Career politicians are stepping down, and there’s now an opportunity for new—and possibly progressive—Black leaders to take the reins.
Tag: Chicago City Council
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Young people dream up a safer summer in Chicago
After Mayor Lori Lightfoot expanded the citywide curfew in response to a shooting, teenagers spoke about Chicago’s gun violence crisis and their relationship to the city.
Posted inColumns & Opinion
Some things never change
Aldermen can vote to fire city workers but they better not vote against a TIF.
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Lightfoot’s first council meeting excites but sheds little light on procedures
What’s going on in the City Council? Still hard to say!
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The many lives of Alderman Danny Solis
Solis swapped his loyalty to Daley and Rahm for sex, Viagra, and the council’s zoning chair.
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Different planets
A tale of two endorsement sessions—the Tribune v. the Grassroots Collaborative
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Aldermen Goodfellas
Mayoral candidate Bill Daley’s proposed City Council cuts don’t sound so bad with aldermen talking like mobsters.
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Chance the Rapper offers a video preview of the new Chicagoist
An explainer on Chicago’s City Council system is the first release since he bought the shuttered site in July.
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New podcast The City brings back memories of Alderman Bill Henry and dealmaking in Chicago
And Henry turns out to be a major character in Robin Amer’s ten-part audio documentary for USA Today.
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Alderman who joked about the ‘gangsters’ on the City Council to plead guilty to corruption charges
Hmm, maybe 20th Ward alderman Willie Cochran really wasn’t joking about being a gangster after all.
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Another whopper from Rahm: express service to O’Hare that won’t cost the public
Does anyone really believe the public won’t be contributing any money to Elon Musk’s new project?
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Why did Carlos Ramirez-Rosa get kicked out of the City Council’s Latino Caucus?
A few theories, and a little advice: If you want back in, Carlos, fall on your knees and suck up to the mayor.
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Aldermen seek to yank fascist Balbo’s name from Chicago street, rename it for Ida B. Wells
It would be the first permanent Chicago street renaming in 50 years, officials said.
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City Council should investigate Rahm, not Lori Lightfoot
There are a lot more questions we need answers to about Mayor Rahm than about his former police board chair.
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Are 16-year-olds smart enough to vote? Vote16 Illinois thinks so
Some students are pushing Chicago and Illinois to follow the lead of other places that lowered the voting age recently.