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- Blogs, Bleader Oct 18, 2018
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Rauner and Pritzker tout government transparency while blocking access to records
Will Illinois's candidates for governor ever practice what they preach?
- Arts & Culture, Art Feature Sep 25, 2018
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Justin Brice Guariglia hopes his Expo Chicago installation We Are the Asteroid II will raise eco-awareness
All the signs of climate change are there. Literally.
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 20, 2018
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Read our best stories from the 2018 primary (thank god it's over!)
Here are some of our stories on Chuy's mustache, the potential first Muslim woman in congress, twitter bots for Jeanne Ives and the so-called "cannabis candidate."
- Blogs, Bleader Feb 12, 2018
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Shootings and homicides decrease as carjackings surge, and other Chicago news
Also, Chicago matches snowfall record with nine straight days of measurable snow.
- Blogs, Bleader Feb 8, 2018
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Poll: Daniel Biss catching up to front-runner J.B. Pritzker in gubernatorial primary after wiretap controversy, and other Chicago news
Also, Canadian prime minister Trudeau wouldn't let David Axelrod push him into discussing Trump.
- Blogs, Bleader Feb 7, 2018
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Toni Preckwinkle endorses Democratic front-runner J.B. Pritzker for governor despite controversy, and other Chicago news
Also, a homeless couple is suing the city for removing their tents.
- Blogs, Bleader Feb 7, 2018
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J.B. Pritzker under fire for comments about African-American elected officials in newly released Blagojevich tape, and other Chicago news
Also, Jeanne Ives is "a little bit surprised at some of the hysteria" over controversial campaign ad.
- Blogs, Bleader Feb 6, 2018
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Arrests for marijuana in Chicago hit a historic low in 2017, and other Chicago news
Also, it's so cold that even the Navy Pier Ferris wheel closed.
- Blogs, Bleader Feb 5, 2018
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Gubernatorial candidate Jeanne Ives’s ad offends both sides of the aisle, and other Chicago news
Also, attorney general candidate Scott Drury believes Madigan thought he was wearing a wire during a meeting.
- Blogs, Bleader Jan 31, 2018
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Rauner delivers his final State of the State address with an eye to November elections, and other Chicago news
Also, a new poll shows that more than a third of likely Democratic primary voters are undecided on the race for governor.
- Blogs, Bleader Jan 29, 2018
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Jeanne Ives says Bruce Rauner has ‘betrayed’ Republicans, and other Chicago news
Also, Senator Dick Durbin is bringing a local medical student "Dreamer" to Trump's State of the Union address.
- Blogs, Bleader Jan 29, 2018
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Rauner reaches a compromise with officials on school funding ahead of State of the State address, and other Chicago news
Also, speculation is growing that Paul Vallas will run against Mayor Rahm Emanuel.
- Blogs, Bleader Jan 24, 2018
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Department of Justice threatens to subpoena sanctuary cities including Chicago, and other news
Also, the Chicago Teachers Union is not happy that CPS might relax its ethics code.
- Blogs, Bleader Jan 21, 2018
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Women's March: The Sequel, or this time we have a destination
Changes in the march after a year of Trump and #MeToo
- 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 Jan 17, 2018
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Activists clash with aldermen over community benefits at Obama Presidential Center hearing, and other Chicago news
Also, city clerk Anna Valencia discusses her struggle to be taken seriously as a woman in politics.
- Blogs, Bleader Jan 16, 2018
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Obama insiders say he'll step up campaigning in 2018 as midterm elections approach, and other Chicago news
Also, Chris Kennedy leaves gubernatorial candidate forum after Jeanne Ives's comments about gun violence.
- Blogs, Bleader Jan 14, 2018
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Patti Blagojevich slams Rauner's campaign ad using Blagojevich FBI wiretap, and other Chicago news
Also, public health officials warn passengers about a possible measles exposure at O'Hare.
- Blogs, Bleader Jan 11, 2018
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Chicago's ‘clusters’ of unsolved strangling deaths near Washington Park and Garfield Park, and other news
Also, Chris Kennedy continues bold attack on Emanuel by mentioning Joe Berrios.
- Blogs, Bleader Jan 8, 2018
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Proposed Chicago Public Schools closings allegedly in violation of teachers’ union contract, and other news
Also, alderman Carlos Ramirez-Rosa is reportedly planning to drop out of race to replace Congressman Luis Gutierrez.
- Blogs, Bleader Jan 8, 2018
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Opponent calls Rauner’s move into Quincy veterans’ home a ‘cynical and transparent publicity stunt,’ and other Chicago news
Also, it's so cold that even rats are freezing to death.
- Blogs, Bleader Jan 3, 2018
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Chris Kennedy: Rahm Emanuel wants to push ‘people of color’ out of Chicago, and other news
Also, Chicago’s private-sector job market is booming.
- Blogs, Bleader Dec 29, 2017
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Judge blocks last-minute conservative attempt to prevent new Illinois abortion law from taking effect Monday, and other Chicago news
Also, Alderman Howard Brookins Jr. is running for a Cook County judgeship.
- Blogs, Bleader Dec 20, 2017
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Rauner releases a self-made list of his top ten accomplishments as governor, and other Chicago news
Also, a poll shows that Jesus "Chuy" Garcia has a massive lead in the congressional primary.
- Blogs, Bleader Dec 18, 2017
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Investigation: Emanuel's Chicago Infrastructure Trust has cost taxpayers $5 million but has contributed little, and other news
Also, local and national progressive Democrats target Congressman Dan Lipinski.