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News & Features, Politics, Dec 29, 2011
Our first-ever awards for 'achievement' in local politics

Honoring the deeds and misdeeds of 2011 at the city, county, and state level
- by Ben Joravsky and Mick Dumke
- Tags: Politics, 2011 in review, Rahm Emanuel, property tax, City Council, Roderick Sawyer, James Cappleman, Ameya Pawar, Ralph Metcalfe, Toni Preckwinkle, William Beavers, Pat Quinn, Chicago casino, Karen Lewis, Chicago Teachers Union, marijuana laws, Michael Madigan, Ed Burke, Patrick O'Connor, Forrest Claypool, Juan Rangel, United Neighborhood Organization, Freddrenna Lyle, Richard M. Daley

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News & Features, Politics, Dec 1, 2011
The Reefer Reader

Our stash of reporting on marijuana laws and politics
- Tags: Politics, pot, marijuana, weed, kush

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News & Features, Politics, Oct 6, 2011
The $78 million bag

That's what Cook County spent last year on weed (or to arrest and prosecute those possessing it)
- by Mick Dumke and Ben Joravsky
- Tags: Politics, Grass Gap, marijuana, pot, marijuana arrests, Cook County, marjauna legalization, John Fritchey, Chicago Police Departmnet, police work, marijuana tax, Rahm Emanuel

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News & Features, Politics, Aug 25, 2011
Where’s Garry McCarthy?

A frustrated south-side community invites Chicago’s new police superintendent to a “dialogue”
- by Mick Dumke
- Tags: Politics, Garry McCarthy, CPD, Chicago Police, dialogue, Chatham, Thomas Wortham, Edward Alexander, Eugene Sawyer, Auburn-Gresham, Park Manor, Greater Chatham Alliance, credibility, community relations

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News & Features, Politics, Jun 2, 2011
Charter school fights teacher organizing—and "public school" label
- by Ben Joravsky
- Tags: Politics, Mayor Emanuel, Chicago Math and Science Academy, Rogers Park, Salim Ucan, Alderman Joe Moore, Concept Schools, Taner Ertekin, Ehat Ercanli, Christopher Hill, Gery Chico, Sunny Chico, unions, Illinois Labor Relations Board, National Labor Relations Board, Chicago Alliance of Charter Teachers and Staff, Chicago Public Schools

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News & Features, Politics, May 26, 2011
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The 20 months that made Mayor Emanuel

Our interactive time line shows how Rahm became the Man on Five
- by Ben Joravsky and Mick Dumke
- Tags: Politics, Mayor Emanuel, Mayor Daley, William Daley, Alderman Ed Burke, Alderman Patrick O'Connor, Gery Chico, Carol Mosley Braun, Victor Reyes, parking meters, Fitch, Standard & Poors, Moody, President Obama, Jackie Heard, Alderman Ed Smith, Michael Sneed, Lynn Sweet, Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago Tribune, Chicago News Cooperative, Chicago Reader, China, Jean-Claude Brizard, Video

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News & Features, Politics, May 19, 2011
In Chicago City Council, aldermen sweat the small stuff
- by Mick Dumke
- Tags: Politics, Chicago City Council, Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Tarrah Cooper, Miguel del Valle, Alderman Ed Burke, Alderman Danny Solis, Alderman Ray Suarez, Alderman Patrick O'Connor, Alderman Virginia Rugai, Alderman Brendan Reilly, Alderman Anthony Beale, Alderman Ameya Pawar

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News & Features, Politics, Apr 28, 2011
Chicago, Meet Your New City Council

The Reader's guide to the hacks, geeks, lawyers, and other assorted characters who will serve as aldermen under Mayor Emanuel
- by Mick Dumke and Ben Joravsky

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News & Features, Politics, Apr 28, 2011
Proco "Joe" Moreno, 1st Ward

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News & Features, Politics, Apr 28, 2011
Robert Fioretti, 2nd Ward

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News & Features, Politics, Apr 28, 2011
Pat Dowell, 3rd Ward

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News & Features, Politics, Apr 28, 2011
Will Burns, 4th Ward

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News & Features, Politics, Apr 28, 2011
Leslie Hairston, 5th Ward

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News & Features, Politics, Apr 28, 2011
Roderick Sawyer, 6th Ward

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News & Features, Politics, Apr 28, 2011
Sandi Jackson, 7th Ward

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News & Features, Politics, Apr 28, 2011
Michelle Harris, 8th Ward

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News & Features, Politics, Apr 28, 2011
Anthony Beale, 9th Ward

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News & Features, Politics, Apr 28, 2011
John Pope, 10th Ward

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News & Features, Politics, Apr 28, 2011
James Balcer, 11th Ward

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News & Features, Politics, Apr 28, 2011
George Cardenas, 12th Ward

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