Lori Lightfoot can negotiate a better agreement at Lincoln Yards and 78.
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Thanking Chicago’s school children for their sacrifice
With the Willis Tower and other downtown buildings fetching record sales prices, it’s a good time to remember how much TIF money we’ve sunk into these areas.
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Alderman Ed Burke acknowledges the existence of a mere mortal
The finance committee chairman marches into City Council
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What Streets Do They Sweep?
Aldermen opposed to the mayor’s street-sweeping plan couldn’t round up enough of their colleagues to take a vote against it this morning, but they declared victory anyway.
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Alexi’s Albatross
Can Alexi Giannoulias shake off the problems plaguing his family’s bank to win Obama’s old Senate seat?
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Mr. Big Spender
The Central Loop tax increment financing district—the oldest and largest TIF of them all—came in with a boom and went out with a binge.