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News & Politics, Politics Jan 28, 2019
There’s a rare contest for alderman in Michael Madigan’s southwest-side stronghold

A jaunt through the 13th Ward reveals a political landscape long gone from the rest of Chicago.
- By Maya Dukmasova
- Tags: Politics, 13th Ward, Marty Quinn, Michael Madigan, Mike Madigan, David Krupa, aldermanic election, machine politics, Democratic machine, Michael J. Madigan, Kevin Quinn, Alaina Hampton, sexual harassment, sexual misconduct, #MeToo, Clearing, Garfield Ridge, Midway Airport, southwest side, West Lawn, West Elsdon, 13th Ward Democratic Committee, 13th Ward Democratic Organization, 13th Ward Democrats, election law, Donald Trump, Chandra Donaldson, Top View Restaurant, Alcoholics Anonymous, Balzekas Museum of Lithuanian Culture

News & Politics, Politics Nov 7, 2018
Mike Madigan's constituents unfazed by campaign rhetoric against their guy

But they also had little enthusiasm for everyone else on the local ballot.
- By Maya Dukmasova
- Tags: Politics, Elections, midterm elections, Michael J. Madigan, Mike Madigan, state house, Springfield, Bruce Rauner. Governor Bruce Rauner, J.B. Pritzker, blue wave, Midway Airport, Clearing, Garfield Ridge, West Lawn, David Krupa, 22nd state house district, 13th Ward, Marty Quinn, Alderman Marty Quinn

Blogs, Bleader Jul 13, 2017
Video
Study: Chicago drivers pay more for downtown street parking than in any other U.S. city, and other news

Also, Chicago airport security officers will no longer be considered police officers.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Chicago, Illinois, parking, parking meters, New York City, San Francisco, Bruce Rauner, Illinois Policy Institute, Election 2018, Ray Lopez, Ginger Evans, O'Hare International Airport, Midway Airport, aviation security, Hard Rock Hotel, hotels, Tamron Hall, Today Show, Harvey Weinstein, Gene & Georgetti, restaurant openings, Video

Blogs, Bleader Mar 31, 2017
Video
Food trucks could be coming to O'Hare and Midway, and other Chicago news

Also, the Illinois GOP hosted a fund-raiser in honor of Governor Bruce Rauner with tickets up to $40,000 Thursday night.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Chicago, food trucks, O'Hare International Airport, Midway Airport, Rahm Emanuel, Proco Joe Moreno, Illinois, budget impasse, Secretary of State, Medicaid, Illinois Department of Children and Family Services, University of Chicago, racism, hate speech, Bruce Rauner, Illinois Republican Party, GOP, Morgan Park High School, high school sports, Wrigley Field, Chicago Cubs, Video

Blogs, Bleader May 25, 2016
FBI agents shot while serving an arrest warrant in Park Forest, and other Chicago news

Also, Chicago police brace themselves for a potentially bloody holiday weekend.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, spring weather, FBI, Park Forest, gang violence, narcotics, TSA, O’Hare airport, Midway airport, American Airlines, gun violence, Chicago Police Department, Ron Magers, Chicago television

Blogs, Bleader May 19, 2016
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.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, spring weather, Chicago City Council, City of Chicago, O’Hare Airport, Midway Airport, Transportation Security Administration, TSA, San Francisco, Chicago Public Schools, Mark Kirk, Donald Trump, GOP, U.S. Senate, Tammy Duckworth, Eddie Johnson, Chicago Police Department, NBC, Fox, Chicago Fire, Chicago PD, Chicago Justice, Chicago Med, Empire, Geena Davis, The Exorcist, A.P.B., privatization

Blogs, Bleader May 18, 2016
Chicago police detective who killed Rekia Boyd quits the force, and other news

Also, the city recommends arriving three hours early if you’re flying out of O’Hare or Midway.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, spring weather, Dante Servin, Rekia Boyd, Chicago Police Department, Garry McCarthy, apartments, real estate, Bruce Rauner, Lucas Museum, Rahm Emanuel, gang violence, Chicago Department of Aviation, City of Chicago, O’Hare Airport, Midway Airport, Transportation Security Administration

Blogs, Bleader May 16, 2016
George Lucas is in talks with San Francisco about Lucas Museum, and other news

Also, Rahm discusses a plan to replace the Independent Police Review Authority.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, spring weather, San Francisco, George Lucas, Lucas Museum, Friends of the Parks, Independent Police Review Authority, Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Police Department, Tyshawn Lee, Danville, Midway Airport, O’Hare Airport, Dick Wolf, NBC, Chicago Fire, Chicago PD, Chicago Med, Chicago Justice

Blogs, Bleader Feb 19, 2016
Blackhawks celebrate Stanley Cup victory at the White House, 64-year-old serial airplane stowaway arrested at O’Hare, and other Chicago news

Also, Donald Trump's Chicago property tax break is questioned, and the Bulls' Pau Gasol stays in Chicago.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, winter weather, O’Hare Airport, Midway Airport, Chicago Blackhawks, President Barack Obama, Donald Trump, Trump Tower, political donations, Cook County Democratic Party, Brendan Reilly, Ed Burke, Rahm Emanuel, William Calloway, Laquan McDonald, NBCBLK, Pau Gasol, Kirk Hinrich, Chicago Bulls, Marilyn Hartman

Arts & Culture, Art Feature Apr 30, 2015
Slideshow
What's happened to Chicago's Haring?

More than 25 years after art star Keith Haring collaborated with Chicago Public Schools students on a large-scale mural, CPS says it can’t find a portion of the work.
- By Gwynedd Stuart
- Tags: Art Feature, Keith Haring, Chicago Public Schools, murals, Irving Zucker, Midway Airport, Wells High School, Grant Park, Diego Cortez, Museum of Contemporary Art, Helyn Goldenberg, Julia Gruen, Keith Haring Foundation, Chicago Department of Aviation, Department of Arts Education, Manfred Byrd, Marquette Properties, Bruno Bottarelli, Off the Wall: Keith Haring and the Kids, Joe Asencios, Bill McCaffrey, Kathy Bernhardt, Armando Almandarez, Ricardo Cervantes, Slideshow

Arts & Culture, Art Review Dec 16, 2014
Recommended
Chicago sculptor Richard Hunt's six-decade career gets two concurrent exhibits

As Hunt nears 80, the Museum of Contemporary Art and the Cultural Center mine nearly 60 years of the artist's work.
- By Aimee Levitt
- Tags: Art Review, Chicago Cultural Center, Museum of Contemporary Art, Richard Hunt, Museum of Modern Art in New York, Playboy Enterprises, Midway airport, Julio González, Naomi Beckwith, sculpture, Recommended

Columns & Opinion, On Politics Apr 15, 2014
When Chicago spent its pension money on the mayor's pet projects

A decade ago, city leaders acted like we didn't have a care in the world.
- By Ben Joravsky
- Tags: On Politics, City Council, Richard M. Daley, Rahm Emanuel, history, 2004, pensions, public spending, Pritzker Pavilion, Millennium Park, Chicago Sun-Times, fund raisers, Wolfgang Puck Catering, real estate bubble, property taxes, taxes, TIFs, tax increment financing, Block 37, Midway Airport, O'Hare Airport, The El, high-speed rail, hotel taxes, motel taxes, Soldier Field, Chicago Bears, Chicago Loop Parking LLC, Chicago Park District, MillerCoors, Grossinger Auto, United Airlines, Central Loop TIF district, Loop, development

Blogs, Bleader Aug 8, 2013
Rahm puts more pieces of the city on the auction block

While laying off teachers and city workers, Mayor Emanuel has more privatization deals on the way.
- By Mick Dumke
- Tags: Politics, News, 10th Ward, alderman, Broe Group, budget, Chicago, Chicago politics, Chicago Public Schools, City Council, City Council. port of Chicago, City of Chicago, Illinois International Port District, job cuts, John Pope, layoffs, Lois Scott, mayor, Midway, Midway airport, parking meter deal, parking meter lease deal, parking meters, Pat Broe, Pat Quinn, privatization, Rahm Emanuel, Richard M. Daley, smaller government, South Side, Southeast Side

Blogs, Bleader Aug 9, 2012
Inside Rahm's ~~privatization~~ economic team

The top three members of the financial team at City Hall all come from firms known for privatization work
- By Mick Dumke
- Tags: Politics, Clout City, News, Alex Holt, Chicago, Chicago Tonight, Citi, Credit Suisse, Infrastructure trust, Lois Scott, mayor, Midway airport, parking meter deal, parking meter lease deal, parking meters, privatization, Rahm Emanuel, Richard M. Daley, Steve Koch

Blogs, Bleader Jan 27, 2012
My mixed luck with aldermen

Chicago aldermen have ranged from the corrupt and the racist to the gallant mavericks
- By Steve Bogira
- Tags: Alderman Week, Politics, Clout City, Variations on a Theme, aldermen, Mike Royko, Midway Airport, Frank Kuta, bribery, corruption, extortion, fixes, zoning, tax evasion, federal convictions, Joseph Potempa, Ridge Country Club, Donald Swinarski, Chicago Tribune, Bureau of Prisons, Fred Hubbard, Matthew Danaher, Casimir Staszcuk, Joseph Jambrone, Thomas Keane, Edward Scholl, Paul Wigoda, Richard J. Daley, Walter Burnett Jr., Mick Dumke, Catholic priest, city council, Francis X. Lawlor, Saint Rita, Rogers Park, David Orr, Mundelein College, independent aldermen, 1979 blizzard, Heartland Cafe, Harold Washington, acting mayor, Ed Vrdolyak, Cook County clerk, Dick Simpson, Leon Despres, William Cousins, Sammy Rayner, Bill Singer, Seymour Simon, Anna Langford, Martin Oberman

News & Politics, Politics Mar 11, 2010
Time for a Revolution

No way is Mayor Daley going down without a fight. But perhaps you've noticed: he rarely ever gets one.
- By Mick Dumke
- Tags: Politics, Mayor Daley, Richard M. Daley, City Hall, mayoral election, parking meter lease deal, Chicago parking meters, CTA, CPD, Chicago Police Department, 2016 Olympics, rainy day fund, Isaac Carothers, Isaac Carothers, Toni Preckwinkle, Roland Burris, Eugene Sawyer, Chicago politics, Tim Evans, Danny Davis, Bobby Rush, Ray Frias, Hispanic Democratic Organization, Northerly Island, Meigs Field, Patrick Fitzgerald, Hired Truck program, HDO, Robert Sorich, Jesse Jackson Jr., Barack Obama, Senate Candidate Five, Rod Blagojevich, Midway Airport, City Council, privatization, Park District fees, Park District, city budget deficit, Tom Allen, bungalow belt, Cliff Kelley, Jesus "Chuy" Garcia, Jesus Garcia, Joseph Mario Moreno, Michael Bloomberg, Jerry Morrison, Service Employees International Union, SEIU, anti-Daley vote, Kwame Raoul, Election Day, Bob Fioretti

Blogs, Bleader Feb 25, 2010
MEN ONLY

"They don't like you, Bob, in fact they hate your guts."
- By Dmitry Samarov
- Tags: Hack, cab, taxi, conversations, the Loop, transients' hotels, Midway Airport, Toyota Park, Hack, Chicago, complaints, companionship, Dmitry Samarov

News & Politics, Politics Jan 14, 2010
The Case For Selling Off the City

You’ve read plenty in these pages about the hazards of turning over roads, airports, and parking meters to private companies. But when privatization is done right, argues advocate John Schmidt, it can be an ideal partnership.
- By Mick Dumke
- Tags: Politics, privatization, Indiana Toll Road, Chicago Skyway, Mayor Daley, City Council, Chicago parking meters, parking meter lease, Thomas Frank, John Schmidt, Mayer Brown, Indiana Toll Road, Midway Airport, Chicago Park District, Walter Knorr, Ontario Highway 407, William Blair & Associates, Goldman Sachs, Credit Suisse, William Blair

News & Politics, Politics Dec 17, 2009
It Doesn't Take Much to Be a Maverick

Alderman Tom Allen makes history by daring to question the mayor's pet financing scheme in City Council chambers.
- By Ben Joravsky
- Tags: Politics, Tom Allen, TIF, TIFs, tax-increment financing, Mayor Daley, 2010 Chicago budget, Miguel del Valle, 38th Ward, Berny Stone, Patrick O'Connor, Ron Ernst, Hugh Devlin, Valerie Leonard, ABC's of TIFs, property taxes, city taxes, Thomas Cullerton, Jim Houlihan, slush fund, Anita Alvarez, Skyway, Chicago parking meters, Midway Airport, Chicago Children's Museum, Helen Shiller, Vi Daley, Tom Tunney, Mary Ann Smith, Eugene Schulter

News & Politics, Feature Sep 10, 2009
Chicago's 2016 Olympic Bid

An archive of the Reader's coverage by Ben Joravsky and Mick Dumke
- Tags: Feature, 2016 Olympics, Chicago Olympics, 2016 Olympic Games, Mayor Daley, Richard Daley, CPS, Chicago Public Schools, Copenhagen, Barack Obama, City Council, Manny Flores, Midway Airport, O'Hare Airport, Chicago Parking Meters, city parking meters, property taxes, TIF, TIFs, tax-increment financing, tax increment financing, city taxes, tax hike, stewardship report, 2016 stewardship report, olympics oversight, Joe Moore, Olympic Village, Michael Reese Hospital, Pat Ryan, Lori Healey, Blue State Cowboys, Tony Peraica, Lisa Madigan, Roland Burris, Rod Blagojevich, Emil Jones, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, Hyde Park Herald, IOC, International Olympic Committee, Beijing, Beijing Olympics, pollution, city budget, city budget deficit, Olympic stadium, Lake County

Blogs, Bleader Sep 8, 2009
Nation: when it comes to the privatization of parking, do as we say, not as we do
- By Mick Dumke
- Tags: Politics, Clout City, privatization, politics, Chicago politics, Mayor Richard M. Daley, parking meters, Midway Airport, parking meter lease deal, Los Angeles, Pittsburgh, Indianapolis, Chicago City Council, Dana Levenson

Blogs, Bleader Jun 10, 2009
Leading by example

Mayor Daley boasts that Chicago's privatization deals are examples for governments around the country. Recent reports suggest that's not quite true.
- By Mick Dumke
- Tags: News, Clout City, Mayor Richard M. Daley, Privatization, Inspector General David Hoffman, Chicago politics, Midway Airport, Paul Volpe, parking meters, parking meter lease deal, material recycling and recovery facilities, asset sales

Blogs, Bleader Apr 22, 2009
Seller's remorse

Aldermen want to require a 30-day waiting period between the time a lease deal is proposed and when it's voted on. But why do they need another law to get them to do their jobs?
- By Mick Dumke
- Tags: News, Clout City, Privatization, Chicago City Council, Chicago politics, Budget Deficit, Chicago city budget, Alderman Tom Allen, Midway Airport, parking meters, parking meter lease deal, Midway lease deal

Blogs, Bleader Apr 21, 2009
Everything you need to know you can learn in kindergarten

Mayor Daley dodges press, irony this morning on the West Side.
- By Whet Moser
- Tags: News, Chicagoland, Politics, Mayor Daley, Midway Airport

Blogs, Bleader Mar 31, 2009
Money Back From Midway

The Midway Airport lease deal may be falling apart. Could we be so lucky?
- By Ben Joravsky
- Tags: News, Clout City, Chicago Sun-Times, Privatization, Mayor Richard Daley, Chicago politics, Fran Spielman, Midway Airport, Midway lease

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