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News & Politics, Feature Mar 21, 2019
Warning bells

With a Democrat in the governor's office, Metra expects to finally get an influx of cash—but will it be enough to make up for the years-long backlog?
- By Mari Cohen and City Bureau
- Tags: Feature, News, Transportation, Metra, CTA, Chicago, cars, mass transit, el, Facebook

Blogs, Bleader Jul 5, 2017
Video
The two-year Illinois budget stalemate is expected to end this week with a house vote, and other Chicago news

Also, the New York Daily News slams Rahm's "DUMB TRACK MIND."
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Chicago, Illinois, state budget impasse, Springfield, Illinois General Assembly, Illinois house of representatives, Illinois senate, Bruce Rauner, Mike Madigan, John Cullerton, Bill Brady, Standard and Poor's, Rahm Emanuel, New York City, New York Daily News, Chicago Transit Authority, New York Times, mass transit, Chicago Public Schools, Karen Lewis, Chicago Teachers Union, Chicago Police Department, guns, drugs, police raids, DMK Restaurants, environment, Chicago Cubs, Wade Davis, Kris Bryant, MLB, All-Star Game, Avisail Garcia, Chicago White Sox, Video

Blogs, Bleader Jul 4, 2017
Video
Emanuel urges Trump to increase federal gas tax, stop slamming Chicago, and other Chicago news

Also, Standard & Poor's calls the Illinois house's actions a "crucial step" to end budget stalemate.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Chicago, Illinois, Rahm Emanuel, Donald Trump, New York City, Washington D.C., Chicago Transit Authority, mass transit, Standard & Poor's, state budget impasse, Illinois General Assembly, Illinois House of Representatives, Illinois senate, Federal Bureau of Investigation, fireworks, Fourth of July, Cook County, taxes, sugary beverage tax, refugees, Peterson Garden Project, Girl Forward, cooking, Video

Arts & Culture, Feature Oct 2, 2013
The migration of the hipster

A Chicago history, 1898-present
- By Aimee Levitt
- Tags: Feature, hipsters, Flat Iron Building, Bridgeport, neighborhoods, New York Times, next Seattle, Richard Lloyd, Jeff Huebner, history, Real World, Ed Marszewski, Lumpen Times, Liz Phair, Urge Overkill, Veruca Salt, Smashing Pumpkins, Tom Handley, Joe Judd, Shane Bugbee, Elliot Dicks, gentrification, Clem Jaskot Jr., Phyllis' Musical Inn, bars, Gold Star Bar, Nelson Algren, Wicker Park, HotHouse, Double Door, Pontiac, Subterranean, Flat Iron Building, Myopic Books, Quimby's Bookstore, Autonomous Zone Infoshop, Buys Bee, Earwax Cafe, Urbus Orbis, commercialization, bohemia, brohemia, Sarah Crawford, Fine Arts Building, artists' colonies, coffeehouses, nightclubs, The Little Room, South Loop, artists, tea, Auditorium Hotel, Ralph Clarkson, Henry Blake Fuller, George Ade, Hamlin Garland, Lorado Taft, Jane Addams, Bertha Palmer, Jackson Park, Hyde Park, Midway Studios, Floyd Dell, Evening Post, Evening Post's Friday Literary Review, Paul Durica, Margery Currey, salons, Sherwood Anderson, Edgar Lee Masters, Carl Sandburg, Ben Hecht, Margaret Anderson, The Little Review, Richard Lloyd, Chicago winters, Towertown, Bauhaus, Bauhaus School, River North, Maxwell Bodenheim, them restaurants, Gold Coast House of Correction, Big John's Coal Scuttle, Jake Loeb, Thomas Dyja, Tree Studios, Prohibition, tearooms, Green Mask, Ballyhoo Cafe, drag shows, Dil Pickle Club, Washington Square Park, Newberry Library, Bughouse Square, Jack Jones, Tooker Place, Mae West, Ben Reitman, Chicago Tribune, alcohol, Charles Collins, Mitchell Dawson, Harriet Monroe, Clarence Darrow, Emma Goldman, Theodore Dreiser, Ring Lardner, Edgar Lee Masters, Joseph Weil, Bill Haywood, Jack Johnson, Chicago Literary Times, Michigan Avenue Bridge, douchebags, yuppies, bros, Alfreda Gordon, Chicago Sunday Times, development, beatniks, hippies, New Yorker, Emily Hahn, Slim Brundage, College of Complexes, Piper's Alley, Lincoln Restaurant, Maury's, Cholly Wendorf, Bill Smith, Steve Goodman, John Prine, Bonnie Koloc, Hairy Who, Will Leonard, University of Chicago, Old Town School of Folk Music, Bill Savage, Northwestern University, Frank Ryan, Norman Mailer, Dee Paira, Gavin Morrison, Rainbo Club, Logan Square, Jason Hammel, Logan Beach, Lula Cafe, Amalea Tshilds, Joe Bryl, Longman & Eagle, Reno, Bang Bang Pie, Parsons Chicken & Fish, Cozy Corner, Cole's Bar, Helen's, Two-Way Lounge, Whirlaway Lounge, The Whistler, Scofflaw, Weegee's Lounge, Logan Square Farmers Market, Dill Pickle Co-Op, Cafe Mustache, New Wave Coffee, Abraham Conlon, Adrienne Lo, Matthias Merges, Jared Wentworth, Paul McGee, Maria Jaimes, Fireside Bowl, The Mutiny, John McDermott, Logan Square Neighborhood Association, Latinos, buying property, Bridgeport, Pilsen, Jason Vincent, Bruce Finkelman, Thalia Hall, Modern Cooperative, furniture stores, Nightwood, Co-Prosperity Sphere, public transportation, mass transit, Version Fest, Mash-Tun Festival

Blogs, Bleader Nov 13, 2007
Train wreck

Illinois' irresponsible Democratic state leaders cost the CTA the price of a new rail car with every "doomsday" they precipitate.
- By Harold Henderson
- Tags: Cta, Politics, Illinois, Mass Transit

Blogs, Bleader Nov 2, 2007
Subways compared

Is mine bigger? Subways compared.
- By Harold Henderson
- Tags: Mass Transit, World comparisons, Seoul

Blogs, Bleader Jan 25, 2007
Grade inflation in transit world

Would you give the CTA a B-minus?
- By Harold Henderson
- Tags: Cta, Chicago, Sustainability, Mass Transit, Conscious Choice

Blogs, Bleader Dec 19, 2006
Playing games with statistics

The Heartland Institute fudges the numbers on home workers vs. transit takers.
- By Harold Henderson
- Tags: Chicago, Heartland Institute, Wendell Cox, Mass Transit, Working At Home

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Warning bells

With a Democrat in the governor's office, Metra expects to finally get an influx of cash—but will it be enough to make up for the years-long backlog?

Video
The two-year Illinois budget stalemate is expected to end this week with a house vote, and other Chicago news

Also, the New York Daily News slams Rahm's "DUMB TRACK MIND."

Video
Emanuel urges Trump to increase federal gas tax, stop slamming Chicago, and other Chicago news

Also, Standard & Poor's calls the Illinois house's actions a "crucial step" to end budget stalemate.

The migration of the hipster

A Chicago history, 1898-present

Train wreck

Illinois' irresponsible Democratic state leaders cost the CTA the price of a new rail car with every "doomsday" they precipitate.

Subways compared

Is mine bigger? Subways compared.

Grade inflation in transit world

Would you give the CTA a B-minus?

Playing games with statistics

The Heartland Institute fudges the numbers on home workers vs. transit takers.

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With a Democrat in the governor's office, Metra expects to finally get an influx of cash—but will it be enough to make up for the years-long backlog?

Also, the New York Daily News slams Rahm's "DUMB TRACK MIND."

Also, Standard & Poor's calls the Illinois house's actions a "crucial step" to end budget stalemate.

A Chicago history, 1898-present

Illinois' irresponsible Democratic state leaders cost the CTA the price of a new rail car with every "doomsday" they precipitate.

Is mine bigger? Subways compared.

Would you give the CTA a B-minus?

The Heartland Institute fudges the numbers on home workers vs. transit takers.

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