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- News & Politics, Back Room Deal Mar 6, 2020
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How to stay in office for decades: Illinois State House elections
- Columns & Opinion, On Culture Jun 12, 2019
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Despite Mayor Lightfoot’s campaign promise, Chicago’s casino will be owned by a private investor after all
So much for gambling of the people, by the people, and for the people.
- Blogs, Bleader Oct 5, 2018
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Landlords for rent control? You heard that right
Little Village property owners are seeing benefits in a new proposed state senate bill.
- Blogs, Bleader May 1, 2018
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Rich dudes rejoice: The ‘Fair Tax’ is all but dead in Illinois
A progressive income tax requiring folks like Kanye, Rauner and Pritzker to pay more won't be on the ballot this fall.
- Blogs, Bleader Apr 17, 2018
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Rauner’s reefer madness rules despite overwhelming support for legal pot
Weed Week: Recreational marijuana won't be legal as long as the embattled Republican remains governor.
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 20, 2018
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Let’s make Pritzker and Rauner pay more—a lot more—in state income taxes
There's one thing Bruce Rauner and J.B. Pritzker have in common: each should have to fork over more of their billions to help Illinois pay its bills.
- Blogs, Bleader Feb 1, 2018
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Potential mayoral candidate Paul Vallas strikes out at Emanuel after Chicago State drama, and other news
Also, Tinley Park police release a new image of the Lane Bryant shooting suspect ten years after the tragedy.
- Blogs, Bleader Jan 22, 2018
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Illinois's late payment charges on its bills add up to $1 billion, and other Chicago news
Also, Chicago police used a Trump Hotel conference room during the Women's March.
- Blogs, Bleader Jan 16, 2018
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Two gubernatorial candidates support repealing Illinois’s rent control ban
J.B. Pritzker and Daniel Biss both say the 1997 law needs to go.
- Blogs, Bleader Dec 14, 2017
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J.B. Pritzker, Pat Quinn win top spots on March 2018 primary ballot, and other Chicago news
Also, the state senate plans public hearings on Illinois Veterans Home deaths.
- Blogs, Bleader Nov 29, 2017
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Luis Gutierrez won't run for Congress again, endorses Jesus 'Chuy' Garcia to succeed him, and other Chicago news
Also, a residence hall without heat, hot water forces Chicago State University students to stay in hotels.
- Blogs, Bleader Nov 13, 2017
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Report: Chicago-based Trump adviser Papadopoulos was a lot closer to the campaign than Trump admits, and other news
Also, Rauner is facing a primary challenge from the right.
- Blogs, Bleader Nov 9, 2017
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Former president Barack Obama reports for Cook County jury duty, and other Chicago news
Also, Chance the Rapper slams Emanuel's plan to build $95 million police training academy.
- Blogs, Bleader Nov 1, 2017
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Barack, Michelle Obama return to Chicago for the first-ever Obama Foundation Summit, and other news
Also, Prince Harry and Michelle Obama surprise south-side students.
- Blogs, Bleader Oct 30, 2017
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Eddie Johnson calls for tougher Illinois gun laws after study shows many guns used in crimes are purchased in the suburbs, and other Chicago news
Also, the Democratic primary for Illinois attorney general is heating up.
- Blogs, Bleader Oct 27, 2017
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Chicago has a real shot at hosting World Cup games in 2026, and other news
Also, the Illinois house failed to pass a ban on semiautomatic rifle bump stocks.
- Blogs, Bleader Oct 26, 2017
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The Illinois house failed to override Rauner's veto of ‘right-to-work’ zone ban by one vote, and other Chicago news
Also, a Chicago priest blessed the Mandalay Bay hotel floor where Las Vegas shooter conducted massacre.
- Blogs, Bleader Sep 18, 2017
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Judge blocks Trump administration threats to defund sanctuary cities, and other Chicago news
Also, Kwame Raoul, Gery Chico, others express interest in replacing Lisa Madigan as attorney general.
- Blogs, Bleader Sep 8, 2017
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In the face of rising evictions, legislators continue push for repeal of Illinois's ban on rent control
Despite growing interest in rent regulation, Pilsen residents facing displacement remain skeptical of lawmakers.
- Blogs, Bleader Sep 8, 2017
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Illinois to borrow $6 billion to start paying its unpaid bills, and other Chicago news
Also, Mayor Emanuel is trying to persuade Amazon to locate its second headquarters in Chicago.
- Blogs, Bleader Aug 29, 2017
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Illinois school funding bill includes city property tax increase of up to $130 million a year, and other Chicago news
Also, Rauner signs automatic voter registration and immigration bills.
- Blogs, Bleader Aug 28, 2017
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Chicago police have solved less than 20 percent of the murders committed in 2017, and other news
Also, 12 museums are offering free admission for CPS students this week.
- Blogs, Bleader Aug 24, 2017
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Report: Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda may not perform as Alexander Hamilton in Chicago, and other news
Also, parolees can no longer be arrested for being spotted with a gang member in Illinois.
- Blogs, Bleader Aug 16, 2017
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Chicago must apply for a DOJ grant that includes new sanctuary city restrictions, and other news
Also, a former Miss America has announced a run against incumbent attorney general Lisa Madigan.
- Blogs, Bleader Aug 15, 2017
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Emanuel slams Trump over Charlottesville: ‘Members of the neo-Nazi and the KKK think they have a friend in the Oval Office,’ and other Chicago news
Also, Rauner isn't happy with the state senate's override of his school funding veto.