One era ends and another begins for our beloved First Tuesdays.
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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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Why did Carlos Ramirez-Rosa get kicked out of the City Council’s Latino Caucus?
A few theories, and a little advice: If you want back in, Carlos, fall on your knees and suck up to the mayor.
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Mayor Rahm and Alderman Lopez cut a deal on the property tax rebate
The mayor promised to raise $45 million in donations to fund job training and violence intervention.
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On the list of obscenity-laced rants by Chicago personalities, this voice-mail message to Alderman Danny Solis ranks high
Deciphering Eddie Acevedo Jr.’s late-night motherbleepin’ phone call to the 25th Ward alderman.
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More money for Wall Street, more problems for Chicago’s schools
Instead of finding ways to improve our credit risk, the mayor’s council allies bury a TIF investigation.
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Election night at the Hideout with a trio of aldermen
We’ll be reliving the great political battles of the last four years and talking about the ones to come on the April 7 election night First Tuesdays show at the Hideout.
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How investment bankers are set to profit from Rahm’s preschool plan
How investment bankers are set to profit from Rahm’s preschool plan.
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Rahm still hasn’t told the public why he closed mental health clinics
Rahm still hasn’t told the public why he closed mental health clinics.
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Reader’s Agenda Tue 7/1: Amp vs. Amp, Top Gun, and First Tuesdays With Mick and Ben
What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Tuesday, July 1
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Aldermen advance Rahm’s South Loop plan without analyzing it first
While the plan for independent analysis stalls, the City Council approves $55 million for the mayor’s hotel and stadium deal.
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Our aldermen (at least a few of them) finally challenge the mayor on TIFs!
Aldermen (at least a few of them) finally challenge the mayor on TIFs!
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The people sound off on Mayor Emanuel’s budget—but he’s not listening
The City Council’s progressive caucus holds a budget hearing, because someone has to.
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The City Council’s rules committee: Where good legislation goes to die
Mayor Emanuel doesn’t have to fight City Council proposals he doesn’t like—he just buries them.