2 million people could be getting partial refunds for red light tickets, and other Chicago news

Also, CPS is expecting about 8,000 fewer students for the 2017-2018 school year.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Chicago, Illinois, red light cameras, red light tickets, lawsuit settlements, Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Public Schools, Forrest Claypool, Steve Koch, Bob Rivkin, Chicago Transit Authority, City Hall, Roberto Maldonado, Chicago Police Department, police body cameras, Hamilton, Miguel Cervantes, epilepsy, Citizens United for Research in Epilepsy, CURE, Matthias Merges, Yusho, Yusho Hyde Park, Charlie Trotter's, Folkart Restaurant Management, Billy Sunday, A10, restaurant closings, Video

Blogs, Bleader Jul 13, 2017
The truth about what happens when you recycle the wrong stuff in Chicago

Claims about truckloads of recyclables ending up in landfills have been misleading.
- By Maya Dukmasova
- Tags: Eco, Environment, News, recycling, garbage, eco, City Hall, politics, Waste Management, recycling bins, blue carts, blue bag program, Streets and Sanitation, waste, environmental justice, Chicago High Density Residential and Commercial Source Reduction and Recycling Ordinance, Sara McGann, Lisa Disbrow

Blogs, Bleader Jun 22, 2017
Video
The end of an era: Cook County clerk David Orr reportedly won't run again, and other Chicago news

Also, a former pro wrestler, who also happens to be Kellyanne Conway's first client, is running for Illinois governor.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Chicago, Illinois, David Orr, Cook County, Cook County Clerk's office, City Hall, state budget impasse, Bruce Rauner, Illinois General Assembly, Kellyanne Conway, Jon Stewart, Election 2018, Libertarian Party, Donald Trump, Tiger Woods, Tiger Woods golf course, Jackson Park/South Shore golf course, Jackson Park, South Shore Cultural Center, Marian Hossa, Chicago Blackhawks, NHL, Damn Fine Coffee Bar, GO Tavern & Liquors, Giant, Sink/Swim, Best Intentions, Lost Lake, Longman & Eagle, Video

Blogs, Bleader May 15, 2017
Cullerton in open letter to Rauner: ‘It’s time for action’ on the budget, and other Chicago news

Also, Schaumburg wants to compete with the Chicago theater scene.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Chicago, Illinois, John Cullerton, Bruce Rauner, Illinois General Assembly, state budget, budget impasse, Springfield, retail industry, jobs, Rahm Emanuel, Barrett Murphy, Alex Holt, City Hall, Schaumburg, theater, Rosemont, Rosemont Theatre, Broadway in Chicago, Dick Wolf, Chicago Justice, Chicago P.D., Chicago Med, Chicago Fire, NBC, Mark Wahlberg, Wahlburgers, restaurant openings

Blogs, Bleader May 10, 2017
Video
Alderman Raymond Lopez under police protection after retaliatory threats from gangs, and other Chicago news

Also, former mayor Richard M. Daley's photo has finally been added to the wall of mayors at City Hall.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Chicago, Raymond Lopez, gun violence, gang violence, Chicago Police Department, City Council, Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Public Schools, Ricardo Munoz, Richard M. Daley, City Hall, Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Streets and Sanitation, rats, rodents, Chicago River Float, Chicago River, museums, Billy Corgan, Smashing Pumpkins, wrestling, National Wrestling Alliance, Highland Park, Video

Blogs, Bleader May 1, 2017
Researchers are exhuming World’s Fair serial killer H.H. Holmes’s body to determine if he escaped execution, and other Chicago news

Also, CPD superintendent Eddie Johnson’s car was broken into over the weekend.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, H.H. Holmes, Devil in the White City, 1893 World’s Fair, Hyde Park, Chicago history, Eddie Johnson, Chicago Police Department, Jeff Sessions, Department of Justice, police reform, Barack Obama, Michael Pfleger, Richard M. Daley, Rahm Emanuel, City Hall, David Orr, cold cases, Lisa Stebic, Planfield, missing people, The Chainsmokers, EDM, Rosemont, Huntley High School

Blogs, Bleader Mar 22, 2017
Video
Report: More possible lobbying violations found in Mayor Emanuel's personal e-mails, and other Chicago news

Also, police are searching for a group of men who allegedly gang-raped a teen girl on Facebook Live.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Chicago, Rahm Emanuel, Airbnb, American Airlines, Chicago Board of Ethics, lobbying, ethics, City Hall, Adam Collins, O'Hare International Airport, Chicago Police Department, sexual violence, Facebook, social media, Eddie Johnson, Tom Tunney, Chicago Cubs, Wrigley Field, Wrigleyville, Illinois, Illinois Nurses Association, Bruce Rauner, Jesse Jackson Jr., Sandi Jackson, Daley Center, Chance the Rapper, Lollapalooza, Grant Park, rap music, music festivals, Video

Blogs, Bleader Mar 14, 2017
Video
Congressman Luis Gutierrez handcuffed during sit-in at ICE office, and other Chicago news

Also, one state legislator is getting death threats after proposing a state holiday in honor of former President Obama.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Chicago, immigration issues, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Luis Gutierrez, Rahm Emanuel, FOIA, City Hall, Jewish Community Centers of Chicago, anti-Semitism, Andrew Thapedi, Barack Obama, Illinois General Assembly, Pat Brady, Amy Krouse Rosenthal, Phillipa Soo, Libertyville, Broadway, theater, musical theater, Hamilton, Amélie, Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812, Video

Blogs, Bleader Mar 13, 2017
Rahm has been making a comeback as a ‘national political operator’ since Trump’s election, and other Chicago news

Also, local immigration officials are now detaining deportees in Kankakee County instead of suburban Broadview.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Chicago, Rahm Emanuel, Donald Trump, City Hall, immigration issues, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Kankakee County, Zach Fardon, Jeff Sessions, Dennis Hastert, Dean Angelo, Chicago Police Department, Fraternal Order of Police, Chance the Rapper, SocialWorks, Hamilton, Spamilton, play openings

Columns & Opinion, Identity & Culture Jan 25, 2017
Can Chicago forgive Rahm Emanuel?

He’s starting with the “man in the mirror,” but will the DOJ report help him change his ways?
- By Derrick Clifton
- Tags: Identity & Culture, News, Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Police Department, U.S. Department of Justice, Laquan McDonald, police misconduct, police brutality, police accountability, racism, implicit bias, LGBT, women, transgender, Loretta Lynch, City Hall

Blogs, Bleader Nov 22, 2016
Around 500 O'Hare workers will strike next Tuesday, and other Chicago news

Also, Mayor Rahm Emanuel has named a new chief of staff.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, O'Hare International Airport, minimum wage, Rahm Emanuel, Joe Deal, City Hall, Eileen Mitchell, Bruce Rauner, Dick Durbin, Anne Burke, Pope Francis, Blase Cupich, Catholic Church, gun violence, Vatican, domestic violence, Department of Streets & Sanitation, recycling

Blogs, Bleader Oct 3, 2016
City Hall reacts to Reader revelations about the Chicago Police Department’s secret budget

CPD’s hush-hush slush fund surprises city leaders.
- By Joel Handley
- Tags: News, Politics, City Council, Ed Burke, City Hall, Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Sun-Times, Alexandra Holt

Blogs, Bleader Jul 25, 2016
Chance the Rapper unveils upcoming music festival, and other Chicago news

Also, CPS teachers confront Rauner over "virtually illiterate" comment.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: Did You Read __________?, News, Chance the Rapper, U.S. Cellular Field, John Legend, Alicia Keys, Skrillex, music festivals, Chicago Public Schools, Bruce Rauner, Chris Sale, Chicago White Sox, baseball, Rahm Emanuel, City Hall, lead

Blogs, Bleader Jun 3, 2016
Chicago Public Schools desperately needs state funding to open in the fall, and other news

Also, the budget battle continues as Rahm slams Rauner by comparing him to Donald Trump.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, spring weather, Chicago Public Schools, Forrest Claypool, Karen Lewis, Chicago Teachers Union, Bruce Rauner, Rahm Emanuel, Donald Trump, Ari Emanuel, City Hall, Chicago Police Department, Eddie Johnson, Glenn Evans, Independent Police Review Authority, McDonald’s, Harpo Studios, Oprah Winfrey, Chicago by Chicagoans, walking tours

Blogs, Bleader May 4, 2016
Friends of the Parks rejects Lucas Museum on any lakefront site, and other Chicago news

Also, CPS unveils new policy ensuring transgender students equal access to bathrooms and locker rooms.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: Did You Read __________?, News, spring weather, Friends of the Parks, Lucas Museum, George Lucas, Rahm Emanuel, McCormick Place, Juanita Irizarry, Chicago Public Schools, transgender rights, LGBTQ issues, Chicago Fire Department, City Hall, Jesus “Chuy” Garcia, race, political donations, Taped With Rabbi Doug, Ted Cruz, REO Speedwagon

Blogs, Bleader Jul 1, 2015
Video
Former west-side alderman Rickey 'Hollywood' Hendon makes a comedy video

Hendon goes back to his comedic roots with his music video "Bad Azz Kids."
- By Ben Joravsky
- Tags: Politics, News, Comedy, Rickey Hendon, Willie Wilson, Mary J. Blige, Frank Coconate, City Hall, Bad Azz Kids, L.C. Satterfield, Jimmy Spinks, Car Wash, Hippo, Bernie Mac, Benny Hill, Video

Blogs, Bleader Dec 23, 2014
Former alderman Berny Stone will be missed

Stone, who represented the 50th Ward for 38 years, died Monday at age 87.
- By Mick Dumke
- Tags: Politics, News, Bernard Stone, Berny Stone, alderman, 50th Ward, Joe Moore, Richard M. Daley, City Hall, Rahm Emanuel, inspector general, reform, Chicago politics, City Council, Ira Silverstein, Debra Silverstein, patronage, campaign finance, Rod Blagojevich

Blogs, Bleader Dec 6, 2014
Rahm's first reelection rally makes for a great story

Mayor Emanuel officially launches his campaign for a second term.
- By Mick Dumke
- Tags: Aldermania, Politics, News, Rahm Emanuel, mayor, Chicago, City Hall, 2015 election, Robert Fioretti, Jesus Garcia, Chuy Garcia, Scott Waguespack, Luis Gutierrez, Susana Mendoza, Cinespace, City Council, Chicago Forward, Woodlawn, health clinics, schools, CPS, police, police department, campaign finance, campaign contributions

Columns & Opinion, On Culture Nov 18, 2014
The Lucas Museum: On soggy ground?

Friends of the Parks makes a federal case of the proposed lakefront site.
- By Deanna Isaacs
- Tags: Deanna Isaacs on Culture, Better Government Association, Andy Shaw, Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, Union League Club, Friends of the Parks, Cassandra Francis, Lee Bey, University of Chicago, Gail Spreen, Streeterville, San Francisco, Ma Yansong, Richard Haas, Chicago Architecture, City Hall, Thomas Geoghegan

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