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CN April 21, 2016
Mayor Emanuel announced today that he’s immediately implementing some of the recommendations from the Police Accountability Task Force he created in December. That comes as good news to two of the report’s authors, though they say the more than … Continue reading
CN March 31 2016
Greg Hinz is our guest this week. The writer, columnist and blogger for Crain’s said he understands the demands that CTU is striking for on April 1, but he’s not sure the CTU will convince anybody, or will itself … Continue reading
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Tagged Bruce Rauner, CPS, Crain's Chicago Business, CTU, Eddie Johnson, Greg Hinz, Illinois unemployment, Kern Lewis, Rahm Emanuel
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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 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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Karen lewis speech at CTU rally
Karen Lewis spoke to thousands of CTU members on Monday night, Nov. 23. Here’s a recording of her speech:
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CN Nov. 12, 2015
On this week’s show – the voices of experience. Between them Paul Meincke and Phil Rogers have more than 55 years of accomplishment as Chicago TV reporters. Meincke recently went into semi-retirement at Channel 7, and Rogers still has a … Continue reading
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Tagged ABC7 Chicago, Fox Lake, Fox News, Governor Rauner, Lt. Gliniewicz, NBC5 Chicago, Paul Meincke, Phil Rogers
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CN Oct. 15, 2015
Ben Joravsky’s our guest this week, And when Ben’s at the table the discussion has to include criticism of the TIF program. As it happens, Budget Director Alex Holt was our guest last week, and Ben had some reactions to several … Continue reading
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Tagged Alex Holt, Ben Joravsky, Catalyst, Chicago Reader, CPS Board, Rahm Emanuel, revenue sharing, Sarah Karp, TIFs##
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CN October 8, 2015
(In case you’re not in the mood for 40-minutes of conversation about Tax Increment Financing, we’ve provided times so that you can jump to that particular topic.) Chicago’s budget director Alex Holt drops in to talk TIFs. Holt argues that TIFs … Continue reading
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Tagged Alex Holt, Chicago Budget Director, CPS, property taxes, TIF critics, TIF surplus, TIFs##, Tom Tresser
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CN Oct. 1, 2015
The Chicago Sun-Times made an astounding announcement a few weeks ago – that they were laying off their Managing Editor, and would put out the paper and manage their digital presence without one. That editor was Craig Newman, and he’s our guest … Continue reading
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