After Rahm Emanuel’s interview with Politico, Chicagoans have to wonder whether the mayor’s telling the truth about when he saw the video of the McDonald shooting.
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Running against Rahm means running for the mayoral runoff
In the mayoral election, Bob, Karen, Bob, Amara, and everyone else needs to push Rahm into a runoff.
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Rahm Emanuel’s shifting views of the parking meter deal
Two-and-a-half years after it was consummated, the infamous parking-meter lease deal won’t go away—perhaps because there’s 72+ years left of it. Last week, for example, citizens submitted at least four questions about the city’s meter system or the deal itself during Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s two town hall meetings. The mayor called the use of meter […]
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How Ameya Pawar Bowled Over 47th Ward
How Ameya Pawar bowled over voters in the 47th Ward
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No Face Time and No Endorsement
An aldermanic candidate turns thumbs-down on the thumbs-up process.
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Your Election-Day Morning News Roundup
Polls opened at 6 AM as Chicagoans awakened to another snowfall. But already there’s plenty to talk about. Mayor Daley voted early, and jetted off to the British Virgin Islands with his wife, Maggie, and friend Terry Newman. (Sun-Times)
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CPS students call foul on Emanuel’s charter school claims
Carol Moseley Braun has complained that reporters jump on her “crack addict” and “Hitler” references—but ignore Rahm Emanuel’s transgressions. Does she have a point?
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The Ambassador Strikes Again
“You were strung out on crack,” Carol Moseley Braun shoots back at mayoral opponent Patricia Watkins.
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Del Valle on the Emanuel Ruling
Miguel del Valle reacts to the appellate court decision bouncing Rahm Emanuel from the mayoral ballot, for now.
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The Hidden Hands
In every successful campaign—and every dud—pros are masterminding and organizing from offstage. Meet the people behind six mayoral candidates.
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Long Profiles of People in the News
A look back at Bill Daley and Carol Moseley Braun.
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Hyde Park & Kenwood Issue: An Island in the Swamp
For decades now, most of Chicago’s political independents have emerged from Hyde Park and Kenwood.