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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.
The watershed mayoral election ushers in a new political landscape, setting the stage for a crop of young activists joining the City Council.
Both the Lightfoot and Preckwinkle campaigns are courting Latinx voters, who have historically voted along identity politics in recent Chicago elections.
With a black mayor at the helm once again, it remains to be seen whether a Harold Washington-style African-American and Latino coalition can emerge to fight for socioeconomic and political parity with whites in Chicago.
The mayoral candidate’s reformist persona is being challenged by hardline police accountability activists.
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.
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.
The City Council housing committee chairman went above and beyond his record of siding with landlords by filing an affidavit supporting a building owner who has donated thousands to his campaign.
True accountability requires amending the Fraternal Order of Police contract that shields and encourages misconduct.
Emma Mitts is facing challengers who are seeing support in the West Side ward, slated to become the site of a controversial new police academy.