John Sanchez reckons he downs 12 cases of bubbly a month. “I don’t drink pop, or juice, or anything diet, so I usually come here for the bubbly,” he shouted. “It’s cheaper.” We were struggling to hear each other in a sun-beaten Clearing parking lot on a recent morning while he loaded two-liter bottles of […]
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There’s a rare contest for alderman in Michael Madigan’s southwest-side stronghold
A jaunt through the 13th Ward reveals a political landscape long gone from the rest of Chicago.
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Mike Madigan’s constituents unfazed by campaign rhetoric against their guy
In the district that’s been reelecting Mike Madigan every two years since 1970, some say they only ever see him on TV.
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Study: Chicago drivers pay more for downtown street parking than in any other U.S. city, and other news
Also, Chicago airport security officers will no longer be considered police officers.
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Food trucks could be coming to O’Hare and Midway, and other Chicago news
Also, the Illinois GOP hosted a fund-raiser in honor of Governor Bruce Rauner with tickets up to $40,000 Thursday night.
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FBI agents shot while serving an arrest warrant in Park Forest, and other Chicago news
Also, Chicago police brace themselves for a potentially bloody holiday weekend.
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Aldermen propose dumping TSA and hiring private security for city airports, and other Chicago news
Also, Senator Mark Kirk offers tepid support for the “river boat gamble” Donald Trump.
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Chicago police detective who killed Rekia Boyd quits the force, and other news
Also, the city recommends arriving three hours early if you’re flying out of O’Hare or Midway.
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George Lucas is in talks with San Francisco about Lucas Museum, and other news
Also, Rahm discusses a plan to replace the Independent Police Review Authority.
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Blackhawks celebrate Stanley Cup victory at the White House, 64-year-old serial airplane stowaway arrested at O’Hare, and other Chicago news
Also, Donald Trump’s Chicago property tax break is questioned, and the Bulls’ Pau Gasol stays in Chicago.
Posted inArts & Culture
What’s happened to Chicago’s Haring?
Chicago Public Schools says it can’t find parts of a mural Keith Haring made with CPS students in 1989.
Posted inArts & Culture
Chicago sculptor Richard Hunt’s six-decade career gets two concurrent exhibits
Shows at the MCA and Cultural Center look back on 60 years of Richard Hunt’s transformations of industrial metal into art.
Posted inColumns & Opinion
When Chicago spent its pension money on the mayor’s pet projects
As mayor, Richard M. Daley spent hundreds of millions of dollars on unnecessary pet projects—and Emanuel seems to have the same bad habit.
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Rahm puts more pieces of the city on the auction block
While laying off teachers and city workers, Mayor Emanuel has more privatization deals on the way.
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Inside Rahm’s privatization economic team
The top three members of the financial team at City Hall all come from firms known for privatization work