The surveillance technology is still disproportionately listening to Black and Brown communities.
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Emanuel criticizes Trump administration’s response to Las Vegas massacre: ‘Take responsibility and accountability for something,’ and other Chicago news
Also, Las Vegas gunman’s notorious bank-robber father lived in Chicago.
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Police union president is ‘certain’ Trump will help reduce gun violence in Chicago, and other news
Also, Jesus “Chuy” Garcia suggests that Mayor Rahm Emanuel is using the sanctuary city issue to win Latino votes.
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Alderman Joe Moore explains his choice of beer and support for Rahm
The 49th Ward alderman says he backs Mayor Emanuel for his “progressive” record.
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Former alderman Berny Stone will be missed
Stone, who represented the 50th Ward for 38 years, died Monday at age 87.
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Mayor Rahm and Joe Ferguson make love, not war
Hey, Joe Ferguson: If Mayor Rahm’s making you leave in a year—go out strong.
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To be or not to be an infrastructure trust rubber stamp
The board of the city’s new infrastructure trust fund discusses its oversight role
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Rahm on TIF abuses: Let’s talk about kids instead
To anyone wondering how Mayor Rahm Emanuel would respond to the latest evidence that the city’s chief economic development program has been used as a slush fund, here’s the answer: […]
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A TIF Under the Microscope
How to interpret the inspector general’s sample audit of the Central Loop honeypot
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Great Reformers Think Alike
The guilty plea and prison sentence of his ally Isaac Carothers has awakened the reformer within Mayor Daley.
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After the debate, Senate candidates spar some more
Democratic candidates for Barack Obama’s old Senate seat met for a spirited debate this morning, but the real fireworks went off after it was over.
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City inspector David Hoffman quits
He’s throwing his hat in the ring for the U.S. Senate.
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Parking meter presser: indeed, a doozy
The city’s inspector general estimates – like the Reader and other observers – that we got taken to the cleaners on the parking meter deal.
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City inspector general to weigh in on parking meter deal
The office of the city’s inspector general, David Hoffman, has been looking into the parking meter deal. A press conference at 2 will reveal its findings.