Mayor Emanuel tips his hand on what he might give the schools from the TIF reserves.
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Rahm on FOIA: Don’t ask ’cause I won’t tell
FOIA law doesn’t really apply to Mayor Emanuel’s new Infrastructure Trust
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Study: Wrongful convictions cost Illinois taxpayers $214 million (and the innocent 926 years in prison)
Imprisoning the innocent has cost Illinois taxpayers $214 million — and counting.
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Your alderman’s legislative record by the numbers
Mayor Rahm Emanuel has said that during his election campaign one of the leading gripes he heard from residents was that there are just too many aldermen. Chicago’s City Council has 50 members, while LA’s has just 15 and Philadelphia’s 17. In fact, among big U.S. cities only New York, which is almost three times […]
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What Did the BGA Want to Know and When Did It Want to Know It?
Ask the BGA at Windycitizen.
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Your latest Cook County scandal
With Todd Stroger gone, where to look for the latest eyebrow-raising fiscal gamesmanship in Cook County? Look no further than Maria Pappas, the county treasurer who was once mentioned as a possible mayoral candidate.
CBS2 and the Better Government Association have taken Pappas to task for a series of creative employment arrangements that include having her former housekeeper and a $95,883-a-year driver-cum-project leader on staff.
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Keep the Mirage Real!
Andrew Sullivan blog gets the story of Chicago’s Mirage all wrong.
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Free Better Government Association Citizen Watchdog Training Workshops
Learn how to keep tabs on the government from the Better Government Association.
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Javorsky for Mayor
Reader staff writer Ben Joravsky takes home a couple of journalism awards.
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Nobody Likes Lobbyists, but They’ve Been Around As Long As the Government Has
Historian Kathy Jacob discusses her new book about 19th-century lobbyist Sam Ward and what it says about the much-maligned contemporary practice of lobbying.
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The Audacity of Archived Video Clips
City Clerk Miguel del Valle announces that archived video of City Council meetings is now available online. It’s a small step for mankind but a big one for good government in Chicago.
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The TIF talk continues
Candidates for the county board presidency call for shining some daylight on the city’s TIF budget.
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Why Todd Stroger Is Hosed
In skipping a candidates’ forum, Todd Stroger confirms that he’s lost the ability to lead the county—if he ever had it.