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- Columns & Opinion, On Politics Jul 14, 2020
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The inequity buster
If Mayor Lightfoot and Sam Skinner want to help the west and south sides, they should look to the TIFs.
- 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 Sep 28, 2017
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Judge in Laquan McDonald murder case faces a challenge trying to control the flow of information, and other Chicago news
Also, Rahm Emanuel says Trump is trying to distract Americans from important issues like the North Korea crisis.
- Blogs, Bleader Jun 19, 2017
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Husband of alderman, majoral donor possibly facing fines of more than $750K for improper lobbying of the mayor, and other Chicago news
Also, Chance the Rapper is bringing sign language interpreters on tour.
- Blogs, Bleader Apr 28, 2017
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Kim Foxx drafts legislation allowing a second review of fatal police shootings, and other Chicago news
Also, the Chicago Teachers Union is planning a May Day rally.
- Blogs, Bleader Apr 19, 2017
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Blagojevich has high hopes for his latest court battle, and other Chicago news
Also, Chicago Public Schools still could close for the summer 20 days early.
- Blogs, Bleader Apr 14, 2017
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Before David Dao got dragged off of United there were the Kluczynskis
Thomas and Melanie Kluczynski once sued Delta in a case remarkably similar to the one Dao will probably file against United Airlines.
- Blogs, Bleader Apr 14, 2017
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Police officers elect new union president, and other Chicago news
Also, the passenger dragged from a United Airlines plane at O'Hare reportedly suffered a concussion, lost two front teeth, and had his nose broken.
- Blogs, Bleader Apr 13, 2017
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Should media sanitize the past of the doctor manhandled on the United plane?
Journalists are well within their rights to acknowledge David Dao's reportedly notorious past.
- Blogs, Bleader Apr 12, 2017
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United Airlines' public relations crisis continues as its stock falls, and other Chicago news
Also, the city of Chicago has announced that its buildings will be entirely powered by renewable energy by 2025.
- Blogs, Bleader Apr 11, 2017
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Report: Judge shot to death outside his home was previously beaten in road-rage incident, and other Chicago news
Also, how the feds built a case against former U.S. House speaker Dennis Hastert.
- Blogs, Bleader Apr 7, 2017
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Billionaire J.B. Pritzker makes his 2018 gubernatorial run official, and other Chicago news
Also, a Toronto-to-Chicago flight was grounded after a fake bomb was found in a passenger's luggage.
- Columns & Opinion, On Politics Apr 15, 2014
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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.
- Food & Drink, Food & Drink Feature Mar 5, 2014
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What happens when all-star chefs get in bed with Big Food?
Culinary icons from Paul Kahan to Rick Bayless, Grant Achatz to Matthias Merges, Ina Pinkney to Homaro Cantu have forged unlikely relationships with brands such as Nestle, Kraft, and Lean Cuisine. The results might surprise you.
- Blogs, Bleader Jan 22, 2014
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Sarah Simmons shows different ways to honor Dr. Martin Luther King
At last week's interfaith breakfast, a relatively unknown midwife's interaction with the mayor honors Dr. King's legacy.
- Blogs, Bleader Oct 16, 2013
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Mayor Rahm to Prosser High: Beat it!
Mayor Rahm's so eager to fire more union teachers, he's planning to stick a Noble Charter high school across the street from Prosser High—public safety be damned.
- Columns & Opinion, On Politics Jul 16, 2013
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Chicago's TIF program: The gift that keeps on taking
Mayor Emanuel delivers another $457 million to the scam his predecessor created.
- Blogs, Bleader Jun 6, 2013
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School closings in Chicago—I ain't over 'em yet!
Mayor Emanuel's decision to close 50 schools only seems to get worse with time.
- Blogs, Bleader Nov 30, 2012
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Marvin Miller: champion of free markets
Remembering a left-of-center trade unionist who forced baseball's right-of-center capitalists to live up to some semblance of the free-market ideologies they professed
- Columns & Opinion, On Politics Nov 21, 2012
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United generously returns TIF subsidy it was required to return anyway
Mayor Emanuel praises company's "corporate citizenship" after it fails to fulfill its TIF agreement with the city
- Blogs, Bleader Sep 7, 2011
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An open apology to Sycamore, Illinois....
- Columns & Opinion, On Politics Sep 1, 2011
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Unlovable losers
The latest scheme to spend public money on Wrigley Field is as bad as the team that plays there
- Columns & Opinion, On Politics Aug 4, 2011
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Mayor Emanuel does the TIF reform dance
But he's not looking like the belle of the ball
- Blogs, Bleader Dec 21, 2009
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Couture for the Working Class: Fashion Designers Lend Style to Workers' Uniform
Christian Lacroix is just one of many designers to create uniforms for the transportation industry.
- News & Politics, Politics Nov 19, 2009
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Transparency in Action
How a bill intended to expand the state Freedom of Information Act was bastardized to expand the mayor's shadow budget