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by HUNTER CLAUSS and DAN MIHALOPOULOS | Feb 17, 2012
FIRE ALARM Mayor Rahm Emanuel appointed Jose Santiago as his new fire commissioner, a move that could be the precursor to major changes as contracts for firefighters are set to expire this summer. While retiring commish Robert Hoff was staunchly...
by HUNTER CLAUSS | Feb 16, 2012
SETTLE DOWN In the latest clash of First Amendment rights with concerns about the NATO and G8 summit protests, four influential aldermen quietly introduced a measure to restrict audience members from waving signs and expressing their “approval or disapproval” during...
by HUNTER CLAUSS | Feb 15, 2012
PASSING THE BUCKS Leading Democrats are moving closer toward a plan that would shift teacher retirement costs from the state to schools, with Senate President John Cullerton now leading the charge. But critics say that would likely bring cuts in...
by HUNTER CLAUSS | Feb 14, 2012
PRICEY BREAKFAST CLUB A group of students and parents criticized one of the city’s highest performing charter school networks for collecting almost $400,000 in the last two years by fining students for disciplinary infractions like “bringing chips to school” and...
by HUNTER CLAUSS | Feb 13, 2012
NO WINNERS HERE The high school senior who won the city’s vehicle sticker contest by default withdrew her design. City Clerk Susana Mendoza had pulled the original winning design last week over concerns it contained gang symbols. ”We are performing a review...
by HUNTER CLAUSS | Feb 10, 2012
DEMAND > SUPPLY None of the 58 districts visited by state monitors in the last three years met all of the state’s education requirements for students learning English, Catalyst Chicago found. More than half of Latinos in the Chicago area...
by HUNTER CLAUSS | Feb 9, 2012
RETIREMENT GIFT Former state. Rep. Kevin McCarthy (D-Orland Park) sponsored two controversial measures backed separately by ComEd and AT&T in the years before his retirement in December. Last month, McCarthy created a new lobbying firm and listed two clients: AT&T...
by HUNTER CLAUSS | Feb 8, 2012
SPLITTING THE TAB Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle announced the city and county saved a combined $20.5 million since they began working together in June to combine resources and eliminate redundancies. “The next set of...
by HUNTER CLAUSS | Feb 7, 2012
WHO SENT RICE? Former 36th Ward Ald. John Rice said he applied for his new job in Gov. Pat Quinn’s administration after he saw the job listed online. But state records obtained by the CNC show the $84,420-a-year position was...
by HUNTER CLAUSS | Feb 6, 2012
INSIDE THE SURGE Some residents and community activists in Englewood worry about the Chicago Police Department’s increased presence in the area as part of an initiative targeting two police districts that accounted for about 25 percent of the city’s homicides...
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