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The Chicago Reporter

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Investigating race and poverty since 1972

Tag: Chicago City Council

Posted inCoronavirus

ROUNDUP: Policing and pandemic politics take center stage in Chicago

by Asraa Mustufa June 19, 2020June 23, 2020

The racial reckoning ignited by the police killing of George Floyd played out on city streets and at City Hall as Illinois gradually reopens from COVID-19 restrictions.

Posted inCoronavirus

ROUNDUP: Power plays in COVID-19 fight as peak remains out-of-sight in Chicago and Illinois

by Asraa Mustufa April 23, 2020May 1, 2020
Posted inPerspectives

Chicago on the hook for Lake Michigan dump costs

by Curtis Black February 13, 2020February 19, 2020
Posted inEmployment and Labor, Perspectives, Perspectives: The Powers That Be

Study: Restaurant industry thrives in cities that have eliminated subminimum wage

by Curtis Black November 15, 2019November 15, 2019
Posted inCriminal Justice, Government and Politics, Health, Key Issue, Policy & Finance

Chicago City Council quietly begins push to decriminalize psychedelics

by Josh McGhee October 24, 2019October 29, 2019
Posted inGovernment and Politics, Perspectives, Perspectives: The Powers That Be, Policy & Finance

There’s some progress in Lightfoot’s Chicago budget plan, despite progressive backlash

by Curtis Black October 24, 2019October 24, 2019
Posted inGovernment and Politics, Perspectives, Perspectives: The Powers That Be

Lightfoot’s only option to ease perpetual budget deficits may be city income tax

by Curtis Black October 21, 2019October 21, 2019
Posted inPerspectives, Perspectives: The Powers That Be

How the new head of the Chicago Housing Authority can forge a new direction for the agency

by Curtis Black September 26, 2019September 26, 2019
Posted inGovernment and Politics

A changing political ‘machine’ bares itself in Englewood rematch

by Jeremy Borden April 9, 2019April 9, 2019
Posted inGovernment and Politics, Perspectives, Perspectives: The Powers That Be

A new Chicago Way? Lightfoot and progressives poised to change the city’s direction

by Curtis Black April 3, 2019April 3, 2019

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