- 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
- Blogs, Bleader, Dec 16, 2012
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Happy Hanukkah from Mayor Rahm and the City Council!
The City Council struggles to find new and innovative ways to suck up to Mayor Rahm as they pass his digital billboard deal even though they know next to nothing about it
- News & Features, Feature, Dec 12, 2012
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City for sale
The city has put a price tag on everything from parking meters to CTA stops, billboards to city departments. But what's the real cost of plastering our public space with ads?
- News & Features, Ben Joravsky on Politics, Dec 5, 2012
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A development in sheep’s clothing
The three-tower project at Wolf Point looks like the latest big real estate deal shepherded through City Hall
- Blogs, Bleader, Nov 16, 2012
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Why your alderman (and mine) always votes yes on the Chicago city budget
Analysis of the latest rubber-stamp budget vote by the Chicago City Council
- Blogs, Bleader, Oct 19, 2012
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City sheds hundreds more jobs in black and Hispanic neighborhoods
Black and Hispanic neighborhoods bear the brunt of Mayor Emanuel's belt tightening
- Blogs, Bleader, Sep 6, 2012
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Public safety committee meeting avoids discussion of public safety
As the violence continues in Chicago, aldermen target phony military heroes
- News & Features, Ben Joravsky on Politics, Aug 1, 2012
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Moore and Emanuel block elected school board
Longtime independent Joe Moore helps Mayor Emanuel stall the movement for an elected school board
- Blogs, Bleader, Jul 18, 2012
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On meter deal, legal action speaks louder than words
As Mayor Emanuel blasts the parking meter deal, city lawyers fight to keep it in place
- News & Features, Sidebar, Jun 28, 2012
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Pull up a chair
Fifteen of the donors and insiders who got access to Rahm Emanuel
- Blogs, Bleader, May 31, 2012
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The case of the nebulous NATO grant funds
And again: Chicago still hasn't received any federal money for NATO summit
- News & Features, Ben Joravsky on Politics, May 9, 2012
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Mayor Emanuel's dumping ground?
The city may be maneuvering to lift its moratorium on landfills
- News & Features, Ben Joravsky on Politics, Apr 25, 2012
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The man who wasn't afraid of the mayor
Bill Lavicka didn't just preserve old buildings.
He also showed how to fight City Hall.
- Blogs, Bleader, Apr 11, 2012
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19 million promises, but still no money
The city of Chicago still hasn’t received any federal funds for the NATO summit
- News & Features, Politics, Apr 11, 2012
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The trust fund mayor
Rahm Emanuel has big plans for rebuilding Chicago's infrastructure. Wish we knew what they were.
- Blogs, Bleader, Mar 14, 2012
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Painting the picture of an efficient operation
The race to bring Cook County court records into the modern world
- Blogs, Bleader, Mar 5, 2012
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G8 moving to Camp David = one less summit to protest
It's clear that to Mayor Emanuel, this was a big fucking bummer.
- Blogs, Bleader, Feb 22, 2012
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Chicago has yet to receive a dime from the feds for NATO and G8
The city has yet to receive any grant money to prepare for the summits in May
- News & Features, Feature, Feb 16, 2012
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Your NATO/G8 primer
Everything you wanted to know about hosting international summits but were afraid to ask
- Blogs, Bleader, Jan 27, 2012
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My mixed luck with aldermen
Chicago aldermen have ranged from the corrupt and the racist to the gallant mavericks
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