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Home » Anthony Beale

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Posted inNews & Politics

Lightfoot’s first council meeting excites but sheds little light on procedures

by Maya Dukmasova June 1, 2019August 18, 2021

What’s going on in the City Council? Still hard to say!

Posted inNews & Politics

Black pols stuck in the Democratic machine’s spin cycle explain themselves

by Adeshina Emmanuel February 14, 2018August 18, 2021

Here’s why they’re still standing behind J.B. Pritzker.

Posted inBlogs

Cubs, Blackhawks, large concert venues are not fans of Emanuel’s concert ticket tax increase, and other Chicago news

by Kate Shepherd November 10, 2017August 18, 2021

Also, the City Council approved a $95 million police training academy despite a plea from Chance the Rapper.

Posted inBlogs

Grand jury still weighing more indictments in the Laquan McDonald case, and other Chicago news

by Kate Shepherd August 31, 2017August 18, 2021

Also, the Field Museum is giving Sue her own private suite.

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

Rauner doesn’t think the GOP’s Obamacare replacement plan will work in Illinois, and other Chicago news

by Kate Shepherd March 8, 2017August 18, 2021

Also, the Chicago Jewish Day School was evacuated because of a bomb threat.

Posted inBlogs

Rahm Emanuel had ‘frank, direct, and honest’ meeting with Donald Trump, and other Chicago news

by Kate Shepherd December 8, 2016August 18, 2021

Also, Alderman Anthony Beale is proposing major reforms to the honorary street-sign program.

Posted inBlogs

The last and final ‘Trump Plaza’ sign will be removed, and other Chicago news

by Kate Shepherd October 26, 2016August 18, 2021

Also, hacked WikiLeaks e-mails show that the Clinton campaign weighed attacking Rahm.

Posted inBlogs

The transcript of Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s deposition regarding his security detail is out, and other Chicago news

by Kate Shepherd June 24, 2016August 18, 2021

Also, even Ashton Kutcher couldn’t convince the City Council not to pass Airbnb regulations.

Posted inBlogs

Overtime cost the Chicago Police Department more than $116 million in 2015, and other news

by Kate Shepherd April 6, 2016August 18, 2021

Also, test your constitutional law knowledge with one of Professor Barack Obama’s final exams.

Posted inColumns & Opinion

Altgeld Gardens residents campaign for better pedestrian facilities

by John Greenfield December 16, 2015August 18, 2021

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.

Posted inBlogs

City Council approves rideshare regulations

by Gwynedd Stuart May 29, 2014August 18, 2021

A victory for rideshare companies is a blow to the taxi industry.

Jitu Brown of Kenwood Oakland Community Organization wants to send "busloads of people to Springfield" to persuade the state to require an elected school board in Chicago.
Posted inColumns & Opinion

The mayor gets the City Council to bury the elected school board issue (again)

by Ben Joravsky December 3, 2013August 19, 2021

The mayor gets the City Council to bury the elected school board issue (again).

Posted inBlogs

New Walmart subsidized with millions of taxpayer dollars—and some residents are thrilled

by Mick Dumke September 12, 2013August 19, 2021

The largest corporation in the world is hailed in a neighborhood desperate for jobs.

Jane Byrne, who won her long-shot bid for mayor.
Posted inColumns & Opinion

The lessons of Jane Byrne

by Ben Joravsky April 9, 2013August 19, 2021

Jane Byrne showed that an unknown on a kamikaze mission can end up winning the mayor’s office.

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