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News & Politics, Politics Jun 1, 2019
Lightfoot’s first council meeting excites but sheds little light on procedures

What’s going on in the City Council? Still hard to say!
- By Maya Dukmasova
- Tags: Politics, Lori Lightfoot, Mayor Lightfoot, City Council, Chicago City Council, Rossana Rodriguez-Sanchez, Fran Spielman, John Kass, Scott Waguespack, Ed Burke, Byron Sigcho-Lopez, Emma Mitts, Anthony Napolitano, Nicholas Sposato, Tom Tunney, Stephanie Coleman, Anna Valencia, George Blakemore, Michelle Harris, Brendan Reilly, Gilbert Villegas, Walter Burnett Jr., Matthew O’Shea, George Cardenas, Ray Lopez, Pat Dowell, Carrie Austin, Roderick Sawyer, Proco Joe Moreno, Howard Brookins Jr., Michael Scott Jr., James Cappleman, Danny Solis, Susan Sadlowski Garza, Patrick O’Connor, Chris Taliaferro, Ariel Reboyras, Joe Moore, Harry Osterman, Michele Smith, Daniel La Spata, Anthony Beale, Cleopatra Watson, Amy Abramson, Lincoln Yards

News & Politics, Feature Feb 14, 2018
Black pols stuck in the Democratic machine’s spin cycle explain themselves

Here's why they're still standing behind J.B. Pritzker.
- By Adeshina Emmanuel
- Tags: Feature, J.B. Pritzker, Jesse White, Michael Scott, Roderick Sawyer, Eugene Sawyer, City Council Black Caucus, Walter Burnett, Emma Mitts, Anthony Beale

Blogs, Bleader Nov 10, 2017
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Cubs, Blackhawks, large concert venues are not fans of Emanuel's concert ticket tax increase, and other Chicago news

Also, the City Council approved a $95 million police training academy despite a plea from Chance the Rapper.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Chicago, Illinois, Chicago Cubs, Chicago Blackhawks, Rahm Emanuel, concert venues, live music, Chance the Rapper, City Council, Chicago Police Department, Civilian Office of Police Accountability, Ed Burke, Anthony Beale, bar openings, darts, Point & Feather, Anthony Rizzo, Anthony Rizzo Family Foundation, Lurie Children's Hospital, Roberto Clemente, MLB, baseball, Video

Blogs, Bleader Aug 31, 2017
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Grand jury still weighing more indictments in the Laquan McDonald case, and other Chicago news

Also, the Field Museum is giving Sue her own private suite.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Chicago, Illinois, Laquan McDonald, Patricia Brown Holmes, Chicago Police Department, Jesse Jackson Jr., Sandi Jackson, Garry McCarthy, Sue the T. rex, Field Museum, dinosaurs, Chance the Rapper, restaurant openings, SocialWorks, Nando's, City Council, Anthony Beale, ride-sharing, Uber, Lyft, Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams, the Park at Wrigley, Wrigley Field, Chicago Cubs, Jeni Britton Bauer, Video

Columns & Opinion, On Transportation Aug 21, 2017
Some Italian-Americans in Chicago say they ‘fiercely oppose’ renaming Balbo Drive

Responding to a campaign to remove tributes to the Mussolini henchman, some Chicagoans defend Italo Balbo’s legacy.
- By John Greenfield
- Tags: Transportation, Italo Balbo, Benito Mussolini, Balbo Monument, Soldier Field, Fascism, Charlottesville, Italian Americans, Don Fiore, Dominic DiFrisco, George Randazzo, Margaret Laurino, Nicholas Sposato, Brendan Reilly, Sophia King, Anthony Beale, Gilbert Villegas, Ameya Pawar, Walter Santi

Blogs, Bleader Mar 8, 2017
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Rauner doesn't think the GOP's Obamacare replacement plan will work in Illinois, and other Chicago news

Also, the Chicago Jewish Day School was evacuated because of a bomb threat.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Chicago, Medicaid, health insurance, Obamacare, Bruce Rauner, Illinois, Chicago Jewish Day School, hate crimes, Cook County, taxes, business, Peter Roskam, City Club of Chicago, Anthony Beale, Broadway, Audra McDonald, Steppenwolf Theatre, concerts, musical theater, Video

Blogs, Bleader Dec 8, 2016
Rahm Emanuel had ‘frank, direct, and honest’ meeting with Donald Trump, and other Chicago news

Also, Alderman Anthony Beale is proposing major reforms to the honorary street-sign program.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Donald Trump, Rahm Emanuel, immigration issues, New York City, Chicago, Anthony Beale, Trump International Hotel and Tower, City Council, Bruce Rauner, Exelon, energy, nuclear energy, ComEd, Englewood, gun violence, holidays

Blogs, Bleader Oct 26, 2016
The last and final ‘Trump Plaza’ sign will be removed, and other Chicago news

Also, hacked WikiLeaks e-mails show that the Clinton campaign weighed attacking Rahm.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Donald Trump, City Council, Trump International Hotel and Tower, Brendan Reilly, Anthony Beale, Hillary Clinton, John Podesta, Rahm Emanuel, Bernie Sanders, Election 2016, Cher, Mel Reynolds, Bruce Rauner, John Kasich, Chicago Cubs

Blogs, Bleader Jun 24, 2016
The transcript of Mayor Rahm Emanuel's deposition regarding his security detail is out, and other Chicago news

Also, even Ashton Kutcher couldn't convince the City Council not to pass Airbnb regulations.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Police Department, City Council, Airbnb, Ashton Kutcher, Michele Smith, Red Line, domestic violence, Dennis Hastert, U.S. House of Representatives, Uber, Lyft, Anthony Beale

Blogs, Bleader Apr 6, 2016
Overtime cost the Chicago Police Department more than $116 million in 2015, and other news

Also, test your constitutional law knowledge with one of Professor Barack Obama’s final exams.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, spring weather, Chicago Police Department, gun violence, Anthony Beale, Chicago crime, winter weather, University of Chicago, University of Chicago Law School, Barack Obama, Stephen Colbert, Nick Offerman, Second City, Minooka, weddings

Columns & Opinion, On Transportation Dec 16, 2015
Altgeld Gardens residents campaign for better pedestrian facilities

Will a new plan finally bring a sidewalk to 130th Street?
- By John Greenfield
- Tags: Transportation, pedestrian infrastructure, Deloris Lucas, Anthony Beale, 9th Ward, Riverdale community area, CDOT, IDOT, CTA, Chicago Housing Authority, Golden Gate, Eden Green, STAC, transportation, transit, Altgeld Gardens, public housing

Blogs, Bleader May 29, 2014
City Council approves rideshare regulations

A victory for rideshare companies is a blow to the taxi industry.
- By Gwynedd Stuart
- Tags: Transportation, Technology, News, rideshare, uber, lyft, city council, ordinance, regulation, proco joe moreno, anthony beale, taxi, cab, drivers, walmart, hb 4075

Columns & Opinion, On Politics Dec 3, 2013
The mayor gets the City Council to bury the elected school board issue (again)

But members of the city's progressive caucus are determined to keep the elected school board issue alive.
- By Ben Joravsky
- Tags: Ben Joravsky on Politics, Jitu Brown, elected schoolboard, Chicago Board of Education, Chicago Public Schools, CPS, Kenwood Oakland Community Organization, City Council, progressive caucus, elections, advisory referendums, Rahm Emanuel, Ed Burke, James Balcer, Anthony Beale, Barbara Byrd-Bennett, TIFs, tax increment financing, Michelle Harris, Pat Quinn, Robert Fioretti

Blogs, Bleader Sep 12, 2013
New Walmart subsidized with millions of taxpayer dollars—and some residents are thrilled

The largest corporation in the world is hailed in a neighborhood desperate for jobs.
- By Mick Dumke
- Tags: Neighborhoods, Politics, News, Walmart, Rahm Emanuel, Anthony Beale, Pullman, Roseland, Richard M. Daley, Chicago politics, economic development, TIFs, tax increment financing, schools, school closings, unemployment, civil rights

Columns & Opinion, On Politics Apr 9, 2013
The lessons of Jane Byrne

Even in Chicago, an unknown on a kamikaze mission can end up winning the mayor's office.
- By Ben Joravsky
- Tags: Ben Joravsky on Politics, Jane Byrne, Roger Ebert, Rahm Emanuel, Toni Preckwinkle, Michael Bilandic, Wilson Frost, Bill Granger, Lori Granger, Fighting Jane, Eddie Burke, Anthony Beale, City Hall, Stacy Davis Gates, Chicago Teachers Union, Harold Washington

Columns & Opinion, On Politics Mar 12, 2013
Charities drowning in city water fees

Mayor Emanuel sticks it to the poor to collect a few million bucks a year.
- By Ben Joravsky
- Tags: Ben Joravsky on Politics, Diana Faust, Robert Fioretti, revenue, budget committee, Carrie Austin, Richard Mell, Rey Colon, parking meters, school closings, Misericordia, Rosemary Connelly, water bill exemption, water bills, water fees, Timothy Cullerton, Pat O'Connor, Margaret Laurino, Franciscan Outreach, Will Burns, Anthony Beale, George Cardenas, Marty Quinn, Michele Smith, Harry Osterman, Debra Silverstein, Danny Solis, Ray Suarez, Matthew O'Shea, charities, homeless shelters, homelessness, Rahm Emanuel, bills, fees, city services, water, nonprofits, Richard M. Daley, University of Chicago, Northwestern University, Kevin Ford, St. Paul Church of God in Christ, churches, Meigs Field, City Council

News & Politics, Feature Jul 3, 2012
How Chicago said yes to pot

The politics behind our new marijuana law
- By Mick Dumke and Ben Joravsky
- Tags: Feature, Anthony Beale, cannabis, Danny Solis, drug bust, drug war, Ed Burke, Garry McCarthy, grass gap, James Balcer, John Fritchey, Kathleen Kane-Willis, marijauna decriminalization, marijuana, Nicholas Sposato, pot politics, Rahm Emanuel, The Reefer, the Reefer Reader, Toni Preckwinkle, violent crime, Walter Burnett Jr., Willie Cochran

Blogs, Bleader Jun 21, 2012
Aldermen say yes to pot law changes

Rahm Emanuel's decriminalization proposal moves forward
- By Mick Dumke
- Tags: Crime, The Reefer, Politics, News, Anthony Beale, arrests, Brendan Reilly, cannabis, Chicago City Council, Chicago Police Department, Chicago politics, Danny Solis, decriminalization, Ed Burke, Garry McCarthy, James Balcer, marijuana, Nicholas Sposato, possession, pot, Rahm Emanuel, tickets, Walter Burnett Jr.

Columns & Opinion, On Politics May 9, 2012
Mayor Emanuel's dumping ground?

The city may be maneuvering to lift its moratorium on landfills
- By Ben Joravsky
- Tags: Ben Joravsky on Politics, recycling, garbage, Rahm Emanuel, Pat Quinn, Millenium Reserve, Lake Michigan, Anthony Beale, City Council, landfills, Peggy Salazar, Southeast Environmental Task Force, Thomas Geselbracht, Land and Lakes, waste disposal, Waste Management

Blogs, Bleader Aug 25, 2011
Faced with a cop shortage, some officials look to private policing
- By Mick Dumke
- Tags: Crime, Politics, Clout City, News, privatization, SSAs, special service areas, police, Chicago Police Department, Roderick Sawyer, Sixth Ward, Chatham, Garry McCarthy, Eric Carter, Marquette Park, Roseland, Anthony Beale, John Pope, Ninth Ward, Tenth Ward, security guards, crime, Chicago

Blogs, Bleader Jun 6, 2011
New police chief sets out to show he's not the old police chief
- By Mick Dumke
- Tags: Crime, Politics, Clout City, News, Garry McCarthy, City Council, Jody Weis, Richard Mell, Phil Cline, Ray Suarez, James Balcer, Willie Cochran, Anthony Beale, aldermen, Chicago City Council

Blogs, Bleader Apr 26, 2011
More on Burke and Rahm; aka, Committee Assignment Process Will Signal Whether Aldermen Are Legislators or Lackeys
- By Mick Dumke
- Tags: Politics, Clout City, Chicago politics, Chicago City Council, Rahm Emanuel, Anthony Beale, Ed Burke, finance committee, police and fire committee, committees, transportation committee

Blogs, Bleader Apr 22, 2011
Mayor Daley Continues Effort to Convince Us the City Hasn't Gone Into the Toilet
- By Mick Dumke
- Tags: Politics, Clout City, Richard M. Daley, mayor, Chicago politics, Rahm Emanuel, Earth Day, green mayor, Suzanne Malec-McKenna, Anthony Beale, Roseland, Ninth Ward, recycling, climate change, climate action plan, Neighborhood Appreciation Tour

Blogs, Bleader Jul 26, 2010
Chatham Walmart Heads to Full City Council

The finance committee pushes the city's third Walmart through with one dissenting vote.
- By Hunter Clauss
- Tags: Politics, Clout City, Walmart, Howard Brookins, Anthony Beale, Joe Moore, Mayor Daley, Gyata Kimmons, Chatham, Pullman

News & Politics, Politics Jul 15, 2010
You Can Buy Love

Who paid pro-Walmart demonstrators $100 apiece?
- By Max Brooks
- Tags: Politics, Walmart, Anthony Beale, Wal-Mart, TWO, The Woodlawn Organization, Georgette Greenlee-Finney, Leon Finney Jr., Aaron Garel

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