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Home » Fritz Kaegi

Tag: Fritz Kaegi

Posted in2022 Primary Elections

Assessing the assessor

by Kelly Garcia June 23, 2022June 23, 2022

Fritz Kaegi discusses his role in reforming an office known for patronage and favoritism.

Posted inColumns & Opinion

A tale of two tax bills

by Ben Joravsky September 11, 2019August 18, 2021

How our current property tax system affects the greedy and the needy

Posted inBlogs

Q&A: Cook County Board candidate Abdelnasser Rashid on taxes, surveillance, and campaign finance reform

by Maya Dukmasova October 31, 2018August 18, 2021

Vying to flip one of four Republican seats, the 29-year-old would be the first Muslim in the county legislature.

Posted inBlogs

Chicago’s political psychosis has me paging Dr. Freud after last week’s primary

by Ben Joravsky March 27, 2018August 18, 2021

If you want to know why Trump, Rauner, and Rahm are in power, just study the latest election.

Posted inBlogs

Meet the trio of young Latino ‘Berniecrats’ who shocked the Chicago political establishment on election night

by Ryan Smith March 23, 2018August 18, 2021

The members of “Team Chuy” swept their races on the southwest side. “They took on big-money interests and the Democratic machine, and they won.”

Posted inBlogs

Joe Berrios ousted from Cook County assessor’s office; ‘Chuy’ a step closer to Congress

by Maya Dukmasova and Ashley Mizuo March 20, 2018August 18, 2021

The head of the Cook County Dems who hired relatives and oversaw an unfair property tax system conceded the race to Fritz Kaegi.

Posted inBlogs

Read our best stories from the 2018 primary (thank god it’s over!)

by Aimee Levitt March 20, 2018August 18, 2021

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.”

Posted inBlogs

Shootings and homicides decrease as carjackings surge, and other Chicago news

by Kate Shepherd February 12, 2018August 18, 2021

Also, Chicago matches snowfall record with nine straight days of measurable snow.

Posted inBlogs

Daniel Biss on Abu Ghraib, how to resist the urge to check out at the words ‘pension crisis,’ and what he’s learned from Michael Madigan

by Maya Dukmasova February 6, 2018August 18, 2021

The Illinois gubernatorial candidate talks about the arc of progressive politics and what’s required to bring change to the state capitol.

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