State Senator Martwick must be doing something right if John Catanzara and Mayor Lightfoot dislike him so much.
Tag: Nick Sposato
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Rethinking public art with the Chicago Monuments Project
With 41 pieces flagged as potentially problematic, the city seeks input about next steps.
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The COVID-canceled sports league that still made the streets unsafe
Members of the Chicago Police Enforcers football team have been involved in more than 200 incidents where they’ve injured civilians through use of force.
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A viral budget grab
Does the mayor’s COVID-19 executive order put her on light footing?
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Celebrating Acero’s successful teachers’ strike—and the belated victory for Karen Lewis
Chicago’s City Council hates taking from the schools and giving to the rich but sometimes they do it anyway.
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Looks like Karen Lewis may have defeated Rahm after all
As I watched jubilant teachers, wearing union red, from the Acero charter school network celebrate the new contract they’d won after a four-day strike, I had a flashback to the way things used to be. The Chicago Teachers Unions were in the midst of their 2012 strike, which had shuttered all the public schools in […]
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City Council should investigate Rahm, not Lori Lightfoot
There are a lot more questions we need answers to about Mayor Rahm than about his former police board chair.
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Why won’t Mayor Rahm grant Alderman Sue Garza unpaid leave from CPS?
Cops, firefighters, and other city employees get to take unpaid leave if they’re elected.
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Chicago firefighters give Mayor Rahm $25,000
The firefighters union gives Mayor Rahm a little more of what he doesn’t need—money—which may help him go after Alderman Nick Sposato, the only firefighter in the council.
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How Rahm became a Democrat again
As his reelection bid looms, Mayor Rahm Emanuel drops his tough talk and becomes a Democrat again.
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City Council prepares to get tougher on the ‘cancer’ of graffiti
Aldermen are ready to sign off on Mayor Emanuel’s proposal to hike fines for illegal graffiti.
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In Mayor Emanuel’s Chicago, nice aldermen finish last
Rahm’s South Loop arena and hotel project keeps speeding ahead.
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In budget debate, the public weighs in while the mayor skips out
After Rahm nixes public budget hearings, aldermen organize their own