For the last few weeks, there’s been heated debate about Mayor Rahm and his handling of the Laquan McDonald video. The question is: Did the mayor cover up evidence of a murder when he sat on the video showing police officer Jason Van Dyke shooting McDonald in 2014—only releasing the video after a Cook County […]
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Rahm justice
Having watched almost three excruciating hours of Mayor Rahm’s testimony before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations about whether he should be confirmed as ambassador to Japan, I have concluded that . . . I deserve a raise! Seriously, folks, they don’t pay enough to sit through such dreck. Last week’s Senate hearing was a […]
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Figures and FOIAs
The committee responded to blowback against its inclusion of Washington, Lincoln, and Grant statues on the list for possible removal.
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A rosy CPS survey on cops in schools falls short
Despite bad data and board discord, CPS renews contract with CPD.
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Chicago won’t pay ‘hush money’ to prevent police misconduct records release—for now
A City Council vote on Charles Green’s lawsuit settlement was postponed.
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Rauner and Pritzker tout government transparency while blocking access to records
Will Illinois’s candidates for governor ever practice what they preach?
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Loop Link bus corridor isn’t yielding the travel-time improvements hoped for
FOIA’d documents show the $41 million project has had only a modest impact on bus speeds.
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Public outcry kills proposed FOIA law tweak that would’ve hidden police misconduct records
“If Laquan McDonald hadn’t been killed and they’d elected to charge him with a crime, we would still be waiting to see that video.”
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After veterans’ home cover-up, is Rauner the state’s most secretive schmuck?
As the WBEZ exposé into the Legionnaire’s outbreak in Quincy reveals, Rauner will do just about anything to keep the public from knowing what he’s up to.
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Chicago Data Collaborative launches criminal justice data portal
The cooperative connects the dots between data sets about the same person or case buried among various city and county agencies.
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Report: State senator Daniel Biss will run for governor in 2018, and other Chicago news
Also, Senator Dick Durbin wants to help kids who live in violent neighborhoods with trauma and psychological stress.
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Congressman Luis Gutierrez handcuffed during sit-in at ICE office, and other Chicago news
Also, one state legislator is getting death threats after proposing a state holiday in honor of former President Obama.
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Why’d CPS fire Troy LaRaviere? An activist sues to find out.
Nick Burt sues Chicago Public Schools after radio silence from the district on a Freedom of Information Act request.
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Chicago police union plans last ditch effort to hide police misconduct records
But options for blocking biggest cop data dump in history are dwindling.
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Hey, Governor Rauner—open the books!
As long as Rauner wants Rahm to open up the CPS books, Rauner should have to open the state’s books to Rahm’s bean counters.