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Family-supporting jobs could be threatened in a longtime manufacturing district, while many issues remain unresolved following the dismissal of a lawsuit challenging the Lincoln Yards TIF district.
September 19, 2019 | https://www.chicagoreporter.com/questions-still-loom-on-lincoln-yards-and-tif/Chicago officials are accused of manipulating the process for the megaproject to qualify for $1.3 billion in financing from the city.
August 28, 2019 | https://www.chicagoreporter.com/step-back-and-reassess-rushed-lincoln-yards-tif-groups-say-in-lawsuit/With a new mayor and a lawsuit challenging the Lincoln Yards TIF, basic questions about the future of the industrial corridor may be open again.
April 25, 2019 | https://www.chicagoreporter.com/where-will-the-jobs-go-next-chapter-in-lincoln-yards-saga-offers-few-answers/Lone Star Funds, one of two major investors in the TIF-backed Lincoln Yards project, has a business model that aggressively drives up foreclosures and evictions in low-income communities, according to reports.
April 4, 2019 | https://www.chicagoreporter.com/lincoln-yards-investor-lone-star-funds-accused-of-predatory-lending/Despite widespread opposition and scandal with involved parties at City Hall, the project could still gain approval and cost taxpayers billions.
January 24, 2019 | https://www.chicagoreporter.com/lincoln-yards-and-the-lords-of-chicago/The outgoing mayor’s agenda to advance Lincoln Yards, the 78, and a new police academy shows no break with his record of ignoring community and ethical concerns to subsidize gentrification.
March 7, 2019 | https://www.chicagoreporter.com/in-final-act-emanuel-cements-legacy-of-tolerating-corruption-promoting-segregation/By moving to finance the Lincoln Yards project and expand TIF, the lame-duck mayor cements his legacy of diverting tax dollars away from the pressing needs facing the city.
November 29, 2018 | https://www.chicagoreporter.com/emanuel-shores-up-downtown-development-on-his-way-out/Heated rhetoric in the race between Lori Lightfoot and Toni Preckwinkle obscures consensus on a broad range of policy proposals.
March 29, 2019 | https://www.chicagoreporter.com/a-perplexed-progressives-guide-to-chicagos-mayoral-election/Longtime Ald. Patrick O’Connor, forced into a runoff for the first time, faces progressive challenger Andre Vasquez – and his record as a mayoral loyalist may not help him.
March 14, 2019 | https://www.chicagoreporter.com/an-appetite-for-independence-in-the-40th-ward/Candidates for the South Side ward agree on community needs, but will the next alderman stick around long enough to see them through? History says no.
February 22, 2019 | https://www.chicagoreporter.com/high-turnover-of-aldermen-stymies-development-in-chicagos-7th-ward/