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Columns & Opinion, On Politics Sep 16, 2020
Under Barr’s thumb

Trump could teach Madigan and Burke a thing or two about corruption.
- By Ben Joravsky
- Tags: On Politics, Donald Trump, William Barr, Rahm Emanuel, Larry Ellison, Oracle, Microsoft, Michael Madigan, Ed Burke, Blago, Rod Blagojevich, John Kass, Eric Lipton, New York Times, Chicago Tribune, Trump Tower, Joe Berrios, Jim Durkin, Commonwealth Edison, ComEd

Columns & Opinion, On Politics Jul 21, 2020
'Harper Valley hypocrites'

Oh, Republicans are outraged over Madigan but silent when it comes to Trump.
- By Ben Joravsky
- Tags: On Politics, Michael Madigan, Commonwealth Edison, ComEd, John Cullerton, Ed Burke, Cook County assessor, Bruce Rauner, Donald Trump, Republican Party, Jenner & Block, Rodney Davis, Darin LaHood, John Shimkus, Adam Kinzinger, Mike Bost

Blogs, Bleader Dec 18, 2017
Susana Mendoza: Rauner can’t handle her criticism, and other Chicago news

Also, West Town's Green Zebra restaurant is closing after 13 years of business.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Chicago, Illinois, Susana Mendoza, Bruce Rauner, Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, Atlanta, O'Hare International Airport, Midway International Airport, ComEd, gun violence, construction, Green Zebra, vegetarian food, restaurant closings, Michelin, Bib Gourmand

Blogs, Bleader Dec 8, 2016
Rahm Emanuel had ‘frank, direct, and honest’ meeting with Donald Trump, and other Chicago news

Also, Alderman Anthony Beale is proposing major reforms to the honorary street-sign program.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Donald Trump, Rahm Emanuel, immigration issues, New York City, Chicago, Anthony Beale, Trump International Hotel and Tower, City Council, Bruce Rauner, Exelon, energy, nuclear energy, ComEd, Englewood, gun violence, holidays

News & Politics, Feature Jun 15, 2016
Illinois coal’s last stand

Even as people bemoan its environmental and health effects, the prospect of its demise sparks fear and nostalgia.
- By Kari Lydersen
- Tags: Feature, News, Politics, Coal, Illinois, Eagle River Mine, Rocky Branch Mine, Illinois Basin, energy, Phil Gonet, Illinois Coal Association, Powder River Basin, Larry Schraut, Foresight Energy, Citizens Against Longwall Mining, Peabody Energy, Environmental Law and Policy Center, ComEd, Illinois Power Agency, Exelon, Ameren, Energy Information Administration, Clean Power Plan, Rod Blagojevich, clean coal, Tenaska Inc., Dave Lundy, U.S. Department of Energy, Barack Obama, Future Gen, Prairie State Generating Station, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Fisk and Crawford power plants, Midwest Generation, NRG, Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, David Villalobos, Julio Guzman, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, John Simmons

Blogs, Bleader Feb 10, 2016
Father of woman killed by stray bullet didn't want her to move to Chicago, activists ask City Council to rescue public schools with TIF funds, and other Chicago news

Also, some Illinois counties are losing population, and Pau Gasol replaces injured Jimmy Butler in NBA All-Star Game.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, winter weather, gun violence, Aaren O’Connor, TIF funds, City Council, Chicago Public Schools, Illinois, University of Chicago, ComEd, Chicago Bulls, Jimmy Butler, Pau Gasol

Arts & Culture, Lit Feature Oct 21, 2015
Can Chicago take another heat wave?

Twenty years after Chicago's deadly 1995 heat wave, the man who wrote the book on the disaster says the city is—and isn’t—prepared for another.
- By Robin Amer
- Tags: Lit Feature, Arts, Lit & Lectures, News, Chicago Humanities Festival, Eric Klinenberg, 1995, heat wave, ComEd, Mayor Daley, University of Chicago Press, Heat Wave: A Social Autopsy of Disaster in Chicago, Great Chicago Fire Festival, New York University Institute for Public Knowledge

Blogs, Bleader Jul 14, 2011
Big Breeze Appreciation Day?
- By Steve Bogira
- Tags: Adam Dunn K Watch, Sports, ComEd, Adam Dunn, the Big Breeze, White Sox, Laurence Holmes, 670 The Score, punishment, restorative justice

Blogs, Bleader Jun 22, 2011
It was a dark and stormy night, and now 260k people have no power
- By Alex Parker
- Tags: Morning Newsfeed, storm, ComEd, Jody Weis, Civic Federation, Brian Carpey, Fender Stratocaster, NATO, Afghanistan, Chicago Public Schools, Winnetka, Newt Gingrich, Tiffany's

News & Politics, Politics Jun 10, 2010
Privatize Public Transit?

Chicago's tried it before. Here's how that went.
- By Robert Loerzel
- Tags: Politics, Carter H. Harrison II, streetcars, City Hall, Chicago Transit: An Illustrated History, Mayor John Haines, Internal Improvements Act of 1837, Abraham Lincoln, Stephen A. Douglas, William Butler Ogden, Galena and Chicago Union Railroad, North Chicago City Railway Company, Richard Oglesby, Alexander McCoy, Gray Wolves, Charles Tyson Yerkes, Clarence Darrow, John Peter Altgeld, Henry Demarest Lloyd, Ogden Gas Company, People's Gas, Chicago Edison, ComEd, Mayfair Improvement Club, Richard Yates, Billy Lorimer, Chicago City Railway, Illinois Public Utilities Commission, Samuel Insull, CTA, Richard M. Daley, Chicago Skyway, Chicago Parking Meters, LAZ, Morgan Stanley

Blogs, Bleader May 5, 2010
STAR: TIFs By Another Name

A controversial STAR bond proposal is back.
- By Whet Moser
- Tags: Chicagoland, Politics, Clout City, TIFs, STAR bonds, tax-increment financing, Illinois budget crisis, ComEd

Blogs, Bleader May 4, 2010
Privatizing Taxes

ComEd has an offer we may want to refuse.
- By Whet Moser
- Tags: Chicagoland, Politics, Clout City, ComEd, Illinois budget crisis, electric bills

News & Politics, Feature Jun 8, 2006
This Sidewalk Could Kill Your Dog

New York and Boston have gone to great lengths to eliminate "stray voltage," a phenomenon responsible for death and injury to both animals and people. Though Chicago's seen at least three such incidents, no similar effort is under way.
- By Justin Hayford
- Tags: Feature, stray voltage, dogs, electrocution, winter, salt, ComEd, dog walking, electrical infrastructure, dangers

News & Politics, Feature Apr 29, 2004
Tilting at Wind Farms

The whirling turbines look like the future to cash-strapped farmers, but to some NIMBY types they just ruin the view.
- By Dennis Rodkin
- Tags: Feature, Bot Bittner, Sharon Bittner, wind farms, wind turbines, farming, Crescent Ridge, Citizens for a Better Environment, Stefan Noe, wind energy, alternative energy, renewable energy, Bureau County, Illinois, Illinois Wind Energy, Eurus Energy America, Ron Happach, Citizens Against Rural Exploitatio, ComEd, Caleb Cushing, Pawtucket Emigrating Society, Illinois history, Jim Albrecht, Tyson Slocum, Dan Blanco, Public Citizen

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Under Barr’s thumb

Trump could teach Madigan and Burke a thing or two about corruption.

'Harper Valley hypocrites'

Oh, Republicans are outraged over Madigan but silent when it comes to Trump.

Susana Mendoza: Rauner can’t handle her criticism, and other Chicago news

Also, West Town's Green Zebra restaurant is closing after 13 years of business.

Rahm Emanuel had ‘frank, direct, and honest’ meeting with Donald Trump, and other Chicago news

Also, Alderman Anthony Beale is proposing major reforms to the honorary street-sign program.

Illinois coal’s last stand

Even as people bemoan its environmental and health effects, the prospect of its demise sparks fear and nostalgia.

Father of woman killed by stray bullet didn't want her to move to Chicago, activists ask City Council to rescue public schools with TIF funds, and other Chicago news

Also, some Illinois counties are losing population, and Pau Gasol replaces injured Jimmy Butler in NBA All-Star Game.

Can Chicago take another heat wave?

Twenty years after Chicago's deadly 1995 heat wave, the man who wrote the book on the disaster says the city is—and isn’t—prepared for another.

Big Breeze Appreciation Day?

It was a dark and stormy night, and now 260k people have no power

Privatize Public Transit?

Chicago's tried it before. Here's how that went.

STAR: TIFs By Another Name

A controversial STAR bond proposal is back.

Privatizing Taxes

ComEd has an offer we may want to refuse.

This Sidewalk Could Kill Your Dog

New York and Boston have gone to great lengths to eliminate "stray voltage," a phenomenon responsible for death and injury to both animals and people. Though Chicago's seen at least three such incidents, no similar effort is under way.

Tilting at Wind Farms

The whirling turbines look like the future to cash-strapped farmers, but to some NIMBY types they just ruin the view.

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Trump could teach Madigan and Burke a thing or two about corruption.

Oh, Republicans are outraged over Madigan but silent when it comes to Trump.

Also, West Town's Green Zebra restaurant is closing after 13 years of business.

Also, Alderman Anthony Beale is proposing major reforms to the honorary street-sign program.

Even as people bemoan its environmental and health effects, the prospect of its demise sparks fear and nostalgia.

Also, some Illinois counties are losing population, and Pau Gasol replaces injured Jimmy Butler in NBA All-Star Game.

Twenty years after Chicago's deadly 1995 heat wave, the man who wrote the book on the disaster says the city is—and isn’t—prepared for another.

Chicago's tried it before. Here's how that went.

A controversial STAR bond proposal is back.

ComEd has an offer we may want to refuse.

New York and Boston have gone to great lengths to eliminate "stray voltage," a phenomenon responsible for death and injury to both animals and people. Though Chicago's seen at least three such incidents, no similar effort is under way.

The whirling turbines look like the future to cash-strapped farmers, but to some NIMBY types they just ruin the view.

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