- News & Features, Politics, Apr 1, 2010
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Do as We Say, Not as We Do
The Chicago Public Schools are broke. Teachers have been asked to share the pain. Coaches have been asked to work for free. Bigger class sizes have been threatened. So why are CEO Ron Huberman and other top bureaucrats taking raises?
- 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, 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, Apr 13, 2011
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Stacking the Odds in Favor of Charter Schools
Charters unload problem students onto neighboring public schools - then reap the benefits.
- News & Features, Politics, Mar 31, 2011
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Ben Joravsky's Guide to the Aldermanic Runoffs
Chicagoans will choose their City Council representatives in 14 wards on Tuesday. Here's a close-up look at five of the races.
- News & Features, Politics, Aug 12, 2010
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The Vanishing Beat Cop
Thanks to an old budget trick, Chicago has even fewer police on the streets than it appears.
- News & Features, Politics, Jun 2, 2011
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Charter school fights teacher organizing—and "public school" label
- News & Features, Politics, Aug 19, 2009
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The Real Estate King of the Chicago City Council
Brand-new 26th Ward alderman Roberto Maldonado owns more properties than any other council rep—including ten in his own ward. That's a lot of potential conflicts of interest.
- News & Features, Politics, Apr 28, 2011
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James Cappleman, 46th Ward
- News & Features, Politics, Jul 8, 2010
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Under the Gun
Aldermen rush through a gun-control law they've barely read to replace a gun-control law nobody seems to have enforced. Who really benefits? Mayor Daley.
- News & Features, Politics, Sep 2, 2010
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Define "Redefinition"
Exemplary art teacher Sunny Neater-DuBow was fired without due process because CPS says her job has been redefined. So why is her exact job now posted as an opening?
- 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, Mar 17, 2011
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What's Next for Chicago Public Schools?
Now that CEO Ron Huberman is gone, the next step will be Rahm's.
- 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, 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, Jul 29, 2010
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The Picture Police
Do festivals like Pitchfork and Lollapalooza have the right to restrict photography in a public park?
- News & Features, Politics, Apr 15, 2010
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A Raise by Any Other Name
Schools officials say that while top brass are getting paid more than they used to, that doesn't mean they've gotten raises.
- News & Features, Politics, Jan 7, 2010
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Independent of What?
How Alderman Gene Schulter and north-side party regulars engineered an IVI-IPO endorsement for their candidate Dan Farley
- 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, Politics, May 27, 2010
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Less Is More at CPS
Schools CEO Ron Huberman says he's cut 50 administrators from the central office. But records show he's added almost as many—at higher salaries.
