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Chicago's After School Matters Gives Students Apprenticeships

Posted 01.06.2010 | Impact

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Chicago's first lady Maggie Daley recognizes the importance of introducing young people to hobbies and opportunities outside of the classroom. In 1991...

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The Real Chicago Way

Thomas Frank | Posted 12.09.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago Parking Meters, Chicago Skyway, Midway Airport, Grant Cardone, Mayor Daley, Chicago, Chicago News
Thomas Frank

When the entertainers of the right aren't declaring their disgust with Obama for groveling before foreign potentates, they're pretending he's an exemplar of what they call "the Chicago way."

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New Gun Law In Honor Of Slain Chicago Police Officer Alejandro Valadez

cbs2chicago.com | Posted 12.03.2009 | Chicago

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Mayor Daley and Governor Quinn, on Thursday morning, signed new legislation targeting gang members. The new law is named in honor of Chicago Police Of...

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Budget Approved By City Council Will Drain $270M From Parking Meter Fund

Chicago Sun-Times | FRAN SPIELMAN | Posted 12.02.2009 | Chicago

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A windfall from the sale of Chicago parking meters that was supposed to last for 75 years would be nearly exhausted in just one year to stave off tax ...

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Daley Property Tax 'Gimmick' Clears Finance Committee

Chicago Sun-Times | KARA SPAK | Posted 11.25.2009 | Chicago

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Mayor Daley's proposal to tap $35 million of Chicago's parking meter reserve funds to provide modest property tax relief for some city homeowners pass...

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Swimming With the Sewage: The Disturbing Reality of the City's Sewage System

John Petro | Posted 12.11.2009 | New York

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John Petro

On Monday the New York Times brought us some nasty details about the city's sewer system. New York City has a combined sewer system, meaning that both...

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Parking Meter Deal Balanced The Budget: Daley

Chicago Public Radio | Posted 11.25.2009 | Chicago

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Chicago Mayor Richard Daley says without money from the controversial lease of the city's parking meters, there'd be no way to balance the 2010 budget...

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I'd Love To Talk To You, But There's An Ongoing Investigation

Matt Farmer | Posted 11.24.2009 | Chicago

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Matt Farmer

The Chicago Board of Education's reimbursement process has been shrouded in mystery ever since Michael Scott used his board credit card to take his wife to Copenhagen for the Olympic bash.

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Aldermen Call Daley Tax Relief Plan A Gimmick

Fox Chicago | Posted 11.24.2009 | Chicago

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Mayor Richard Daley was hoping for a quick approval of the plan, but obviously that's not going to happen. ...

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Chicago's Public Health Budget Gets The Flu

Johnathon Briggs | Posted 11.23.2009 | Chicago

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Johnathon Briggs

Some essential city services are too important to do without. Alarmingly, Mayor Daley's 2010 budget plan calls for a $2.1 million funding reduction (6.7% cut) for public health.

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Joe Ferguson, New Chicago Inspector General, Comes From Hardscrabble Boston Roots

Chicago Sun-Times | FRAN SPIELMAN | Posted 11.23.2009 | Chicago

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Joe Ferguson is the eldest son of a working-class single mom and a father he never knew who survived that rejection -- and the mean streets of Boston ...

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Daley's Skin Getting Thinner Under Media Glare

Chicago Sun-Times | FRAN SPIELMAN | Posted 11.21.2009 | Chicago

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Mayor Daley's decision to blame the media for Oprah Winfrey's career-altering choice to pull the plug on her syndicated talk show after her 25th seaso...

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Daley Rips Reporter Over Michael Scott Question (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 11.18.2009 | Chicago

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Mayor Daley lit into a reporter Wednesday for asking whether the death of his longtime friend Michael Scott will affect the mayor's political career. ...

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Michael Scott's Death Definitely Suicide: Medical Examiner (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 11.17.2009 | Chicago

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The Cook County Medical Examiner said today that there was "no evidence" the death of Chicago school board president trusted Daley ally Michael Scott ...

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Making Teachers Unions Work for Students -- And All Teachers

Paras Bhayani | Posted 11.18.2009 | Chicago

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Paras Bhayani

Getting unions to prioritize compensation and not the strictures that constrain schools would require a tectonic shift in their priorities, but precedent for such reformed advocacy does exist.

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Diversity Is Great, But It Won't Save Chicago's Public Schools

Matt Farmer | Posted 11.17.2009 | Chicago

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Matt Farmer

CPS CEO Ron Huberman knows there is very little racial or economic diversity in our public schools. There is also very little Huberman and his team can do about that.

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Alderman On Lease Of City Water System: 'There Is Something In The Works'

Chicago Tribune | Michael Hawthorne | Posted 11.16.2009 | Chicago

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Mayor Richard Daley says any part of city government is up for grabs if the price is right. But if he is tempted to dangle Chicago's vast water syste...

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Daley Sued Over Obama, Jarrett's Olympic Involvement

Huffington Post | Tim Taliaferro | Posted 11.13.2009 | Chicago

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A conservative watchdog group is suing Mayor Daley and the city for failing to turn over information about the Obama administration's involvement in C...

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Daley Administration To Push Judge To Remove Corruption Oversight

Fox Chicago | Anita Padilla | Posted 11.13.2009 | Chicago

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Mayor Daley's administration wants Chicago alderman to believe that political favors and corruption no longer exist at City Hall. ...

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Chicago Sued By Own Inspector General

NBC Chicago/Sun-Times | Carol Marin | Posted 11.04.2009 | Chicago

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NBC5 and the Chicago Sun-Times have learned the city Inspector General's Office is taking the Daley administration to court after issuing a subpoena l...

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Fenger 'A Very Good School': Daley

Fox Chicago | Darlene Hill | Posted 10.30.2009 | Chicago

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"Fenger has a very good principal and it's a very good school" Mayor Richard Daley said Thursday at Orr Academy where he was principal for the day. ...

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Aldermen Blast Daley For Dipping Into Financial Reserves

Chicago Sun-Times | FRAN SPIELMAN | Posted 10.29.2009 | Chicago

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Mayor Daley was accused Wednesday of mortgaging Chicago's future by draining reserves that were supposed to carry the city for decades to solve two sh...

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City Asking Police, Firefighters To Take Furloughs

Chicago Tribune | Hal Dardick and John Byrne | Posted 10.29.2009 | Chicago

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Mayor Richard Daley and some aldermen suggested today that police officers and firefighters take off nearly five weeks without pay to cut city spendin...

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Daley Blames Houlihan For Rising Property Tax

Chicago Tribune | Bob Secter and Hal Dardick | Posted 10.28.2009 | Chicago

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Mayor Richard Daley on Tuesday tried to offer up a scapegoat for the puzzle of why property tax bills are soaring as home values are plummeting: Cook ...

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Daley Dips Into Parking Meter Funds To Offer Property Tax Grants

Chicago Sun-Times | FRAN SPIELMAN | Posted 10.27.2009 | Chicago

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Chicago homeowners squeezed by rising property tax bills could be in line for cash grants of up to $200 thanks to $35 million worth of property tax re...

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