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Chicago Latino aldermen want more City Council seats
Clout StreetThe leader of the Chicago City Council’s Latino Caucus said today that four more wards should have Latino supermajorities, an announcement that came as the council nears a deadline for redrawing the city’s wards. The city should have 14...Tags: Richard F. Mell, Caucasus, Primaries, 2010 Census, Population and Census
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Chicago aldermen to ban synthetic marijuana
Clout StreetChicago aldermen are moving toward a ban on all synthetic marijuana sales. A state law banning one form of chemically-derived pot took effect Jan. 1, but manufacturers have created new forms that skirt the law, City Council sponsors said Monday. The...Tags: Lawyers, Synthetic Marijuana, Lisa Madigan, Car Safety Tips and Advice, Justice System
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Emanuel's budget unanimously approved
Clout StreetMayor Rahm Emanuel's budget passed the Chicago City Council unanimously today, handing the mayor a major victory in his first year on the job. The 50-0 vote sets the city down a path next year of fee increases, layoffs of city workers and other belt-...Tags: Rahm Emanuel, Manufacturing and Engineering, Hospitals and Clinics, Layoffs and Downsizing, Job Layoffs
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Chicago aldermen balk at drug testing for city employees
Clout StreetChicago aldermen are balking at a proposal to impose random drug tests on all city employees as the American Civil Liberties Union raises questions about whether it would survive a court challenge. A City Council committee that was scheduled to...Tags: Richard F. Mell, Industrial Accidents, Disasters and Accidents, Government, Collective Contract
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Emanuel says he's 'not focused' on Burke's bodyguards
Clout StreetMayor Rahm Emanuel said today he's not focusing on the size of Ald. Edward Burke's bodyguard detail, which he suggested during the mayoral campaign would need to be cut in the spirit of shared sacrifice. Emanuel said he's concentrating on getting large...Tags: Chicago, Englewood, Cook County Government, Rahm Emanuel, Cook County Board of Commissioners
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Burke's idea to continue free water is all wet
Change of SubjectFriday's print column, below, is a revised and extended version of a blog posting yesterday Ald. Ed Burke, 14th, made a splash, so to speak, Wednesday when he called for allowing religious schools and houses of worship to continue getting...... -
Burke wants hearing on Adler fee increase plan
Powerful Ald. Edward Burke today called for a hearing on a proposal by the Adler Planetarium to raise admission fees.Speaking at a meeting of the council Committee on Special Events, Cultural Affairs and Recreation, Burke said the Chicago Park District...Tags: Adler Planetarium, Chicago Park District
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Burke's perk: 25 years later, it's time to revisit powerful alderman's security deal
Change of SubjectThe deal between Ald. Ed Burke, 14th, and city officials signed nearly a quarter of a century ago is curiously open-ended. The "Chicago Police Department, its officers and agents, shall, during such time as plaintiff Edward M. Burke continues to...... -
Mayor Emanuel's hour-long appearance on 'Chicago Tonight'
Change of SubjectWTTW-Ch 11 has posted a .pdf of the rush transcript of Phil Ponce's interview with Mayor Rahm Emanuel Tuesday night: Part One: Part Two: It was a very special episode of "Chicago Tonight," not simply because the daily newsmagazine devoted...... -
Madigan's kind of town
Not long after developer Anthony Rossi got City Hall approval for a much-needed zoning change in downtown Chicago, he received a surprising phone call from the speaker of the Illinois House.
Michael J. Madigan wasn't calling to talk about state issues....Tags: Cook County Government, Property, Elections, Michael Madigan, Parties and Movements
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City aldermen set hearings on lax enforcement of anti-idling laws
Tribune staff reportersTwo Chicago aldermen are demanding to know why police and other city officials largely are ignoring laws that ban excessive idling by diesel buses and trucks. In response to a Tribune investigation, Ald. Edward Burke, 14th, and Virginia Rugai, 19th,...Tags: Chicago City Hall, Government, Air Pollution, Environmental Issues, 2016 Olympic Games
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Local author wrote about Chicago financier
Writer Theodore Dreiser lived in Glendale twice. During his first sojourn here, around 1920, he started on a book but became frustrated and departed for New York to do more research. The result, “An American Tragedy” was published to great...Tags: Homes, Crime, Law and Justice, University of Chicago, Theodore Dreiser, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
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