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Home » 41st Ward

Tag: 41st Ward

Posted inNews & Politics

Just 15 seats hang in the balance

by Maya Dukmasova March 8, 2019August 18, 2021

Runoff season is here, and Chicago may further freshen up the City Council.

Posted inNews & Politics

Napolitano’s challenger hopes the 41st Ward isn’t as bigoted as it seems

by Maya Dukmasova February 21, 2019August 18, 2021

The far-northwest-side aldermanic race may hinge on affordable housing—but not the way you think.

Posted inBlogs

Lost battle on affordable housing means war on aldermanic prerogative will continue

by Maya Dukmasova June 26, 2018August 18, 2021

A proposal to add affordable apartments near O’Hare was denied, putting aldermen at risk of losing power through a lawsuit from the developer.

Posted inBlogs

Aldermen’s absolute veto power over ward projects gets unlikely court challenge

by Maya Dukmasova April 16, 2018August 18, 2021

A challenge to the age-old custom of aldermanic prerogative finds a champion in a luxury developer pushing a building with affordable housing.

Posted inBlogs

How’s Chicago supposed to desegregate when developments with affordable housing can be blocked by aldermen on a whim?

by Maya Dukmasova January 5, 2018August 18, 2021

Yet another planned development with affordable units is killed on the northwest side.

Posted inBlogs

Who’s going to win the mayoral election?

by Ben Joravsky March 27, 2015August 18, 2021

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.

Posted inBlogs

The Trouble With Being Dan Lipinski Lapinski . . .

by Lauri Apple December 3, 2010August 19, 2021

Dan Lapinski is not Dan Lipinski.

Posted inNews & Politics

The Shadow Budget: Who Wins in Daley’s TIF Game

by Mick Dumke and Ben Joravsky May 20, 2010August 19, 2021

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

Posted inBlogs

50 Aldermen, 50 Artists, and a Favorite

by Whet Moser April 1, 2010August 19, 2021

The Chicago Aldermen Project: 50 Aldermen/50 Artists closes Friday, April 2 at Johalla Projects

Frank Coconate
Posted inNews & Politics

Ward Committeeman: The Whistle-Blower

by Ben Joravsky January 31, 2008August 19, 2021

If the chips fall right, fired city worker Frank Coconate could find himself in office.

Posted inBlogs

Election Day Dispatch #21: Where’s Ralph?

by Kate Schmidt February 27, 2007August 19, 2021

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.

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