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- Blogs, Bleader May 10, 2017
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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.
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 30, 2017
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Emanuel’s pushing for undocumented immigrants and the homeless to get city-issued IDs, and other Chicago news
Also, an alderman wants to spend $25 million on programs to prevent gang and gun violence over the summer.
- Blogs, Bleader Nov 2, 2012
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What a robbery in Edgewater says about the police staffing debate, part one of two
A close look at a jewelry store stickup and the politics of police deployment
- Blogs, Bleader Oct 26, 2012
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Superintendent McCarthy dismantles CAPS, will replace it with something at some point
Chicago police chief says we don't need more cops, just a new community policing policy to be determined later
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 21, 2012
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The voters strike again
A roundup of the 2012 primary election results
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 14, 2012
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Painting the picture of an efficient operation
The race to bring Cook County court records into the modern world
- Blogs, Bleader Aug 30, 2011
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New City Council, just about the same as the old City Council
- Blogs, Bleader May 18, 2011
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The first meeting of the new mayor and City Council is nothing if not efficient
Mayor Rahm Emanuel presides over his first full City Council meeting, which runs about as smoothly as the ones Mayor Daley used to preside over.
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 15, 2011
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New Report Shows a Reliable City Council for Daley
- Arts & Culture, Art Feature Apr 1, 2010
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50 Aldermen/50 Artists
All 50 portraits, from the group show, including works by Derek Erdman, Jon Gitelson, Lucas Blair Simpson, and more
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 31, 2010
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What Streets Do They Sweep?
Aldermen opposed to the mayor's street-sweeping plan couldn't round up enough of their colleagues to take a vote against it this morning, but they declared victory anyway.
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 30, 2010
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The Conundrum of the Quorum
Three aldermen have called a special session of the City Council. Will anyone show up?
- Blogs, Bleader Aug 14, 2009
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Mayor Daley Fail
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 10, 2009
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That reform bullshit
Some aldermen call for a more independent, better funded inspector general; another says it's "bullshit." So who are the reformers?
- Blogs, Bleader Dec 17, 2007
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Progress for progressives?
With the help of seed money from an outside source, the City Council's Independent Caucus is on the verge of hiring a staffer and setting up an office.
- Blogs, Bleader Nov 7, 2007
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The song remains the same
Lest the people in high-rises suffer: a maverick alternative to Daley's property tax hike is almost certainly DOA.
- Blogs, Bleader May 1, 2007
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Flores jumps into the ring
First Ward alderman Manny Flores says he's running for Congress.
- Blogs, Bleader Dec 27, 2006
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The ballot challengers
Challenges to ballot petitions have been filed in all three citywide races and most of the aldermanic races; 21 that favor the incumbent were filed by city workers.
