Ranked #1
1/10/13: "Keeping up with the Jones High School Plans"
1/10/13: "Keeping up with the Jones High School Plans"
What constitutes a selective enrollment school; what the old Jones Commercial High School provided that no CPS school do... Read more
17 Jan 2013
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11mins
Ranked #2
1/24/13: "The Chicago manual of school closings"
1/24/13: "The Chicago manual of school closings"
Renaissance 2010 as the basis for charter schools in poor neighborhoods; the main reasons for the depopulation of public... Read more
30 Jan 2013
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16mins
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Ranked #3
1/3/13: "ICE, CME, and TIFs"
1/3/13: "ICE, CME, and TIFs"
An unexpected rebuttal to Mayor Emanuel; the proposed state legislation to tax financial transactions and where it went;... Read more
9 Jan 2013
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10mins
Ranked #4
2/21/13: "Where good legislation goes to die"
2/21/13: "Where good legislation goes to die"
How aldermen might thwart efforts to bury their legislation in the rules committee; why the powerful, seemingly in oppos... Read more
28 Feb 2013
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11mins
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Ranked #5
3/7/13: "Waiting for the day of judgment from Mayor Emanuel"
3/7/13: "Waiting for the day of judgment from Mayor Emanuel"
Taking advantage of the opportunity arising from falling enrollment; the city's education response to changing demograph... Read more
12 Mar 2013
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16mins
Ranked #6
2/14/13: "Good luck finding the documents that explain CPS's longer school day"
2/14/13: "Good luck finding the documents that explain CPS's longer school day"
Why the public should care any more about the issue of a longer school day; administering city government by press relea... Read more
19 Feb 2013
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13mins
Ranked #7
12/13/12: "Taxation by obfuscation"
12/13/12: "Taxation by obfuscation"
What, exactly, CivicLab will reveal about tax-increment financing districts; why the printed Cook County property tax bi... Read more
15 Dec 2012
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9mins
Ranked #8
11/22/12: "United Generously Returns Taxpayer Subsidy It Was Required to Return Anyway"
11/22/12: "United Generously Returns Taxpayer Subsidy It Was Required to Return Anyway"
Where United's return of taxpayer subsidy will go; the story behind the $34 million TIF "return" of 2011; and Mayor Haro... Read more
29 Nov 2012
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11mins
Ranked #9
11/29/12: "Rahm's Addition by Subtraction Approach to Jobs"
11/29/12: "Rahm's Addition by Subtraction Approach to Jobs"
What happened to the Emanuel administration's attempt to cut a deal with Ald. Sawyer; the neighborhoods in which the may... Read more
2 Dec 2012
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12mins
Ranked #10
12/6/12: "A Development in Sheep's Clothing"
12/6/12: "A Development in Sheep's Clothing"
New lows in veracity in the age of Rahm; adding transit and restricting cars as part of private land development; and th... Read more
11 Dec 2012
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17mins
Ranked #11
1/31/13: "Mayor Emanuel swears he's not interested in running for president"
1/31/13: "Mayor Emanuel swears he's not interested in running for president"
The narrative that Rahm Emanuel perpetuates; the impact of Emanuel's aspirations on how Chicago government operates; and... Read more
6 Feb 2013
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12mins
Ranked #12
2/28/13: "Chicago's BFF's a legislator from Waukegan"
2/28/13: "Chicago's BFF's a legislator from Waukegan"
Why the public should allow taxing bodies to increase their tax take each year; checking Ald. O'Connor's argument about ... Read more
6 Mar 2013
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15mins
Ranked #13
1/17/13: "The last of the independents"
1/17/13: "The last of the independents"
What might have undermined a potential 2007 JJJ mayoral campaign; how constituents exercise authority over elected offic... Read more
23 Jan 2013
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15mins
Ranked #14
7/21/11: "Public schools, private budgets"
7/21/11: "Public schools, private budgets"
The disparity in availability of charter vs. neighborhood school financial data; why CPS finally put payroll information... Read more
23 Dec 2012
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8mins
Ranked #15
3/13/08: "An Independent Streak"
3/13/08: "An Independent Streak"
The wealthy--our feeble hope; why you should embrace entitlement; and why the ward map looks like a jigsaw puzzle. Lengt... Read more
16 Mar 2008
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9mins
Ranked #16
4/11/17: "Do Chicago bike riders blindly support the mayor?"
4/11/17: "Do Chicago bike riders blindly support the mayor?"
In an interview by Ben Joravsky with Dave Glowacz on WCPT-AM's Ben Joravsky Show, Ben and Dave discuss the loyalty of Ch... Read more
12 Apr 2017
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5mins
Ranked #17
7/27/16: "Building green: who profits from the city's latest development schemes"
7/27/16: "Building green: who profits from the city's latest development schemes"
Why the Loop's perimeter basks in development; commercial property windfalls masked by neighborhood investment; and some... Read more
29 Jul 2016
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6mins
Ranked #18
5/2/13: "In the Chicago public schools, promises are made to be broken"
5/2/13: "In the Chicago public schools, promises are made to be broken"
How Lincoln Park H.S.'s diverse set of programs created an integrated student body; parents' perception of the Internati... Read more
8 May 2013
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11mins
Ranked #19
4/25/13: "Welcome to U.S. Cellular Field, home of the sweetheart deal"
4/25/13: "Welcome to U.S. Cellular Field, home of the sweetheart deal"
The multiple freebies and discounts the Sox organization gets while using the ballpark; the nobility of rainmaker Gov. T... Read more
7 May 2013
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14mins
Ranked #20
4/11/13: "The lessons of Jane Byrne"
4/11/13: "The lessons of Jane Byrne"
Mayor Bilandic's disregard for black voters; a clear contrast in Mayor Emanuel's treatment of black and white constituen... Read more
16 Apr 2013
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15mins
