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Posted inNews & Politics

More money no problems

by Maya Dukmasova March 28, 2019August 18, 2021

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?

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

Aldermen Goodfellas

by Ben Joravsky January 25, 2019August 18, 2021

Mayoral candidate Bill Daley’s proposed City Council cuts don’t sound so bad with aldermen talking like mobsters.

Posted inColumns & Opinion

Despite pleas from near-south-siders, the CTA is axing the 31st Street bus next week

by John Greenfield August 27, 2018August 18, 2021

Bus advocates say that, due to an anemic schedule, the route never really had a chance.

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

The activists and the aldermen: The #NoCopAcademy campaign’s crash course in Chicago civics

by Maya Dukmasova December 20, 2017August 18, 2021

After a City Council setback, the #NoCopAcademy campaign reflects on strategy—and aldermen on both sides of the issue respond.

Posted inNews & Politics

Downstate hate: A history of the bitter, nearly 200-year rivalry between Chicago and the rest of Illinois

by Edward McClelland November 15, 2017August 18, 2021

The animosity between Illinois’s largest city and its smaller towns is almost as old as the state itself.

Posted inBlogs

Alderman Ameya Pawar slams Ed Burke for representing Trump in tax refund lawsuit, and other Chicago news

by Kate Shepherd November 7, 2017August 18, 2021

Also, Chicago is close to surpassing 600 homicides for the second year in a row.

Posted inBlogs

Illinois school funding bill includes city property tax increase of up to $130 million a year, and other Chicago news

by Kate Shepherd August 29, 2017August 18, 2021

Also, Rauner signs automatic voter registration and immigration bills.

Posted inColumns & Opinion

Some Italian-Americans in Chicago say they ‘fiercely oppose’ renaming Balbo Drive

by John Greenfield August 21, 2017August 18, 2021

Responding to a campaign to remove tributes to the Mussolini henchman, some Chicagoans defend Italo Balbo’s legacy.

Posted inBlogs

IPRA reopens investigation into 2014 fatal police shooting of a 19-year-old, and other Chicago news

by Kate Shepherd August 4, 2017August 18, 2021

Also, J.B. Pritzker’s health-care plan involves letting anyone buy into Medicaid.

Posted inColumns & Opinion

Where were the Illinois gubernatorial candidates when we really needed them?

by Ben Joravsky June 27, 2017August 18, 2021

It’s good to see Democrats moving to the left as the gubernatorial primary ramps up—but what have they done for you lately?

Posted inBlogs

Cook County Jail is free from federal oversight for the first time in 43 years, and other Chicago news

by Kate Shepherd June 13, 2017August 18, 2021

Also, alderman Ameya Pawar says Democrats contributed to the rise of Rauner and Trump.

Posted inBlogs

Most Democratic gubernatorial candidates favor some form of legal weed in Illinois

by Lee V. Gaines May 30, 2017August 18, 2021

But incumbent Republican governor Bruce Rauner seems to be skeptical of legalization.

Posted inBlogs

May Day protests draw activists, workers, and students, and other Chicago news

by Kate Shepherd May 2, 2017August 18, 2021

Also, Obama is reportedly returning to Chicago for two events Wednesday.

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