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Blogs
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Bleader
Sep 11, 2017
Report: Emanuel's relying on campaign donors who get City Hall benefits, and other Chicago news
Also, Rauner is visiting China and Japan on his first international trade mission this week.
By Kate Shepherd
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News
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Did You Read __________?
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Chicago
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Illinois
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Rahm Emanuel
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City Hall
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Election 2019
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campaign donations
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China
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Japan
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international trade
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Bruce Rauner
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Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals
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DACA
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Northeastern Illinois University
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immigration issues
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Donald Trump
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Rosemont
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Chicago Architecture Foundation
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Art Institute of Chicago
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public art
Blogs
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Bleader
Nov 4, 2014
The election for governor is all about—what else?—money
Who's paid for Pat Quinn and Bruce Rauner to try to win our votes.
By Mick Dumke
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Politics
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News
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Pat Quinn
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Bruce Rauner
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governor
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Illinois
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2014 election
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campaign finance
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campaign donations
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Republican Party
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Democratic Party
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minimum wage
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nursing homes
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Service Employees International Union
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SEIU
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UA
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United Association
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Laborers
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the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
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IBEW
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UFCW
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United Food and Commercial Workers
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Illinois Freedom PAC
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AFSCME
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Fred Eychaner
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Chris Christie
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Kenneth Griffin
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Ken Griffin
Blogs
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Bleader
Jul 5, 2014
Swimming in the muck (of Chicago politics)
Suddenly it's election season again—and swimming season too.
By Mick Dumke
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Sports
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campaign donations
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campaign finance
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drug arrests
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drug war
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Great Lakes
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Lake Michigan
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locks
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mayor
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mayoral race
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parking meter deal
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parking meter lease deal
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parking meters
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Rahm Emanuel
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Richard M. Daley
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school closings
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sewage
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swimming
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war on drugs
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Water Quality
Blogs
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Bleader
Jun 26, 2014
Preckwinkle says that she's not going to say whether she's running for mayor
The Cook County board president says she's focused on her reelection effort but refuses to rule out a mayoral bid.
By Mick Dumke
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Toni Preckwinkle
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Rahm Emanuel
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Chicago
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Cook County board
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Cook County Board of Commissioners
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elections
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PAC
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City Club of Chicago
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Cook County jail
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race
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polls
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municipal elections
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budget
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News & Politics
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Feature
Jun 28, 2012
The mayor's millionaire club, part II
A look at Rahm Emanuel's calendar shows how wealth and access, far more than party identity or ideology, have come to comand the attention of politicians—leaving everyday people out of the conversation
By Mick Dumke and Ben Joravsky
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Rahm Emanuel
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mayor's schedule
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government transparency
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Tom Ricketts
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Wrigley Field
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campaign donations
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visitors log
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Freedom of Information Act
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contractors
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union busting
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charter schools
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Republicans
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Chicago Mercantile Exchange
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Goldman Sachs
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Restore Our Future
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TIFs
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Karen Lewis
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Karl Rove
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Americans for Prosperity
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Koch brothers
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Chicago Teachers Union
Blogs
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Bleader
Dec 16, 2011
Shameless Joe
According to Cook County assessor Joe Berrios, it's silly to think that campaign donations carry any influence.
By Kate Schmidt
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Gift Week
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Chicagoland
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Politics
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Clout City
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Variations on a Theme
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Cook County
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Joe Berrios
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Sun-Times
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Cook County assessor's office
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campaign donations
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Cook County ethics board
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Lisa Donovan
News & Politics
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Feature
Dec 15, 2011
Image
Money talks, twice
Mayor Emanuel's political action committee gives the rich a second chance to please him
By Steve Bogira
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Rahm Emanuel
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campaign donations
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campaign finance reform
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Gery Chico
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PAC
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New Chicago Committee
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Chicago for Rahm Emanuel
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political access
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Steve Jobs
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Donald Trump
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Steven Spielberg
News & Politics
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Feature
Oct 27, 2011
The mayor's millionaire club
Who has access to Rahm Emanuel’s inner sanctum
By Ben Joravsky and Mick Dumke
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Feature
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Rahm Emanuel
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Mayor Daley
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Richard M. Daley
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business interests
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organized labor
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Chicago Club
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transparency
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investment banks
News & Politics
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Sidebar
Oct 27, 2011
Rahm's A-list
Twenty-five of the power players who got access to the mayor
By Ben Joravsky and Mick Dumke
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Sidebar
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Rahm Emanuel
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campaign donations
News & Politics
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Sidebar
Oct 27, 2011
Daley's A-list
Unlike Rahm, the former mayor met with the moneyed and the middle class alike
By Ben Joravsky and Mick Dumke
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Sidebar
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Richard M. Daley
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campaign donations
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