Chicago’s massive Amazon HQ2 incentive package could hit the city’s transit budget hard.
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Illinois Poised To Strip Rahm Emanuel’s Control over Chicago Schools
After years of mayoral control, Chicago residents may soon get to elect their local school board.
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Cities Fill Global Void Left by Trump
American cities strive to maintain longstanding international ties in a bid to stave off the effects of the White House’s scorched-earth policies.
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The Emerging Wealthy White Male Donor Class: A Chicago Case Study
Riding on the coattails of the nation’s bursting wealth gap is another crisis of inequality-political inequality, campaign-finance watchdogs warn. Fueled by unprecedented levels of wealth, rich white men, in particular, have formed an elite political donor class that has gained an outsized influence over policy, reform advocates say. Meanwhile, people of color and women who […]
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Chicago Teachers Join with Fight for 15 and Black Lives Matter in One-Day Strike
Labor leaders and activists unite in opposition to funding cuts, and see a broader fight against anti-union measures pushed by the state’s Republican governor.