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Editorial: 24 aldermen rushed to praise new meter deal
Aldermen, have your heads stopped spinning over all the details in that McCormick Place/Navy Pier megadeal announced Thursday? If so, we have some questions for you. No, not about that megadeal. About the last megadeal. The one on revising the parking...
Tags: Deborah Graham, Carrie Austin, Patrick J. O'Connor, Latasha Thomas, Politics
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State turns off UNO money spigot after charter school scandal
State officials have temporarily halted funding to the United Neighborhood Organization, contending the large charter school operator violated terms of a $98 million grant by hiring contractors who are related to one of the group's top executives. The...
Tags: Government, Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, Chicago City Hall, Edward M. Burke, Regional Authority
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Anxiety grows as CPS releases preliminary school closings list
Tribune reportersAfter trimming the number of schools that could be closed to 129, Mayor Rahm Emanuel's school administration has entered the latest and what is likely to be the most intense phase so far in trying to determine which schools should be shut. Chicago Public...Tags: Students, Chicago City Hall, Chicago Police Department, Chicago Charter Schools, Chicago Public Schools
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Some aldermen want charter school moratorium
Clout StreetA group of aldermen are calling for a moratorium on new charter schools starting in 2014 in Chicago, arguing it doesn't make sense to add new charter seats at a time the city is considering closing public schools that don't have enough students. "It's...Tags: Charter Schools, Public Schools, Pat Dowell, Credit and Debt, Chicago Public Schools
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Ald. Sandi Jackson resigns from Chicago City Council
Clout StreetAfter weeks of rumors and equally strenuous denials, Sandi Jackson resigned as Chicago's 7th Ward alderman Friday, the latest chapter in the stunning, scandal-laced downfall of what had been one of the city's most prominent and powerful political duos....Tags: U.S. Congress, Local Elections, Religion and Belief, Local Government, Politics
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City Council signs off on Emanuel's billboard plan
Tribune reporterThe City Council today approved Mayor Rahm Emanuel's plan to allow a conglomerate to build nearly three dozen digital billboards along city expressways in exchange for a lease of at least 20 years. The deal with Interstate-JCDecaux passed 43-6. It had...Tags: John Arena, Pat Dowell, Rahm Emanuel, Robert Fioretti, Ameya Pawar
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Chicago City Council approves bulk electricity buying plan 50-0
Clout StreetThe Chicago City Council today unanimously voted to approve a deal for the city to buy electricity in bulk on behalf of residents and small businesses. The 50-0 vote gives Mayor Rahm Emanuel permission to ink the deal with Integrys Energy Services as...Tags: Government, Petroleum Industry, Local Government, Coal, Politics
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City Council's Latino aldermen form issues group
Clout StreetEmboldened by the political strength it gained through this year’s City Council remap, Latino aldermen and their allies said Monday that they are taking steps to form two non-profit organizations that will push their issues and dole out...Tags: Charity, Edward M. Burke, Religion and Belief, Local Elections, Business
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CEO pushes to gain power for Latinos, UNO charter school network
Tribune staff reporterAs America's banking system began to freeze in mid-2008, Juan Rangel's nonprofit United Neighborhood Organization was in trouble. Because of a gubernatorial funding veto, the Latino group, which runs one of Chicago's largest charter school networks,...Tags: Environmental Issues, Chicago Charter Schools, University of Illinois at Chicago, Politics, Proco Joe Moreno
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Ex-aldermen, former Cook Co. commissioner charged with bribery
Tribune reportersFormer Cook County Commissioner Joseph Mario Moreno and ex-Chicago Ald. Ambrosio Medrano have been charged with bribery, federal officials said today. Moreno, who was first elected to the County Board in 1994 but lost re-election in 2010, was charged...Tags: Prisons, Local Elections, Elections, Crimes, Punishment
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Chicago decriminalizes small amounts of marijuana
KIAHPretty soon people in Chicago will be able to smoke marijuana without getting arrested. That’s because Chicago has a pot problem, but not the way you might think. 'Everybody knew the jig was up. The only people that were paying for it were the...Tags: Police Arrests, Rahm Emanuel, Roberto Maldonado, John Pope, Chicago Mayor
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Emanuel pot ticket plan gets past council committee
Tribune reportersMayor Rahm Emanuel’s plan to issue tickets rather than make arrests for possession of small amounts of marijuana was advanced by a panel of aldermen today following a buzz saw of skepticism, setting the stage for final approval at next week’...Tags: Garry McCarthy, Local Government, Punishment, Fines, Cook County Board of Commissioners
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