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Candidate, Former SEC Chairman Bash Water Deal that Flushed $68 Million Down the Sewer

David Ormsby | Posted 11.11.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Daniel Kaplan, Mariyana Spyropoulos, USS Bunker Hill, Chicago News, Johnson & Johnson, Arthur Levitt, Barbara McGowan, Gloria Alitto Majewski, Terry O'Brian, Illinois Poltics, Metropolitan Water Reclamation District, Todd Connor, Mesirow Financial, Kathleen Meany, Frank Avila, Patricia Horton, Bridget Gainer, Greg Harris, Heather Steans, Tom Tunney, Larry Suffredin, Mike Kreloff, Toni Preckwinkle, Susan Garrett, Carol Ronen, Sara Feigenholtz, Jeff Schoenberg, Roberto Maldonado, Debra Shore, Cynthia Santos, Bond Deal, Bond Deal Loss, Chicago News
David Ormsby

The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District got a pasting last Thursday over a botched bond deal that cost Cook County area taxpayers $68 million.

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Gay Marriage Bill Introduced In Illinois

Progress Illinois | Angela Caputo | Posted 10.01.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Same Sex Marriage, Greg Harris, Illinois Gay Marriage, Heather Steans, Equal Marriage Act Illinois, Gay Marriage, Chicago News

State Sen. Heather Steans (D-Chicago) announced today that she's hoping to build on that momentum by introducing the Equal Marriage Act (SB 2468), the...

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Illinois Video Gambling Legalization Stirs Controversy in Campaigns, Counties

David Ormsby | Posted 09.13.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Jim Madigan, Illinois Politics, Pat Quinn, Illinois Video Gambling Legalization, Carol Trumpe, Kirk Dillard, Heather Steans, Jeff Schoenberg, Bob Schillerstrom, Chicago News
David Ormsby

In his quest for a state Senate seat, gay rights activist Jim Madigan focuses his campaign fire against incumbent Sen. Heather Steans' vote to legalize video gaming.

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Greg Harris Endorses Heather Steans Over Gay Rights Activist Jim Madigan in State Senate Race

David Ormsby | Posted 08.27.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Jim Madigan, Illinois Politics, Suzanne Elder, Greg Harris, Heather Steans, Carol Ronen, Illinois Senate Races, John Cullerton, Madigan Steans, Chicago News
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The endorsement is a huge plus for the freshman senator whose north lakefront district includes a heavy concentration of gay and lesbian voters. Madigan's climb to the state senate just got a little steeper.

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Newsrooms Must Die, Long Live Newsrooms!

Sally Duros | Posted 03.29.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Social Enterprise, l3c, Terry Mazany, Chicago Journalism Townhall, Ken Davis, Journalism, The Chicago Community Trust, Low Profit Limited Liability Company, Newspapers, Bloggers, Bernard Lunzer, Chicago Tribune, Democracy, Main Stream Media, Chicago Sun-Times, Heather Steans, Newspaper Industry, The-Newspaper-Guild, Future of Journalism, Death of Newspapers, Chicago-Illinois, Chicago News
Sally Duros

Information has risen to the level of being a most pressing community need in our current democracy. More than ever, a newsroom must be a mission-based place.

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How To Save Newspapers

Sally Duros | Posted 03.12.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Peoria Newspaper Guild, Low-Profit Limited Liability Corporation, Newspapers, Americans for Community Development, Chicago Sun-Times, Robert Lang, Peoria Journal Star, Heather Steans, Social Enterprise Alliance, Marc J. Lane, Chicago Tribune, l3c, Program Related Investment Promotion Act of 2008, Doing Well by Doing Good, Jennifer Towery, Journalism, Newspaper Industry, Saving Newspapers, Mary Elizabeth and Gordon B. Mannweiler Foundation, Oregon, Chicago News
Sally Duros

Newspapers could find a lifeline to solvency and a return to social purpose in a new kind of corporate structure.

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Rogers Park Residents Mobilize To Fight Crime

Chi-Town Daily News | Tasneem Nomanbhai | Posted 12.27.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Steve Caluris, Rogers Park Gangs, Joe Moore, Chicago Crime, Harry Osterman, Rogers Park Crime Fighting, Heather Steans, Chicago Police Department, Rogers Park Crime, Rogers Park Drugs, Rogers Park, Rogers Park Residents, Rogers Park Chicago, Chicago News

Curbing drug and gang activity, youth-related crime and public drunkenness topped the agenda of a Town Hall meeting on public safety held earlier this...

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