Deloris Lucas has spent years campaigning for a sidewalk on 130th Street. Thanks to a new CDOT study, her efforts may finally get some traction.
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Political veteran Robert Shaw sees no reason why he can’t become mayor
Reintroducing Robert Shaw, the former alderman who wants to challenge Rahm
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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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The Only Option?
Alderman Anthony Beale says Walmart is the only retailer interested in Pullman. But more union-friendly retailers say nobody asked them.
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A Sucker’s System
In effect, the city is proposing to divert roughly $67 million in property taxes from the chronically broke schools, parks, and county on the shoulders of an $8 million project. Only in Chicago would this kind of deal stand a chance.