Category: Politics

The latest round in the soccer wars is about turf—in more ways than one.

The latest round in the battle for Rogers Park is over who gets to run a Park District community center.

The mayor’s new Olympic Village plan would bet taxpayer dollars on risky real estate speculation.

South-side community leaders have a narrow window for negotiating with the mayor over his Olympics plans.

The mayor’s biggest power play yet—the acquisition of a swath of Bensenville—may soon be a fait accompli.

Is paved with rubber-stamp votes like the City Council’s decision on the Children’s Museum.

Guess it depends on your definition—or redefinition—of the term.

Hey kids! Want to be a City Hall reporter? Here’s a handy template. It’s based on a real recent meeting where the buildings committee considered an ordinance designed to crack down on the owners of abandoned properties, but it could just as well have been almost any committee reviewing any one of the dozens of […]

A lawsuit brings new dirt to light on the Park District’s sweetheart deal with Latin School.

Amid the Olympic fervor, local athletes are still getting shortchanged.

Why is the Park District clamping down on its volunteer advisers?