- 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
- News & Features, Feature, Jun 28, 2012
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The mayor's millionaire club, part II
A look at Rahm Emanuel's calendar shows how wealth and access, far more than party identity or ideology, have come to comand the attention of politicians—leaving everyday people out of the conversation
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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.
- 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, 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, 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, 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.
- Blogs, Bleader, Mar 9, 2010
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The Mayor's Announcing His Aldermanic Picks, and We Don't Get to See Who Applied—Yet
The city is forced to reveal the names of everyone who applied for the open aldermanic seats in the First and 29th wards—but not until after Mayor Daley has appointed people to fill them.
- 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.
- News & Features, 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 & 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 19, 2009
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Money for the taking
The city explains--in a manner of speaking--why it has so little evidence that it monitored its $10 million TIF deal with Republic Windows and Doors.
- Blogs, Bleader, Aug 8, 2007
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Full and complete information
Summer gets in the way of the Freedom of Information Act.
- Blogs, Bleader, Jun 1, 2007
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Who kiboshed the Open Government Act?
Secret Senator Kyl lies low.
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