Alderman Willie Cochran, a former police officer, says it’s time for an infusion of money, opportunities, health care, and police in violence-ravaged neighborhoods.
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Black and Latino areas still bearing the brunt of city job cuts
South-side workers account for three of every four jobs cut by the city since Mayor Rahm Emanuel took office in 2011.
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City sheds hundreds more jobs in black and Hispanic neighborhoods
Black and Hispanic neighborhoods bear the brunt of Mayor Emanuel’s belt tightening
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Spared the knife
As the police ranks shrink in the first year under Rahm Emanuel, mayoral aides get higher pay
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City job cuts hit black and Hispanic neighborhoods hardest
City job cuts hit black and Hispanic neighborhoods hardest
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The most transparent government Chicago has ever seen, part 2
Part two of transparency in the Emanuel administration: The labyrinthine and fruitless act of submitting FOIA requests.
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Fact-Checking Mayor Daley’s Budget Address
On October 21 Mayor Daley proposed a $6.1 billion city budget for 2010 that he said would be balanced without raising taxes or cutting core services. But not all of his claims passed the sniff test.
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Service Cuts
Red-flag cuts in core city services over the past year and a half include significant reductions in law enforcement, garbage collection, airport security, and public health.
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City services: getting less for more
As the Daley administration once again threatens layoffs, aldermen push their own plans: privatizing services your taxes are already supposed to be paying for, and taking more of your money to do it.
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Paid more to manage less
More on the city payroll: most top officials who received raises oversee departments that have made multiple staffing cuts.
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Pink slips and pay hikes
While budget cuts have left the city with fewer cops and front-line workers, top officials have enjoyed pay raises.
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“Cut to the bone”?
It’s not exactly true that the city’s workforce has already been “cut to the bone,” as a labor leader suggests.
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The city worker shuffle, part two
The city that works for the city that works: a breakdown of Chicago’s 47 government departments.
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The city worker shuffle
The city payroll went up for this year’s election season, with clout-heavy departments getting most of the new employees.