- News & Features, Politics, Apr 8, 2010
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Medical Marijuana Is Already Legal in Illinois
And it has been for three decades. But it'll take the passage of another law to make it available to patients.
- News & Features, Politics, Feb 10, 2011
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Separate, Unequal, and Ignored
Racial segregation remains Chicago's most fundamental problem. Why isn't it an issue in the mayor's race?
- News & Features, Politics, Jul 22, 2010
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Why Can't Chicago Recycle?
A world-class city, a "green" mayor—what's the problem? Insiders say the city's budget woes are only part of the story.
- News & Features, Politics, Feb 23, 2012
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The Reader goes to charter school
A visit with UNO's Juan Rangel
- News & Features, Politics, Dec 26, 2012
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The Reader's second annual awards for political "achievement"
Honoring some of the more notable deeds from our elected leaders in 2012
- News & Features, Politics, Jul 1, 2010
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The Long Middle Finger of the Law
Mark Weinberg, who's sued the city on behalf of panhandlers and public urinators, is pissed off about a parking ticket.
- News & Features, Feature, Dec 10, 2009
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Shedding Light on the Shadow Budget
The TIF budget we recently pried from the city's grip reveals drastic inequities in how the money's spent.
- News & Features, Politics, Apr 28, 2011
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Ricardo Munoz, 22nd Ward
- 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
- News & Features, Politics, Jan 24, 2008
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Mell Family Politics
Richard Mell strikes a deal to push his daughter Deborah into the statehouse—and independent-leaning Iris Martinez out.
- News & Features, Politics, Jun 3, 2010
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The Police Torture Scandal: A Who's Who
1. The Ringleader: Jon Burge
- News & Features, Feature, Jan 31, 2008
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Ward Committeeman: The Whistle-Blower
If the chips fall right, fired city worker Frank Coconate could find himself in office.
- News & Features, The Arts, Sep 24, 2009
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They Didn't Think of the Children
D. Bradford Hunt's new book on the Chicago Housing Authority attributes the failure of high-rise housing projects to a "concentration of people under 21 years old [that] was unprecedented in the urban experience."
- News & Features, Politics, Mar 3, 2011
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How Ameya Pawar Bowled Over 47th Ward
Joravsky gladly eats crow after young upstart busts machine
- News & Features, 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.
- News & Features, Politics, Aug 13, 2009
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The Chicago Reader TIF Archive
Articles on Chicago's TIF (tax increment financing) districts.
- News & Features, Politics, Nov 25, 2010
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Do the Math
If housing prices are in the tank, and property taxes are based on property values, why are my property taxes going up?
- News & Features, Politics, Jan 13, 2011
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The Hidden Hands
In every successful campaign—and every dud—pros are masterminding and organizing from offstage. Meet the people behind six mayoral candidates.
- News & Features, Politics, Apr 28, 2011
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Pat Dowell, 3rd Ward
- News & Features, Politics, Jun 2, 2011
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Charter school fights teacher organizing—and "public school" label
