- Blogs, Bleader, Nov 30, 2012
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Here comes another city privatization deal forged behind closed doors
Chicago aldermen are poised to sign off on Rahm Emanuel's no-bid billboard plan
- Blogs, Bleader, Dec 2, 2011
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The most transparent government Chicago has ever seen, part 2
Part two of transparency in the Emanuel administration: The labyrinthine and fruitless act of submitting FOIA requests.
- Blogs, Bleader, Dec 1, 2011
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The most transparent government Chicago has ever seen, part 1
Part one of the gradually disappearing transparency in the Emanuel administration.
- Blogs, Bleader, Nov 2, 2011
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Mayor Emanuel is transparent about plans to keep his meeting schedule secret
- News & Features, Feature, Jul 21, 2011
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Charter schools report card
How Chicago's charters responded to our FOIA, from "didn't even bother with a lame excuse" to "gold star!"
- News & Features, Feature, Jul 21, 2011
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Public schools, private budgets
Charter schools are the fastest-growing part of Chicago's public education system, but how they spend our tax money is mostly a secret
- News & Features, Politics, Jun 10, 2010
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The Battle Before the War
Before the teachers' union can fight layoffs and pay cuts, it has to resolve an internal struggle.
- News & Features, Politics, May 20, 2010
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The Shadow Budget: Who Wins in Daley's TIF Game
The economic development funds are supposed to go to neighborhoods that need it. Guess where they're really going. For the first time ever: how the city spends TIF funds, ward by ward
- News & Features, Media, Apr 29, 2010
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What the Old Media Owes the New Media
A citizen journalist is smarting from a slight by Chicago Tonight.
- News & Features, Politics, Mar 18, 2010
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Who Wants to Be an Alderman?
In a showy nod to transparency, Mayor Daley called for applications to fill two midterm vacancies in the City Council. But the real selection process was as opaque as ever.
- News & Features, 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
- Blogs, Bleader, Nov 13, 2009
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On the FOIA Front
- News & Features, 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.
- Blogs, Bleader, Aug 12, 2009
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Budgetary Roundup
- News & Features, Politics, May 21, 2009
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FAIL, Part Two: One BILLION Dollars!
New evidence suggests Chicago leased out its parking meters for a fraction of what they’re worth.
- Blogs, Bleader, Mar 27, 2009
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We're the city that works, not the city that actually documents anything
City Hall and City Council are hugely skeptical of oversight, and transparency, but willing and happy to be transparent about a lack of oversight.
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