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Home » 18th Ward

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Why aldermen are mum about Chicago’s violence: They’re not sure what to say

by Mick Dumke June 3, 2014August 18, 2021

To stop the bloodshed, members of the City Council propose more cops, jobs, church, and trips to Great America.

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Black and Latino areas still bearing the brunt of city job cuts

by Mick Dumke May 14, 2014August 18, 2021

South-side workers account for three of every four jobs cut by the city since Mayor Rahm Emanuel took office in 2011.

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Alderman Killjoy won’t stop barking at chickens

by Mike Sula October 8, 2009August 19, 2021

Dairy down. Eggs to go. Remember Lona Lane, the city councilman whose failed attempt to ban pet chickens within the city limits, was followed by a successful ban on ice cream trucks in the 18th Ward? Well, she’s planning to use the council’s new prohibition on noisy hounds in a grudge match against the birds: […]

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Alderman Killjoy’s ice cream truck ban goes to the full council next week

by Mike Sula October 30, 2008August 19, 2021

The proposed 18th Ward ban on ice cream trucks goes before the City Council next week.

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Ice cream truck ban in the 18th Ward?

by Mike Sula October 29, 2008August 19, 2021

Alderman Lona Lane wants to ban ice cream trucks in the 18th Ward.

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Aldermanic privilege

by Mick Dumke February 8, 2007August 19, 2021

18th Ward aldermanic candidate Joseph C. Ziegler Jr. got a rude reminder of his challenger status at the City Council yesterday.

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