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- News & Politics, Feature Jul 21, 2020
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Chicago won’t pay ‘hush money’ to prevent police misconduct records release—for now
A City Council vote on Charles Green’s lawsuit settlement was postponed.
- Blogs, Bleader Jan 25, 2018
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Chicago Data Collaborative launches criminal justice data portal
The cooperative connects the dots between data sets about the same person or case buried among various city and county agencies.
- News & Politics, Feature Oct 19, 2016
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A peek into the Area 51 of pot
A rare glimpse at the inner workings of the highly secretive medical marijuana cultivation center in remote Delavan, Illinois.
- Blogs, Bleader Oct 14, 2015
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Rauner, Tribune—make a deal!
Here's an idea: State government and the paper should swap homes.
- Blogs, Bleader Aug 13, 2015
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Like Governor Rauner, Speaker Madigan says he has the right to do public business in secret
Mike Madigan says the Freedom of Information Act doesn't apply to him.
- News & Politics, Feature Feb 25, 2015
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Now it's time for the real mayoral debate
As Rahm and Chuy prepare to do battle in the runoff election, the candidates are going to have to talk about a few pressing issues, whether they want to or not.
- Columns & Opinion, On Politics Aug 27, 2014
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As TIFs keep collecting tax dollars, schools face more cuts
Mayor Emanuel sits on an estimated $1.7 billion in TIF reserves.
- Columns & Opinion, On Politics Jul 8, 2014
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Chicago's TIF program moves deeper into the shadows
An obscure administrative maneuver keeps tax dollars flowing into the mayor's slush fund.
- 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.
- Columns & Opinion, On Politics Jan 21, 2014
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In Chicago, charter schools remain untouchable
Aldermen kill a proposal to discuss school policies but find time to take on Eliot Ness.
- Music, Gossip Wolf Jan 15, 2014
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Gossip Wolf: Bil Vermette's spacey synths return from 1984
Plus: Jay Z fave MoBo the Great drops a single, and Indian releases a new LP of hateful doom.
- Columns & Opinion, On Politics Dec 31, 2013
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Rahm creates a process to endorse his plan for more charter schools
Advisory council signs off on two more nonunion schools on the northwest side.
- Columns & Opinion, On Politics Dec 17, 2013
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Charter school operator won't say how it spent your tax dollars
UNO fights to keep financial records secret.
- Blogs, Bleader Jul 1, 2013
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Illinois Appellate Court tells city: Cough up public records
State appellate justices rule in favor of openness in my lawsuit against the city of Chicago's Freedom of Information Act policies.
- Columns & Opinion, On Politics May 28, 2013
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Rahm's new TIF program looks a lot like the old TIF program
Mayor Emanuel ignores his own reform panel in pledging $55 million for an arena and hotel.
- Columns & Opinion, On Politics May 14, 2013
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Mayor Emanuel's FOIA policy: Don't ask because we won't tell
As a Chicago parent discovered, city officials can't hand over records if they've already destroyed them.
- Columns & Opinion, On Politics Feb 19, 2013
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The City Council's rules committee: Where good legislation goes to die
Mayor Emanuel doesn't have to fight City Council proposals he doesn't like—he just buries them.
- Blogs, Bleader May 31, 2012
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The case of the nebulous NATO grant funds
And again: Chicago still hasn't received any federal money for NATO summit
- Blogs, Bleader Apr 11, 2012
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19 million promises, but still no money
The city of Chicago still hasn’t received any federal funds for the NATO summit
- 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 Mar 2, 2012
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Anita Alvarez sounds off
The Cook County state's attorney defends her record and blasts the "obsession" of journalists
- Blogs, Bleader Feb 22, 2012
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Chicago has yet to receive a dime from the feds for NATO and G8
The city has yet to receive any grant money to prepare for the summits in May
- Blogs, Bleader Dec 2, 2011
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The most transparent government Chicago has ever seen, part 2
Part two of transparency in the Emanuel administration: The labyrinthine and fruitless act of submitting FOIA requests.
- Blogs, Bleader Dec 1, 2011
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The most transparent government Chicago has ever seen, part 1
Part one of the gradually disappearing transparency in the Emanuel administration.
- Blogs, Bleader Nov 2, 2011
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Mayor Emanuel is transparent about plans to keep his meeting schedule secret