Curtis Black from the Community Media Workshop’s Newstips blog covered Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s TIF Task Force…
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Helen Shiller Reflects on 30 Years as Alderman
On Sunday August 14th, portoluz will present: Helen Shiller, Relections on 30 years as Alderman. …
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Internation Phone Hacking Spurs Local Action
Chicago Media Action (CMA) invites anyone who has had enough of Fox and the phone…
Only One Austin TIF Project Completed in Decade, AustinTalks Finds
By AustinTalks Chicago’s tax-increment financing program is designed to eradicate blight, create jobs and promote…
Say “No” to ComEd/Ameren Rate Hikes
Right now, ComEd and Ameren’s high-powered lobbying teams are leaning on state senators to vote…
New Mayoral Task Force Tackling TIF Troubles
Chicagotalks has reported and mapped them. The Chicago Reader has doggedly investigated them. Now Mayor…
Update on La Casita, Whittier School and CPS Confrontation
Reporter Kelsey Duckett updates this ongoing story at Gapersblock. “We have not left, and we…
All Rallied Up and No One to Know
A group of local antiwar activists gathered outside the Dirksen Federal Building on the morning…