For the first time in decades, Chicago has a say in who its treasurer will be. But what the hell does the treasurer even do?
Tag: Ameya Pawar
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Just 15 seats hang in the balance
Runoff season is here, and Chicago may further freshen up the City Council.
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Aldermen Goodfellas
Mayoral candidate Bill Daley’s proposed City Council cuts don’t sound so bad with aldermen talking like mobsters.
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Despite pleas from near-south-siders, the CTA is axing the 31st Street bus next week
Bus advocates say that, due to an anemic schedule, the route never really had a chance.
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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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The activists and the aldermen: The #NoCopAcademy campaign’s crash course in Chicago civics
After a City Council setback, the #NoCopAcademy campaign reflects on strategy—and aldermen on both sides of the issue respond.
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Downstate hate: A history of the bitter, nearly 200-year rivalry between Chicago and the rest of Illinois
The animosity between Illinois’s largest city and its smaller towns is almost as old as the state itself.
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Alderman Ameya Pawar slams Ed Burke for representing Trump in tax refund lawsuit, and other Chicago news
Also, Chicago is close to surpassing 600 homicides for the second year in a row.
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Illinois school funding bill includes city property tax increase of up to $130 million a year, and other Chicago news
Also, Rauner signs automatic voter registration and immigration bills.
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Some Italian-Americans in Chicago say they ‘fiercely oppose’ renaming Balbo Drive
Responding to a campaign to remove tributes to the Mussolini henchman, some Chicagoans defend Italo Balbo’s legacy.
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IPRA reopens investigation into 2014 fatal police shooting of a 19-year-old, and other Chicago news
Also, J.B. Pritzker’s health-care plan involves letting anyone buy into Medicaid.
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Where were the Illinois gubernatorial candidates when we really needed them?
It’s good to see Democrats moving to the left as the gubernatorial primary ramps up—but what have they done for you lately?
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Cook County Jail is free from federal oversight for the first time in 43 years, and other Chicago news
Also, alderman Ameya Pawar says Democrats contributed to the rise of Rauner and Trump.
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Most Democratic gubernatorial candidates favor some form of legal weed in Illinois
But incumbent Republican governor Bruce Rauner seems to be skeptical of legalization.
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May Day protests draw activists, workers, and students, and other Chicago news
Also, Obama is reportedly returning to Chicago for two events Wednesday.