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CN March 24, 2016
Steve Rhodes, reacting to the decision by the Illinois Supreme Court this morning calling Mayor Emanuel’s pension plan for City workers unconstitutional, tells us -“Now there’s no wiggle room whatsoever. Now there’s no negotiation that can take place.” The … Continue reading
CN March 17, 2016
Mary Ann Ahern says she’s surprised that John Escalante didn’t make the final cut when the Police Board announced its three finalists yesterday. “You’ve got to give him credit for sort of holding the line,” says the veteran NBC5 … Continue reading
CN March 10, 2016
Bruce DuMont was at a Bernie Sanders rally a few weeks ago, “And one of their delegates was making the point that Hillary Clinton’s top surrogate, top supporter in Illinois is Rahm Emanuel. She was making the point that … Continue reading
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Tagged Anita Alvarez, Bernie Sanders, Beyond the Beltway, Bruce DuMont, Bruce Rauner, Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago Tribune, Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, Julianna Stratton, Ken Dunkin, Mike Madigan, NAFTA, Rahm Emanuel, Sen. Mark Kirk, Tammy Duckworth
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CN March 3, 2016
What’s the future of Chicago’s planned manufacturing districts? Does anybody care? Do we still even need them? These are more than academic questions in at least one part of Chicago – the vast tract of gradually emptying land between … Continue reading
CN Feb 25 2016
If Bruce Sagan has anything to do with it, the Sun-Times and the Reader will be around for a long time. Sagan started in journalism in 1951. He bought the Hyde Park Herald in 1953 for $2,500. He … Continue reading
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Tagged Ben Joravsky, Bruce Sagan, Chicago Reader, Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago Sun-Times Holding Company, Chicago Tribune, Early and Often, Hyde Park Herald, Jack Griffin, Jake Malooley, Jim Kirk, Michael Ferro, Michael Miner, Neil Steinberg, Steve Bogira, Sun-Times editorials, Sun-Times Web site
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CN Feb 11 2016
Do you favor school reform? Peter Cunningham does. For more than 20 years, he’s been a spokesperson for the Chicago Public Schools and Education Secretary Arne Duncan. Now his own non-profit, funded by “pro-reform funders”, helps to “drive positive narratives … Continue reading
CN Feb.4, 2016
Here’s a quote from one of David Kidwell’s most recent Tribune stories about Chicago’s red-light camera saga. For years, city officials have been unable to explain how camera locations were chosen when Bills was running the program.The trial portrayed a … Continue reading
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Tagged bagman, Chicago Tribune, Garry McCarthy, Greg Goldner, Mike Madigan, Rahm Emanuel, red-light cameras, speed cameras
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CN Jan 28, 2016
As we post this show we’re hearing that the CTU and CPS may have come to some sort of tentative agreement that could, among other things, avert a teachers’ strike. On today’s show we talked with CPS finance expert Rod … Continue reading
CN Jan 21, 2015
Such a wonderful conversation today with Ethan Michaeli about his remarkable, sweeping history of the Chicago Defender (and of Chicago itself). It’s called, appropriately, The Defender: How the Legendary Black Newspaper Changed America. It’s an hour long, without interruption, and there … Continue reading
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