La senadora estatal Celina Villanueva se enfrenta a un desafío en las elecciones primarias por parte del jefe de personal de Byron Sigcho-López.
Tag: Chuy Garcia
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‘He’s a real one’
Chuy Garcia’s first term in Congress earns progressive accolades, honorary Squad membership
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Read our best stories from the 2018 primary (thank god it’s over!)
Here are some of our stories on Chuy’s mustache, the potential first Muslim woman in congress, twitter bots for Jeanne Ives and the so-called “cannabis candidate.”
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‘Chuy’ García vows to keep fighting Chicago machine from Congress
The Cook County commissioner also opens up about his flip on the soda tax and why he decided not to take challenge Rahm again.
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Mayor Rahm puts striking teachers in a no-win position
It’s hard not to support the teachers one-day strike, when you consider what Rahm and Rauner are doing to our public schools.
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Rahm could’ve been the hero in the McDonald shooting
By doing the immoral and politically stupid thing instead, Emanuel is a bum.
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Governor Rauner’s Democratic allies roll a Trojan Horse into town
While I was distracted by Chicago’s epic mayoral election, Governor Rauner fired the opening salvos in his war against helping people with autism.
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Rahm or Chuy? Watch us track the returns live from the Hideout
Watch a live stream of Reader writers Mick Dumke and Ben Joravsky tracking runoff election returns.
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Forgive Phil Ponce his unpleasant questions to Chuy
Were questions about Chuy Garcia’s son unfair?
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Two mayoral candidates, two Chicagos
Chicago remains a deeply divided city. Don’t we need a uniter more than we need a tough guy?
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Mayor F-bomb sends in the boys!
An enlightened debate with a couple of F-bomb-dropping Mayor Rahm canvassers illustrates the obvious: taxes are going up, no matter who wins this election.
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John Kass is not Rahm’s secret Santa
The Trib columnist deserves credit for writing about the mayor with “tart perspicacity.”
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In releasing squishy financial plan, Jesus ‘Chuy’ Garcia looks almost mayoral
Garcia says he’ll provide more detailed plans after he’s elected—much like Mayor Rahm Emanuel.
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A presidential library pop quiz—only in the Reader!
A real quick multiple-choice test: Why did the Obamas delay their presidential library announcement until after the April 7 mayoral runoff?
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Mayor Rahm stages an aldermanic press conference
When it comes to budgets, TIFs, taxes, and other financial matters, the last people we should turn to for advice are the mayor’s City Council rubber-stampers.