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School District Considers Property Tax Increase, and Layoffs if It Is Rejected

The city’s public schools are considering an $80 million property tax increase. Without it, officials say, class sizes will increase and teachers will have to be laid off.

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Obama Goes to Chicago to Talk Money, and Raise It
Obama Goes to Chicago to Talk Money, and Raise It

The president returned to his political home here Thursday for a fund-raising visit, bringing the message of fiscal responsibility and core Democratic values he laid out in a speech a day earlier.

April 14, 2011
A Tea Party Congressman Cultivates His Base

Representative Joe Walsh, a newly elected Republican, held his 20th town-hall-style meeting this week, and it offered a lesson in where Tea Party partisans currently stand.

April 14, 2011
A CD-Only Music Store That Plays to Its Own Beat
A CD-Only Music Store That Plays to Its Own Beat

Chris Miller’s CD-only music store in Oak Park carries about 40,000 discs and, according to Mr. Miller, “strictly has whatever unusual things people who live around here might want.”

April 14, 2011
4 Aldermen to Initiate Newcomers

Four incumbent Chicago aldermen will offer an orientation course for the bumper crop of new City Council members.

April 9, 2011
Sometimes a Big-Time Communications Guy Will Actually Communicate

David Axelrod, looking back at his days as a top aide to President Obama, talks openly about himself, the administration and his strong feelings about Washington.

April 9, 2011
Farrakhan Using Libyan Crisis to Bolster His Nation of Islam
Farrakhan Using Libyan Crisis to Bolster His Nation of Islam

Louis Farrakhan appears to be using the rebellion in Libya and his defense of Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi as a means of putting his Nation of Islam back into the American spotlight.

April 9, 2011
Loyola Coach Is Upbeat, Winning and Fired
Loyola Coach Is Upbeat, Winning and Fired

At 51, Jim Whitesell — the solid, highly respected men’s basketball coach at Loyola — thought he would be around to stay, but the new athletics director had other ideas.

April 9, 2011
In Grand Crossing, a House Becomes a Home for Art
In Grand Crossing, a House Becomes a Home for Art

In Grand Crossing, the artist Theaster Gates is transforming a former candy store, a single-family house and a duplex into a “hybridized” arts space.

April 8, 2011
John Rice Reflects on Losing

On Tuesday, John Rice lost the runoff election and his job as alderman. Now he has a few words for the firefighter who defeated him and the news media, whom he blames for his loss.

April 8, 2011
Chicago Lawyers Caught Between Clients and Country

Lawyers working on behalf of detainees at the Guantánamo Bay prison in Cuba have found the experience frustrating and depressing, but also at times exhilarating.

April 8, 2011
Illinois: Fire Caused by Child With Lighter Kills 3

A fire sparked by a 4-year-old boy playing with a lighter in bed early Thursday left three children dead and more than a dozen people homeless in Chicago.

April 8, 2011
Unions Move In at Chicago Charter Schools, and Resistance Is Swift
Unions Move In at Chicago Charter Schools, and Resistance Is Swift

Teachers at 12 of Chicago’s charters have formed unions over the past two years, and the Chicago Teachers Union is seeking to organize all 85 of the schools.

April 8, 2011
Online Bidding Frenzy to Eat at Chicago Restaurant
Online Bidding Frenzy to Eat at Chicago Restaurant

Online bidding wars have begun for tickets to Grant Achatz’s exclusive new Chicago restaurant, Next, with some people willing to pay $3,000 for a group of seats.

April 8, 2011
CHICAGO NEWS COOPERATIVE; Ballot Subtext: Budget Crisis and Jobs, Jobs, Jobs

Focused on winning the mayor's office outright, Rahm Emanuel mostly steered clear of the City Council races in the Feb. 22 election. The day after he was elected mayor, he turned to the 14 wards where no candidate for alderman won a majority, necessitating runoffs on Tuesday to complete the new 50-member Council. Mr. Emanuel is following the sort of strategy he oversaw as a top national Democratic operative, when he helped single out races that led the party to control of Congress in 2006. Afte...

April 3, 2011
CHICAGO NEWS COOPERATIVE; Want to Increase Voting? Discounts Seem to Work

James Warren writes a column for the Chicago News Cooperative. Tuesday elections in Chicago and Cook County will inspire dismal turnouts, perhaps 25 percent countywide. But there's a potential remedy: discount coupons for rock climbing.

April 3, 2011

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