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What Does Green Mean?

Chicago Reader | Mick Dumke | Posted 11.15.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Manny Flores, Green Iniatives, Chicago City Council, Green Chicago, Mayor Daley, Green Building, Green, Green Development, Green Living, Green Business, Daley Green, Chicago News

Mayor Daley and his top aides--and by extension most aldermen--are big on the idea of making Chicago the greenest city in the country. In fact, some s...

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Why Property Taxes Rise Even As Home Values Plunge

Chicago Reader | Ben Joravsky | Posted 11.09.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Governor Rod Blagojevich, Chicago City Council, Chicago Taxes, Chicago Home Values, Todd Stroger, Chicago Mayor Richard Daley, Chicago Real Estate, Emil Jones, Rod Blagojevich, Chicago Home Prices, Michael Madigan, James Houlihan, Chicago Housing, Chicago Property Taxes, Richard Daley, Chicago News

A few hours after my property tax bill arrived in the mail last week, I took the dog for a walk and bumped into a neighbor. "My taxes went up again," ...

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Chicago Bans Texting While Driving

Chicago Sun-Times | Fran Spielman | Posted 11.08.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Texting and Driving, Chicago City Council, Chicago Bans, Ed Burke, Chicago Texting Ban, Texting and Driving Ban, Texting, Chicago News

Motorists who send text messages or surf the Internet while driving would face stiff fines -- ranging from $75 to $200 -- under a crackdown advanced b...

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City Helping Divorcing Homeowners

Chicago Tribune | Dan Mihalopoulos | Posted 11.07.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago City Council, Chicago Real Estate, Divorced Homeowners Chicago, Chicago Homeowners, Chicago News

In a rare case of aldermen defying Mayor Richard Daley, a City Council panel voted today to approve an ordinance that would prevent the city from coll...

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City Council Approves Midway Airport Deal

Posted 11.06.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago City Council, Midway Airport Privatization, Midway Airport Sale, Midway Airport, Richard Daley, Daley Midway, Privatization, Mayor Daley, Midway Deal City Council, Midway Deal Approved, Midway Lease Approved, Midway City Council, Chicago News

UPDATE The City Council approved the 99-year, $2.5 Billion lease of Midway Airport 49-0 Wednesday. Aldermen are already divvying up the expected $1...

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City Council Asked To Approve Midway Deal At Private Meeting

Chicago Sun-Times | Fran Spielman | Posted 11.02.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Anthony Beale, Chicago City Council, Carrie Austin, Midway Aiport Deal, Chicago City Council Finance Committee, Pat O'Connor, Chicago City Layoffs, Michael Moskow, Chicago Aldermen, Chicago City Budget, Chicago News

Chicago aldermen were asked today to give quickie approval to Mayor Daley's $2.5 billion plan to privatize Midway Airport on blind faith -- without an...

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Anna Langford, Chicago's First Black Female Alderman, Dies

Chicago Sun-Times | Lisa Donovan | Posted 10.19.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago City Council, Anna Langford Dies, Harold Washington, Anna Langford, Anna Langford Black Alderman, Anna Langford Harold Washington, Chicago News

In the end, Anna R. Langford, the first African-American woman to serve on the Chicago City Council, was happy to have lived to see the first African-...

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