To stop the bloodshed, members of the City Council propose more cops, jobs, church, and trips to Great America.
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Black and Latino areas still bearing the brunt of city job cuts
South-side workers account for three of every four jobs cut by the city since Mayor Rahm Emanuel took office in 2011.
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How to irritate Mayor Emanuel and do some legislating in one easy step
How to irritate Mayor Emanuel and do some legislating in one easy step
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South-side residents fend off pawnshop plan
In the face of community opposition, plans are withdrawn for a pawnshop at 79th and Western
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The people v. the pawnshop
What one vacant lot says about the future of devlopment in the city
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More Ridiculousness on City Recycling
A pair of aldermen want to fine suburbanites who drop their recyclables in the city. What are they thinking?
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50 Aldermen/50 Artists
All 50 portraits, from the group show, including works by Derek Erdman, Jon Gitelson, Lucas Blair Simpson, and more
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Alderman Killjoy won’t stop barking at chickens
Dairy down. Eggs to go. Remember Lona Lane, the city councilman whose failed attempt to ban pet chickens within the city limits, was followed by a successful ban on ice cream trucks in the 18th Ward? Well, she’s planning to use the council’s new prohibition on noisy hounds in a grudge match against the birds: […]
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Howling at the Moon
Amid a spate of youth violence, the City Council’s police and fire committee meets … to discuss a crackdown on loud dog barking.
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Alderman Killjoy gets her way
The City Council bars the urban menace known as the ice cream truck from the 18th Ward.
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Ice cream trucks–stay outta the 18th Ward!
The 18th Ward ice cream truck ban sails through the City Council.
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Alderman Killjoy’s ice cream truck ban goes to the full council next week
The proposed 18th Ward ban on ice cream trucks goes before the City Council next week.
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Ice cream truck ban in the 18th Ward?
Alderman Lona Lane wants to ban ice cream trucks in the 18th Ward.
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The mayor’s choosing
Aldermen Howard Brookins and Ed Smith have their eyes on higher office, leaving Mayor Daley in the catbird seat.