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Oct 24, 2017
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Amazon bid includes $2.25 billion in incentives, far less than the $9 billion offered by New Jersey, and other Chicago news
Also, Yelp names the five best Chicago neighborhoods to open a business in.
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Aug 1, 2017
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Notorious Cubs fan Steve Bartman receives a 2016 World Series ring, and other Chicago news
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Nov 11, 2016
Video shows 50-year-old man beaten by group yelling "Don't vote Trump!" and other Chicago news
Also, former GOP Congressman Aaron Schock is indicted.
By Kate Shepherd
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Aug 23, 2016
Dear Governor Rauner: Voter fraud isn’t a thing
Voter fraud is a disproven and even racist myth aimed at voter suppression.
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May 20, 2016
Chicago principals send Mayor Emanuel a strong message with the election of Troy LaRaviere
Chicago's principals show they're tired of playing the role of Rahm's Stepford wives.
By Ben Joravsky
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May 13, 2016
Children in wealthy Chicago neighborhoods are in an 'affluence bubble,' and other news
Also, a survey says Bruce Rauner is the nation's sixth-most unpopular governor.
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Apr 5, 2016
Wrigley Field remains very expensive, and other Chicago news
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Jan 26, 2016
Rauner laments ongoing budget impasse, students anxious about uncertainty at Chicago State University, and other Chicago news
Also, Chris Christie plans a fund-raising stop in Chicago, and OpenGrid gives new access to public data.
By Kate Shepherd
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Dec 17, 2015
The only American right we can't afford to lose, according to the GOP
Republican presidential candidates seem to think that First Amendment rights might have to go—so thank God for the Second.
By Michael Miner
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Bleader
Nov 4, 2014
The election for governor is all about—what else?—money
Who's paid for Pat Quinn and Bruce Rauner to try to win our votes.
By Mick Dumke
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Bleader
Sep 24, 2014
With Chris Christie at his side, Bruce Rauner blames Governor Quinn for corruption and crime
Rauner, the GOP candidate for governor, also says he's open to softening penalties for drug possession
By Mick Dumke
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Apr 8, 2014
Mayor's friend could profit from hotel built with taxpayers' money
Kenneth Griffin, whose firm invested in Marriott, is a top Emanuel donor.
By Ben Joravsky and David Sirota
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Bleader
Jan 10, 2014
In defense of Bruce Rauner
Today's great question is, who's the biggest asshole: Rahm, Rauner, or Christie?
By Ben Joravsky
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Bruce Rauner
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David Brooks
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New York Times
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Ken Davis
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Chicago Public Schools
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Denzel Washington
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Training Day
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Bleader
Nov 13, 2013
Michael Kinsley's takedown of
Double Down
is a plea for plain English
You might like the juicy new account of the 2012 presidential campaign if you can cut through its chasmal noisesomeness.
By Steve Bogira
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Bleader
Nov 6, 2012
Election picks that can't miss, based on years of research and random guesswork
A rundown of likely winners and losers in the big 2012 election
By Mick Dumke
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Bleader
Nov 2, 2012
Your early-voting election guide, plus results of our totally scientific early-voting exit poll
Vote not too early and not too often
By Steve Bogira
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Bleader
Oct 30, 2012
Hurricane Christie lifts Obama
Is Governor Christie a man-made disaster for Romney's presidential hopes?
By Steve Bogira
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On Politics
Sep 5, 2012
With Democrats like these, who needs Republicans?
Rahm Emanuel is currently advancing an agenda that would go over well at a GOP convention
By Ben Joravsky
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New Jersey
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Bleader
Aug 30, 2012
UNO's Juan Rangel does a damn good Chris Christie impression
The state's biggest charter school operator calls the teachers union "totally irresponsible and reckless"
By Mick Dumke
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