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News & Features, Ben Joravsky on Politics, May 23, 2013
Rahm's latest plan: Close the schools, build an arena

The mayor prepares to take tax money from public education and use it on a sports facility for DePaul.
- by Ben Joravsky
- Tags: Ben Joravsky on Politics, tax increment financing, TIFs, subsidies, Rahm Emanuel, development, development funding, school closings, CPS, Chicago Public Schools, McCormick Place, hotels, basketball arenas, property taxes, taxes, stadiums, University of Chicago, DePaul University, Chicago White Sox, school funding, City Council, Francis Cardinal George, Patrick O'Connor, Loyola University, Catholic institutions

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News & Features, Ben Joravsky on Politics, May 14, 2013
Mayor Emanuel's FOIA policy: Don't ask because we won't tell

As a Chicago parent discovered, city officials can't hand over records if they've already destroyed them.
- by Ben Joravsky
- Tags: Ben Joravsky on Politics, Rahm Emanuel, longer school day, FOIA, Freedom of Information Act, Jean-Calude Brizard, Glenn Krellparents, Chicago Tribune, Lisa Madigan, public records, Illinois attorney general, North Side High School, Payton High School, high schools, transparency, CPS, My Cousin Vinny, Austin Pendleton, Jeffrey P. Smith, Evanston, laws, Chicago Public Schools

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News & Features, Ben Joravsky on Politics, May 7, 2013
The school model that's good enough for President Obama and Mayor Emanuel

The prestigious University of Chicago Lab Schools respect and reward teachers—so why can't the public schools?
- by Ben Joravsky
- Tags: Ben Joravsky on Politics, American Federation of Teachers, Chicago Teachers Union, teaching, teachers, unions, labor, class size, schools, education, school principals, peer review, classroom evaluations, teacher evaluations, University of Chicago Lab Schools, CPS, Allison Bates, Chicago Public Schools, Rahm Emanuel, Richard M. Daley, Arne Duncan, Barack Obama, Robert Zimmer, curriculum, International Baccalaureate, Lincoln Park High School, Taft High School, Hyde Park High School, Senn High School, longer school day, parents, Faculty Administration, school governance, Karen Lewis, Persepolisgate, Persepolis, academic freedom

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News & Features, Ben Joravsky on Politics, Apr 30, 2013
In the Chicago Public Schools, promises are made to be broken

The treatment of teachers at Lincoln Park High raises questions about Mayor Emanuel's other school pledges
- by Ben Joravsky
- Tags: Ben Joravsky on Politics, CPS, Michael Thompson, Michael "Juice" Thompson, basketball, high school basketball, soccer, high school soccer, boys basketball, girls soccer, International Baccalaureate, soccer fields, Lincoln Park, Latin School soccer field, Latin School, Rahm Emanuel, Taft High School, Becky Carroll, Chicago Public Schools, Michael Boraz, Leslie Boozer, tenure, hiring teachers, teachers, CTU, Chicago Teachers Union, Deborah Ditkowsky, Lincoln Park High School

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News & Features, Ben Joravsky on Politics, Apr 23, 2013
Welcome to U.S. Cellular Field, home of the sweetheart deal

A new lawsuit shows how taxpayers footed the bill so the White Sox can make millions.
- by Ben Joravsky
- Tags: Ben Joravsky on Politics, US Cellular Field, James R. Thompson, Rahm Emanuel, Rod Blagojevich, John Harris, Adam Dunn, Chicago Sport and Society, Chris Lamberti, Carmen Caruso, Linda Chatman, Cubs, Chicago Cubs, baseball, White Sox, Chicago White Sox, Perri Irmer, Jerry Reinsdorf, taxes, Wrigley Field, baseball stadiums, stadiums, ISFA, Illinois Sports Facilities Authority, stadium funding

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News & Features, Ben Joravsky on Politics, Apr 9, 2013
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The lessons of Jane Byrne

Even in Chicago, an unknown on a kamikaze mission can end up winning the mayor's office.
- by Ben Joravsky
- Tags: Ben Joravsky on Politics, Jane Byrne, Roger Ebert, Rahm Emanuel, Toni Preckwinkle, Michael Bilandic, Wilson Frost, Bill Granger, Lori Granger, Fighting Jane, Eddie Burke, Anthony Beale, City Hall, Stacy Davis Gates, Chicago Teachers Union, Harold Washington

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News & Features, Ben Joravsky on Politics, Apr 2, 2013
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Mayor Emanuel's crowded-classroom approach to fixing schools

How the school "consolidation" plan could make teaching and learning even harder.
- by Ben Joravsky
- Tags: Ben Joravsky on Politics, Rahm Emanuel, CPS, Barbara Byrd-Bennett, special education, Chicago Public Schools, schools, special education, school closings, Dever Elemteray School, Dunning, Kerry Murphy, Tilly Tremmel, school consolidation, teachers, parents, longer school day, Richard M. Daley, William Banks, school libraries, libraries, school utilizaton, neighborhoods

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News & Features, Ben Joravsky on Politics, Mar 26, 2013
Before the schools, Mayor Emanuel closed the clinics

Advocates fight for patients a year after Rahm shuttered mental health clinics across the city.
- by Ben Joravsky
- Tags: Ben Joravsky on Politics, mental health, spin, mental health clinics, clinics, Rahm Emanuel, City Council, Woodlawn, Beverly, Humboldt Park, Allan Scholom, school closing, N'Dana Carter, Mental Health Movement, Richard M. Daley, Richard J. Daley, Chicago Department of Public Health, Rogers Park, Logan Square, Auburn-Gresham, Morgan Park, Back of the Yards, insurance

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News & Features, Ben Joravsky on Politics, Mar 19, 2013
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The Emanuel administration kicks Persepolis out of class

Chicago Public Schools officials offer a lesson in confiscating books.
- by Ben Joravsky
- Tags: Ben Joravsky on Politics, CPS, curriculum, Chicago Public Schools, Marjane Satrapi, graphic novels, books, Persepolis, Persepolisgate, Nora Flanagan, Richard M. Daley, teachers, Lane Tech, Lane Tech College Prep High School, American Teacher Awards, Barbara Byrd-Bennett, school libraries, Christopher Dignam, Fred Klonsky, American Library Association, Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Tribune, irony, emotion

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News & Features, Ben Joravsky on Politics, Mar 12, 2013
Charities drowning in city water fees

Mayor Emanuel sticks it to the poor to collect a few million bucks a year.
- by Ben Joravsky
- Tags: Ben Joravsky on Politics, Diana Faust, Robert Fioretti, revenue, budget committee, Carrie Austin, Richard Mell, Rey Colon, parking meters, school closings, Misericordia, Rosemary Connelly, water bill exemption, water bills, water fees, Timothy Cullerton, Pat O'Connor, Margaret Laurino, Franciscan Outreach, Will Burns, Anthony Beale, George Cardenas, Marty Quinn, Michele Smith, Harry Osterman, Debra Silverstein, Danny Solis, Ray Suarez, Matthew O'Shea, charities, homeless shelters, homelessness, Rahm Emanuel, bills, fees, city services, water, nonprofits, Richard M. Daley, University of Chicago, Northwestern University, Kevin Ford, St. Paul Church of God in Christ, churches, Meigs Field, City Council

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News & Features, Ben Joravsky on Politics, Mar 5, 2013
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Waiting for the day of judgment from Mayor Emanuel

The threat to close a quarter of Chicago's public grammar schools has the city in a tizzy.
- by Ben Joravsky
- Tags: Ben Joravsky on Politics, Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Public Schools, CPS, Tara Stamps, vacant schools, Armitage Baptist Church, Logan Square, Manierre School, Brentano School, Jenner School, school utilizaton, CTU, Chicago Teachers Union, Raise Your Hand, charter schools, Chicago Tribune, Jean-Claude Brizard, school closings, UNO, United Neighborhood Organization, demographic change, Dorie Bell, neighborhood schools, gangs, Walter Burnett Jr., Cabrini-Green, CHA, Chicago Housing Authority

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News & Features, Ben Joravsky on Politics, Feb 26, 2013
Chicago's new BFF is a legislator from Waukegan

State representative Rita Mayfield isn't from the city, but who else is sticking up for its taxpayers?
- by Ben Joravsky
- Tags: Ben Joravsky on Politics, Rita Mayfield, Paul Vallas, Arne Duncan, Ron Huberman, Jean-Claude Brizard, Barbara Byrd-Bennett, HB 197, TIFs, Illinois General Assembly, Laura Farr, Patrick O'Connor, 40th Ward, Chicago City Council, tax increment financing, tax caps, school funding, schools, CPS, Chicago Public Schools, property taxes, Rahm Emanuel, Richard M. Daley, education, CTU, Chicago Teachers Union, Kenneth Dunkin, Esther Golar, Marcus Evans Jr., Monique Davis, Camille Lily, Waukegan

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News & Features, Ben Joravsky on Politics, Feb 19, 2013
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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.
- by Ben Joravsky
- Tags: Ben Joravsky on Politics, Rahm Emanuel, Richard J. Daley, City Council, Dick Mell, 33rd Ward, rules committee, Ameya Pawar, Roderick Sawyer, independent budget office, privatization, transparency, charter schools, debate, legislation, committees, Matt O'Shea, Pat Dowell, Rick Munoz, Bob Fioretti, Danny Solis, United Neighborhood Organization, UNO, Juan Rangel, Ed Burke, Deb Mell, unions, Chicago Teachers Union, teachers, outsourcing, Englewood, Woodlawn

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News & Features, Ben Joravsky on Politics, Feb 14, 2013
Good luck finding the documents that explain CPS's longer school day

Conclusions to draw from a yearlong Freedom of Information Act battle between the Chicago Public Schools and Glenn Krell, an intrepid north-side parent.
- by Ben Joravsky
- Tags: Ben Joravsky on Politics, Rahm Emanuel, Mayor Emanuel, Chicago Public Schools, CPS, teachers, teachers' strike, Freedom of Information Act, FOIA, Jean-Claude Brizard, Glenn Krell, parents, longer school day, decision-making, Arne Duncan, Lisa Madigan, Illinois attorney general, Sara Gadola Gallagher

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News & Features, Ben Joravsky on Politics, Jan 29, 2013
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Mayor Emanuel swears he's not interested in running for president

So of course he is.
- by Ben Joravsky
- Tags: Ben Joravsky on Politics, Rahm Emanuel, presidential elections, Barack Obama, teachers, Hilary Clinton, 60 Minutes, Rod Blagojevich, Richard M. Daley, libraries, Fran Spielman, Chicago Sun-Times, The White House, New York Times, national press, Chicago Tribune, guns, schools, casinos, Olympics

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News & Features, Ben Joravsky on Politics, Jan 22, 2013
The Chicago manual of school closings

A close look at how Chicago officials shutter public schools
- by Ben Joravsky
- Tags: Ben Joravsky on Politics, Rahm Emanuel, school closings, Chicago Public Schools, schools, CPS, gentrification, public housing, Robert Fioretti, Leslie Recht, Second Ward, neighborhood schools, magnet schools, charter schools

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News & Features, Ben Joravsky on Politics, Jan 15, 2013
With Jesse Jackson Jr. out of the way, who's left to take on the Man?

The former congressman leaves Chicago without independents.
- by Ben Joravsky
- Tags: Ben Joravsky on Politics, Harold Washington, Jane Byrne, Frank Coconate, progressive politics, Rahm Emanuel, Michael Bilandic, Jesse Jackson Jr., Gery Chico, Richard M. Daley, Daley Machine, machine politics, Mike Quigley, mayoral elections, Rick Munoz, Sandi Jackson, 7th Ward, 2nd Congressional District of Illinois

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News & Features, Ben Joravsky on Politics, Jan 8, 2013
Keeping up with the Jones high school plans

How Mayor Emanuel could turn Jones high into a neighborhood school—and win my almost undying support
- by Ben Joravsky
- Tags: Ben Joravsky on Politics, Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Public Schools, Pacific Garden Mission, CPS, high schools, college preparatory high schools, Jones high school, Jones Commercial School, William Jones College Preparatory, Jones College Prep, Richard M. Daley, South Loop, gentrification, Arne Duncan, Robert Fioretti, Paul Vallas, Becky Carrol, neighborhood schools

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News & Features, Ben Joravsky on Politics, Dec 28, 2012
NYSE sale to ICE different from CBT to CME

In the battle of the acronyms, New York fared better than Chicago
- by Ben Joravsky
- Tags: Ben Joravsky on Politics, TIFs, Eric Holder, job creation, public funding, Rahm Emanuel, mergers, Intercontinental Exchange, New York City, Chicago, New York Stock Exchange, ICE, Chicago Board of Trade, CBT, Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Richard M. Daley, New York Times, Sam Holloway, firefighters, pensions, taxes

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News & Features, Ben Joravsky on Politics, Dec 12, 2012
TIFs: the tax bill you have to pay but never see

The program intended to help the poorest of the poor largely benefits the well to do
- by Ben Joravsky
- Tags: Ben Joravsky on Politics, Rahm Emanuel, Mayor Emanuel, TIF, Tom Tresser, 2016 Olympics, International Olympic Committee, No Games Chicago, River Point, CivicLab, Richard M. Daley, Mayor Daley, Mayor Richard Daley, David Orr

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