Mayor's $830 million city bond sale is a bad idea that needs a serious fix
The city needs to handle its borrowing in the most prudent way possible. Backloading bond repayments in a way that sends the ...
General Iron owner seeks millions from City Hall over permit denial
The city’s decision to keep a scrap metal-shredding operation from opening on the Southeast Side was upheld in court last ...
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Chicago mayor wants to borrow $830M, which could benefit his Chicago Teachers Union cronies
Mayor Brandon Johnson asked to borrow $830 million one day after the city’s credit rating dipping to near-junk status. He ...
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Editorial: The City Council should reject the mayor's kick-the-can borrowing plan
Or, as 9th Ward Ald. Anthony Beale said on the City Council floor the other day: "We're all for bonding ... but the terms of ...
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Mayor Johnson to Form Task Force to Rid CPD of Extremist Groups, After 8 Month Delay
Inspector General Deborah Witzburg urged Mayor Brandon Johnson in July to form a task force as part of an effort to ...
Robert Johnson released after judge vacates his conviction in 1996 Chicago murder
Johnson's attorneys said police took him from his grandmother's house and arrested him in connection with the April 14, 1996, ...
How one Chicago woman’s genealogical search led her to a potter’s field in Canada
Robin Moore initially had one purpose: learn more about the life of her grandfather Reginald Moore. She never expected that mission to take her to a grassy field in a remote part of Canada, where ...
Chicago man has 1996 murder conviction vacated, released from prison after nearly 30 years
A 43-year-old man is being released from prison Thursday after he was wrongfully convicted of murder when he was just 16, a ...