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Confession time: I’m having trouble conjuring up any outrage over Steans (middle) handing off her state senate seat to Cassidy (right).
Posted inColumns & Opinion

So outrageous

by Ben Joravsky February 3, 2021August 18, 2021

It’s hard to get outraged about the Steans-to-Cassidy handoff when Marjorie Taylor Greene’s on the scene.

Posted inColumns & Opinion

Some things never change

by Ben Joravsky December 2, 2020August 18, 2021

Aldermen can vote to fire city workers but they better not vote against a TIF.

Posted inColumns & Opinion

Kicking ass since 1971

by Ben Joravsky August 21, 2019August 18, 2021

The Reader holds its first telethon this Friday.

Posted inNews & Politics

Lightfoot’s first council meeting excites but sheds little light on procedures

by Maya Dukmasova June 1, 2019August 18, 2021

What’s going on in the City Council? Still hard to say!

Posted inBlogs

In debate over civilian oversight of Chicago police, grassroots proposals win the day

by Maya Dukmasova June 6, 2018August 18, 2021

Alderman Ariel Reboyras’s two proposals were decried as toothless at the last of five community meetings on proposed police reform ordinances.

Posted inBlogs

Are 16-year-olds smart enough to vote? Vote16 Illinois thinks so

by Ashley Mizuo May 7, 2018August 18, 2021

Some students are pushing Chicago and Illinois to follow the lead of other places that lowered the voting age recently.

Posted inFilm

Chicago Filmmakers and the Ridge Firehouse: A match made in heaven

by Ben Sachs September 13, 2017August 18, 2021

The local indie cinema organization throws open the doors on its new home in October.

Posted inBlogs

Let’s give thanks for aldermanic elections

by Ben Joravsky November 26, 2014August 18, 2021

Look on the bright side, Chicago—the upcoming aldermanic elections give at least some of you a chance to undo the mistake you made in the last election.

Posted inBlogs

The politics behind Chicago’s garbage bins

by Mick Dumke June 27, 2014August 18, 2021

The City Council passed a new fee on Dumpsters—without knowing who’s going to pay, who’s going to profit, and whose idea it was.

Posted inBlogs

Chicago Filmmakers may have a new home in an old firehouse

by Ben Sachs December 17, 2013August 19, 2021

The longtime nonprofit organization has been named the finalist to redevelop and occupy a vacant firehouse in Edgewater.

Posted inBlogs

City Council approves Rahm’s new parking meter deal

by Mick Dumke June 5, 2013August 19, 2021

Chicago’s parking meter money will continue to flow to private investors.

Diana Faust at Franciscan Outreach homeless shelter
Posted inColumns & Opinion

Charities drowning in city water fees

by Ben Joravsky March 12, 2013August 19, 2021

Mayor Emanuel sticks it to the poor by drowning charities in new water fees.

Posted inBlogs

What a robbery in Edgewater says about the police staffing debate, part two of two

by Mick Dumke November 3, 2012August 19, 2021

A close look at a jewelry store stickup and the politics of police deployment, part two of two

Posted inNews & Politics

Bedbugs: not dead yet

by Julia Thiel January 26, 2012August 19, 2021

Bedbug infestations are on the rise—and the number of complaints barely scratches the surface

Ben Joravsky, Richard Mell
Posted inNews & Politics

Check the Thermostat in Hell

by Ben Joravsky May 6, 2010August 19, 2021

Alderman Mell invites a certain Reader columnist to come out and talk TIFs.

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