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by Adam Doster
10:25am
Mon Oct 12, 2009
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The CTA's Newest Budget Woes

State Legislature

Another year, another Chicago Transit Authority "doomsday" scenario. Newly appointed CTA chief Terry Peterson is scheduled to unveil his agency's FY 2010 budget today and the details don't look promising. Facing an estimated $300 million deficit, a legal ad ...

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by Josh Kalven
10:16am
Mon Oct 5, 2009

Sun-Times: Does Olympic Loss "Mark The End Of The Daley Era?"

Richard Daley

Over the weekend, the Sun-Times' Fran Spielman summed up the incredible amount of work awaiting Chicago Mayor Richard Daley now that his Olympics obsession has faded:

After spending his political capital on the Olympics at the expense
of higher priorities, the ...

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by Progress Illinois
10:44am
Fri Oct 2, 2009

Chicago Olympic Bid Fails (w/Reactions from Quigley, Giannoulias, CFL, Preckwinkle, PURE, Gov. Quinn, Hamos)

Olympics

No one expected Chicago 2016 to get booted in the first round of Olympics bidding this morning in Copenhagen.  But that's what happened:

Chicago has been eliminated in the first round of International
Olympic Committee voting, and Tokyo was eliminated in the second ...

PI Original
by Adam Doster
9:06am
Fri Sep 25, 2009
2 comments

Munoz, UNITE-HERE Workers Stage Chicago Avenue Sit-In (UPDATED)

Labor

Nearly a month after their multi-year contract expired and with no agreement in sight, 6,000 Chicago-based hotel workers represented by UNITE-HERE Local 1 decided yesterday it was time to raise their profile. In a dramatic and peaceful act of protest, 22nd Ward Ald. Ric ...

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by Angela Caputo
10:00am
Thu Sep 17, 2009
2 comments

Chicago Farmers Market To Double Value Of Food Stamps

Hunger

Thanks to an innovative foundation, Chicago farmers market organizers have found a way to lessen the main barrier for low-income shoppers: the high price of farm-fresh produce.

PI Original
by Josh Kalven
11:01am
Sun Sep 13, 2009
1 comment

Trib Poll: Daley Approval Rating Hits "All-Time Low"

Richard Daley

Back in April, the SEIU Illinois State Council (which sponsors this website) commissioned a citywide poll and found that only 41 percent of respondents gave Mayor Daley a positive job approval rating, down from 56 percent in a 2006 survey.  Now the Tribune has conducted ...

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by Josh Kalven
10:16am
Wed Sep 9, 2009

United's Taxpayer Windfall Grows To $50 Million

Richard Daley

Mayor Daley really has a thing for United Airlines. 

First, he forked over $5.47 million
(PDF) in tax increment financing (TIF) funds last year to help
refurbish the company's new corporate headquarters on Chicago's Wacker Dr.  Earlier this summer, he sweetened the ...

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by Adam Doster
12:04pm
Tue Sep 1, 2009
1 comment

Hotel Contract Expires, UNITE-HERE Fights On

Wages

Workers at the Congress Hotel haven't had a contract in six years. As of 12 hours ago, neither do 6,000 of their union colleagues throughout the city. A three-year contract covering UNITE-HERE Local 1 workers at 30 downtown hotels expired at midnight yesterday and ...

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by Angela Caputo
12:01pm
Mon Aug 31, 2009
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A Blow To Transparent School Reform In Chicago

Pat Quinn

When uproar over the questionable closing
of more than a dozen public schools hit a fever pitch earlier this
year, State Rep. Cynthia Soto (D) attempted to put the brakes on the
Chicago school district's plans. Regular readers may remember that her
proposal to impose a one...