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Tag: 41st Ward
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Napolitano’s challenger hopes the 41st Ward isn’t as bigoted as it seems
The far-northwest-side aldermanic race may hinge on affordable housing—but not the way you think.
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Lost battle on affordable housing means war on aldermanic prerogative will continue
A proposal to add affordable apartments near O’Hare was denied, putting aldermen at risk of losing power through a lawsuit from the developer.
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Aldermen’s absolute veto power over ward projects gets unlikely court challenge
A challenge to the age-old custom of aldermanic prerogative finds a champion in a luxury developer pushing a building with affordable housing.
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How’s Chicago supposed to desegregate when developments with affordable housing can be blocked by aldermen on a whim?
Yet another planned development with affordable units is killed on the northwest side.
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Who’s going to win the mayoral election?
Desperate to figure out who’s going to win the mayoral showdown between Chuy and Rahm, we turn to, of all things, a classroom poll of fifth-graders from a public school on the northwest side.
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The Shadow Budget: Who Wins in Daley’s TIF Game
The economic development funds are supposed to go to neighborhoods that need it. Guess where they’re really going. For the first time ever: how the city spends TIF funds, ward by ward
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50 Aldermen, 50 Artists, and a Favorite
The Chicago Aldermen Project: 50 Aldermen/50 Artists closes Friday, April 2 at Johalla Projects
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Ward Committeeman: The Whistle-Blower
If the chips fall right, fired city worker Frank Coconate could find himself in office.
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Election Day Dispatch #21: Where’s Ralph?
Party politics are complicated in the 41st Ward, home of the City Council’s only Republican alderman. Meanwhile the Democratic committeeman is missing in action.