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IRS scandal a reminder of how I learned about The Chicago Way
The Internal Revenue Service scandal now devouring the Obama administration — the outrageous use of the federal taxing authority to target tea party and other conservatives — certainly makes for meaty partisan politics. But this scandal is...Tags: Politics, Wrigley Field, Rahm Emanuel, Business, Heroin
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Editorial: Mayor Difficult -- Has Emanuel alienated Chicagoans?
Early in 2011, Candidate Rahm Emanuel warned Chicagoans that their City Hall had to fix its finances or risk entering into eternal rest. The distance from broke government to broken government, he observed, is short: Without restoring financial health,...
Tags: Chicago Police Department, Politics, Garry McCarthy, Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Public Schools
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Kass: Mayor's shell game should have taxpayers clutching their wallets
I've got a feeling that in some weird, alternate universe, Mayor Rahm Emanuel is making a decent living playing hide-the-pea. You know the game, don't you? First, you put your money down. Then Mr. Misdirection places a pea under one of three cups....
Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Chicago Public Schools, Basketball, Rahm Emanuel, Sports
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Emanuel returns donation from tech firm lobbyist
Mayor Rahm Emanuel has returned a $10,000 campaign donation from a lobbyist for a tech firm disqualified from a city program this week after the Tribune raised questions about potential violations of the mayor's self-imposed limits on political...
Tags: Politics, Lobbying, Rahm Emanuel, Elections, Chicago Mayor
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City contract seekers donate to Emanuel despite his own ban
Leaders of a tech firm seeking a city contract donated $15,000 to Mayor Rahm Emanuel's campaign fund, despite Emanuel's own executive order banning contributions from vendors trying to get city business. The donations linked to a company that uses...
Tags: Advertising, Politics, Marketing, Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Mayor
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Tracy City eyes $300,000 loan for downtown project
Chattanooga Times Free Press, Tenn.Tracy City, Tenn., officials will meet Friday to discuss a $300,000 loan that could be put with $1.2 million in grant money to fund major portions of an unprecedented townwide face-lift. Alderman Seth Layne said a clock is ticking on some of the grant... -
Poll: Voters root for neither Ricketts nor rooftops
Chicago voters in a Tribune/WGN poll have a message for Cubs executives and Wrigleyville rooftop owners locked in a feud over the team's proposed ballpark overhaul: A plague on both your houses. Nearly half said they side with neither the Cubs nor the...
Tags: Advertising, Jefferson Park, Politics, Wrigley Field, Rahm Emanuel
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East Grand Forks taps veteran city staffer for interim city administrator
Grand Forks HeraldKarl Lindquist has kept an eye on East Grand Forks city government from several angles -- city attorney, alderman and newspaper reporter. Starting Monday, he will be at City Hall's epicenter, as the interim city administrator. In a special meeting...Tags: Local Government, Science and Technology
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City Hall can't prove red light cameras make streets safer, watchdog says
City Hall cannot back up claims that its controversial red-light camera program is designed to make intersections safer, according to a watchdog's report released Tuesday. Inspector General Joseph Ferguson said the city cannot provide documents to prove...
Tags: Corporate Crime, Rahm Emanuel, Bribery, Richard M. Daley, Chicago Mayor
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Editorial: An independent set of eyes
In the cold light of day, the 2008 contract between the city of Chicago and Chicago Parking Meters LLC looks a lot like a $1.2 billion payday loan. That's the apt observation of freshman Ald. Ameya Pawar, 47th, as the City Council prepares to vote on...
Tags: Illinois General Assembly, Rahm Emanuel, Richard F. Mell, Richard M. Daley, Finance
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Emanuel not getting the jobs done?
Mayor Rahm Emanuel has rolled out a stream of what he's billed as pro-business initiatives and stood with dozens of corporations making jobs announcements during his first two years in office, but a clear majority of voters in a new Tribune/WGN-TV poll...
Tags: Politics, Rahm Emanuel, Marketing, Polls, Business
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Savannah Morning News, Ga., Adam Van Brimmer column
Savannah Morning News, Ga.One man's path to the PTA ... Saxby Chambliss says he's retiring from the United States Senate. Congressman Jack Kingston announces he will run for Chambliss' Senate seat, opening up his spot in the House of Representatives. State Sen. Buddy...Tags: Politics, U.S. House of Representatives, Lawyers, PTA, Crime, Law and Justice
May 19, 2013
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May 19, 2013
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May 17, 2013
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May 16, 2013
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May 16, 2013
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May 16, 2013
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May 15, 2013
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May 15, 2013
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May 15, 2013
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May 13, 2013
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May 13, 2013
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