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Emanuel’s 2015 Budget Address Doesn’t Talk Numbers

Chicago Talks, October 16, 2014

Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s budget address for 2015 played it safe, highlighting his influence in the…

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Politics is Local

Opinion: Race for Mayor, Sizing up the Challengers from A to P

Chicago Talks, May 26, 2014

Chatter in Chicago urban communities is about replacing Mayor Rahm Emanuel in the coming 2015…

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Community

Nokia To Move Division From Suburbs To West Loop

Chicago Talks, October 23, 2012

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced this morning that Nokia will move its mobile phones Xpress…

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Editor's Choice

Mayor Proposes 500 New Police Recruits For Next Year

Chicago Talks, October 16, 2012

  The new cadets screamed as they pinned down and handcuffed each other at the…

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Crains Reports Unique Profit-Sharing TIF Proposal

Chicago Talks, January 19, 2012

Andrew L. Wang, reporting for Crain’s details a proposal in front of the Chicago City Council…

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Ukrainian Village Residents rally to try to save Wood Street police station

Chicago Talks, December 1, 2011

Ukrainian Village residents rallied at City Hall against the proposed closing of the local Wood Street police station Monday.

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Community

Dramatic Protest Yields No Results As Emanuel Budget Passes

Chicago Talks, November 19, 2011

Despite a dramatic protest by mental health activists outside Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s office that lasted 10 hours, the city council unanimously approved the 2012 budget, which includes downsizing the city’s 12 mental health clinics to six sites.

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Editor's Choice

Budget Proposal Increases Parking Tax

Chicago Talks, October 14, 2011

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, as part of his first budget proposal, may enact a new…

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Opinion

  • Chicago’s influential music scene doesn’t get the respect it deserves 
    by Zoey Hill-Hernandez
  • Lost in translation: ‘I would see everyone else writing while I just stared blankly at my paper’
    by Cynthia Alaniz
  • ‘It felt like something was gnawing at my heart’; Columbia student copes with illness of a lifetime
    by Morgan Bruner
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Arts and Culture

  • 23 years later, Mazzy Star’s masterpiece album still casts a spell
    by Triniti Waxman
  • Queer Chicago designer finds niche dressing drag performers
    by Seng Xiong
  • From dorm room to mainstage, Phat Dragon built a comedy cult following 
    by Ava Simone Forster
  • Great Ideas of Humanity exhibit showcases famous quotes made visual 
    by Sh'Mara Chism
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Feature

  • Hairstylist helps clients embrace their own beauty, rather than copy someone else’s 
  • Care for Real food pantry serves North Siders as need grows 
  • Cuddle Bunny: Where visitors can chill out with a furry friend 
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