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Home » Jan Schakowsky

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Posted inNews & Politics

‘He’s a real one’

by Maya Dukmasova March 8, 2021August 18, 2021

Chuy Garcia’s first term in Congress earns progressive accolades, honorary Squad membership

Posted inBlogs

Activists clash with aldermen over community benefits at Obama Presidential Center hearing, and other Chicago news

by Kate Shepherd January 17, 2018August 18, 2021

Also, city clerk Anna Valencia discusses her struggle to be taken seriously as a woman in politics.

Posted inNews & Politics

The secret history of Illinois’s rent control prohibition

by Maya Dukmasova May 16, 2017August 18, 2021

How conservatives preempted rent control before the public was ready to talk about it.

Posted inBlogs

Billionaire J.B. Pritzker makes his 2018 gubernatorial run official, and other Chicago news

by Kate Shepherd April 7, 2017August 18, 2021

Also, a Toronto-to-Chicago flight was grounded after a fake bomb was found in a passenger’s luggage.

Posted inBlogs

Illinois Republicans and Democrats actually worked together on state budget proposal, and other Chicago news

by Kate Shepherd January 10, 2017August 18, 2021

Also, Trump’s Twitter rant about Meryl Streep has some local elected officials newly concerned about his temperament.

Posted inBlogs

CPD commander: Keeping Rahm safe has become difficult ‘due to current events,’ and other Chicago news

by Kate Shepherd June 16, 2016August 18, 2021

Also, Lincoln Park alderman Michele Smith is getting increasingly concerned about Airbnb.

Posted inBlogs

In some ways, the 2014 primaries brought out the best in Illinois politics

by Mick Dumke March 19, 2014August 18, 2021

Highlights of the 2014 primary elections

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Home/Land takes a trip downtown

by Aimee Levitt July 16, 2013August 19, 2021

The Albany Park Theater Project’s passionate exploration of undocumented immigrants opens Thursday at the Goodman.

Alexi Giannoulias in December 2008
Posted inNews & Politics

Alexi’s Albatross

by Mick Dumke December 3, 2009August 19, 2021

Can Alexi Giannoulias shake off the problems plaguing his family’s bank to win Obama’s old Senate seat?

Posted inBlogs

The Jr. Senator from Illinois

by Mick Dumke August 22, 2008August 19, 2021

Jesse Jackson Jr. throws his hat into the ring of wannabe replacements for Senator Obama.

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