Una mirada dentro de la junta de apelaciones de impuestos sobre la propiedad del condado de Cook
Category: News & Politics
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Primary primer
The 2022 Illinois primary elections will soon be underway. Here’s everything you need to know.
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Who’s left out of the casino?
Cabrini-Green’s displaced residents aren’t being included in Chicago’s casino plans.
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Cook County Uncovered: the Board of Review
A look at Cook County’s property tax appeals board
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ShotSpotter’s deafening impact
Chicago has quietly expanded the surveillance technology’s footprint—but it’s still disproportionately listening to Black and Brown communities.
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Marching for choice
Hundreds of Chicagoans demonstrated downtown after a leaked draft of a SCOTUS draft decision threatened abortion rights.
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CPD requested thousands of vaccine exemptions
Nearly half of Chicago police employees applied for exemptions to the COVID-19 vaccine.
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The money-man
Billionaire Ken Griffin is Illinois’s biggest political benefactor. But what are his donations doing to democracy?
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Abortion is healthcare
Tips on obtaining an abortion and supporting abortion access in a post-Roe vs Wade world
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Here’s what Black voters should pay attention to in the midterms
In the past, politicians have co-opted progressive language from organizers in the Black liberation movement for their campaigns, hoping to win the Black vote.
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“Free the Reader!”
Staffers picketed Reader co-owner Leonard C. Goodman’s Lakeview home in support of the city’s oldest free alt-weekly.
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La verdad que nadie quiere enfrentar
Las notas de una reunión sobre la seguridad pública en Pilsen que resultó polémica