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News & Features, Politics, Dec 26, 2012
The Reader's second annual awards for political "achievement"

Honoring some of the more notable deeds from our elected leaders in 2012
- by Ben Joravsky and Mick Dumke
- Tags: Politics, Rahm Emanuel, Juan Rangel, Chicago Public Schools, CPS, Jean-Claude Brizard, Karen Lewis, CTU, Chicago Teachers Union, Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, Pat Robertson, Willie Nelson, Snoop Dogg, Ron PaulToni Preckwinkle, Garry McCarthy, Michael Madigan, Richard Mell, Robert Fioretti, Joe Moore, Patrick O'Connor, City Council, Carrie Austin, Walter Burnett Jr., aldermen, John, marijuana, Joe Walsh, Todd Akin, Richard Mourdock, Derrick Smith, Jesse Jackson Jr., Tom Swiss, Anita Alvarez

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News & Features, Politics, Nov 7, 2012
He's got this

Reports from across Chicago as the votes for President Obama came rolling in
- by Reader staff
- Tags: Politics, Barack Obama, presidential election, Mitt Romney, Chicago Republicans, homelessness, poverty, Brad Woodhouse, Chicago politics, Rahm Emanuel, Libertarian Party, libertarians, Dan Rutherford, Grant Park, The Wieners Circle

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News & Features, Politics, Oct 25, 2012
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Still hoping for change

Four years later, five Chicagoans reflect on the president they helped elect
- by Steve Bogira, Mara Shalhoup, Ben Joravsky, Mick Dumke, and Sam Worley
- Tags: Politics, elections, Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, the presidency, presidential election, Obama Chicago, Romney Chicago, Daniel Krieglstein, Obama donors, community organizer, interracial children, Jen Johnson, teachers, Shahshak Ben Levi, poverty, Obama hope, Sandra Leon, nurses, University of Chicago hospital, unions, Republic Steel Mill, underemployment, youth voters, Video

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News & Features, Politics, May 2, 2012
Congressman Danny Davis on Rahm and ex-cons

"You know, I don't think we're going to see the Sears Tower fall into the lake or anything."
- by Mick Dumke
- Tags: Politics, Danny Davis, Congress, Wallace Davis Jr., ex-offenders, ex-convicts, Rahm Emanuel, recidivism, drug laws

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News & Features, Politics, Apr 11, 2012
The trust fund mayor

Rahm Emanuel has big plans for rebuilding Chicago's infrastructure. Wish we knew what they were.
- by Ben Joravsky and Mick Dumke
- Tags: Politics, Rahm Emanuel, infrastructure trust fund, City Council, parking meters, privatization, infrastructure, public-private partnerships, public debt, James A. Bell, Boeing, government transparency, NATO summit, water and sewer tax, Lois Scott

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News & Features, Politics, Mar 14, 2012
What's really going on in the primary elections

Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Cook County board president Toni Preckwinkle aren’t up for election. But they’re out to win.
- by Mick Dumke and Ben Joravsky
- Tags: Politics, Cook County Clerk, elections, Anita Alvarez, Rahm Emanuel, Toni Preckwinkle, Illinois Supreme Court, Eighth Congressional Race

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News & Features, Politics, Feb 23, 2012
The Reader goes to charter school

A visit with UNO's Juan Rangel
- by Mick Dumke and Ben Joravsky
- Tags: Politics, charter schools, teachers unions, United Neighborhood Organization, Hispanics, Saul Alinsky, Juan Rangel, Richard Daley, Rahm Emanuel, Pat Quinn, Ed Burke, UNO Charter School Network Soccer Academy, Miguel d'Escoto, soccer, white liberals, public schools, Chicago Public Schools

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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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