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- News & Commentary, Feature, Nov 19, 2009
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Joe Laiacona's Challenge to Deb Mell's Petition
The full document
- News & Commentary, Politics, Nov 19, 2009
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Transparency in Action
How a bill intended to expand the state Freedom of Information Act was bastardized to expand the mayor’s shadow budget
- News & Commentary, Feature, Nov 19, 2009
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A Kink in the Campaign
If his challenge to Deb Mell's nominating petition succeeds, state rep candidate Joe Laiacona just might run unopposed in the Democratic primary. But can a leather master actually win in the general election?
- Blogs, The Blog, Nov 9, 2009
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The Active Transportation Alliance Does an About-Face on the Parking Meter Deal
Under pressure from the city, a bicycling and transit advocacy group recants its criticism of the parking meter lease deal—and gives Mayor Daley an award.
- News & Commentary, Politics, Nov 5, 2009
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October Surprise
Mayor Daley says he’s not raising property taxes. But he is. Here’s how.
- News & Commentary, Politics, Nov 5, 2009
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A Round of Really!?! With Mayor Daley
We have some follow-up questions to the questions other outlets have been asking him about our stories.
- Lit & Lectures, Lit & Lectures: Lit Feature, Nov 5, 2009
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Fall Books Special: The Night Fred Hampton Died
An excerpt of a new book on the Black Panther leader's death and its aftermath by People's Law Office cofounder Jeffrey Haas
- News & Commentary, Politics, Oct 29, 2009
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Clout on the Calumet River
Marina owner Mike Olsen has reason to fear the city will force him out of business to the benefit of his competition.
- News & Commentary, Feature, Oct 22, 2009
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The Shadow Budget
The Daley administration commands an off-the-books kitty of taxpayer money equivalent to a sixth of the official city budget. Now we’ve got documents that show what they want to do with it.
- Blogs, The Blog, Oct 21, 2009
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Fact-Checking Mayor Daley's Budget Address
On October 21 Mayor Daley proposed a $6.1 billion city budget for 2010 that he said would be balanced without raising taxes or cutting core services. But not all of his claims passed the sniff test.
- News & Commentary, Politics, Oct 21, 2009
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Who’ll Decide How Much You Pay?
A look at the cast of characters running for the obscure but critical office of Cook County assessor
- News & Commentary, Politics, Oct 8, 2009
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Lessons From Our Olympic Adventure
Someone stood up to Mayor Daley and lived.
- News & Commentary, The Arts, Oct 8, 2009
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Everyone Is Implicated
My Kind of Town, John Conroy's unforgiving new play about the Chicago police torture scandal, gets a reading at the Chicago Writers' Bloc New Play Festival.
- News & Commentary, The Arts, Sep 24, 2009
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They Didn't Think of the Children
D. Bradford Hunt's study of the Chicago Housing Authority, Blueprint for Disaster, argues that public housing projects like Cabrini-Green failed because they put too many children in hard-to-access towers.
- News & Commentary, Politics, Sep 24, 2009
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Dear International Olympic Committee
One last argument for why Chicago doesn't need, want, or deserve the 2016 Olympic games.
- Lit & Lectures, Book Review, Sep 17, 2009
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Blagojevich: Think Socrates, Not Icarus
The Governor isn’t mythological material, though it contains plenty of myth. But it’s a fine warning on the pitfalls of democracy.
- News & Commentary, Politics, Sep 17, 2009
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Ben Joravsky, Tool of the Man
The real story behind the first story on trouble between Governor Blagojevich and his father-in-law, Richard Mell.
- News & Commentary, Politics, Sep 10, 2009
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Funds and Games: Chicago 2016's "Stewardship Report"
A new donor report claims transparency but obscures details on who’s paying for the Olympic bid. And then there's the question of why they're paying.
- News & Commentary, Politics, Sep 3, 2009
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Ready, Set, (Property Tax) Hike
How will Daley balance the 2010 budget? Prepare for higher property taxes—but not till after the 2016 Olympics are sited.
- Lit & Lectures, Book Review, Aug 20, 2009
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Shrewd Politics for Good Policy
A review of The Waxman Report: How Congress Really Works, by Henry Waxman with Joshua Green
