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Elections 2012: The week in review

Elections 2012: The week in review
Here’s a roundup of election news that was on The Chicago Reporter’s political radar this week: This election cycle, Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan’s camp finds itself doing something it usually doesn’t have to do: campaign. This week, Madigan’s staff sent out a jokey campaign flier attacking prison-bound former Gov. Rod Blagojevich, whose impeachment was... Read more »
By Nick Moroni,
March 2, 2012 at 12:19 pm
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Northwestern study says the 1 percent aren't so bad

Northwestern study says the 1 percent aren't so bad
America’s wealthiest 1 percent have gotten a bad rap as of late. Depending on your perspective, you might think their representation as greedy, disinterested and selfish is or isn’t deserved. But some social scientists at Northwestern University decided to survey 104 Chicago-area households that make more than $7.5 million to ask them about their attitudes... Read more »
By MeganCottrell,
December 6, 2011 at 4:20 pm
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More than 800,000 Chicagoans took a pass on this year's historic election

Voter turnout in Tuesday’s election was the city’s highest in any municipal election since 1995, but it still fell far short of predictions. For more visit chicagoreporter.com Some predicted that voter turnout would top 50 percent, but just 42 percent of the city’s 1.4 million registered voters turned out at the polls Tuesday. Voter turnout... Read more »
By AldenLoury,
February 23, 2011 at 1:34 pm
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Illinois' electoral map: Not so blue these days

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On Election Night last week, I saw a Twitter post that described Illinois’ electoral map as an island of blue surrounded by a sea of red–a reference to a blue Cook County and red pretty much everywhere else in Illinois. And that map has been in the making for several years. Since 2004, the Democrats... Read more »
By AldenLoury,
November 9, 2010 at 8:54 am
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Governor Quinn squeaks by thanks to the efforts of Obama and others to turn out the black vote

President Barack Obama called me  the day before Election Day last week. Well, it wasn’t actually the president, just a recording. And it wasn’t a personal call. It was a recording probably sent to tens of thousands of likely African American voters in Illinois in an effort to drum up support for embattled Illinois Governor... Read more »
By AldenLoury,
November 7, 2010 at 12:12 pm
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News Roundup: Illinois continues to struggle to educate students who are poor, minority

Out of the 491 Illinois schools that are at least 90 percent poor and 90 percent minority, only one has also managed to get 90 percent of its students to meet state testing standards.   More at chicagoreporter.com Also in the news.. Six of 15 convicted corrupt building and zoning inspectors allegedly used connections to... Read more »
By CRIntern,
November 1, 2010 at 11:42 am
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News Roundup: Chicago's jobless rate improves, slightly

The Chicago jobless rate has fallen to 9.4 percent from last year’s 10.4, matching the Illinois rate, but still slightly higher than the national rate of 9.2 percent. The country’s economy grew at a two-percent rate between July and September, an improvement over the 1.7 percent growth between April and June. However, economists surveyed by... Read more »
By CRIntern,
October 29, 2010 at 11:59 am
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Is the Tea Party trying to keep black voters from the polls?

I recently saw a hilarious sketch at Second City. At a polling place on election day, an election official informed voters that voting had been privatized by the Tea Party, and because of that, they were required to take a literacy test in order to vote. White voters, even the crazy, shirtless, drunken ones, were... Read more »
By MeganCottrell,
October 27, 2010 at 10:55 am
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News Roundup: Daley focuses parts of budget on neighborhood safety, economic recovery

In his final budget briefing, Mayor Daley announced that he will use $38 million in surpluses from the city’s Tax Increment Financing districts to balance the budget. He also noted that spending  will be limited almost exclusively to projects focused on neighborhood safety and economic recovery. More at chicagoreporter.com   Also in the news… Democratic... Read more »
By CRIntern,
October 13, 2010 at 2:58 pm
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News Roundup: Understaffed police departments will finally get more officers

The Chicago Police Department, which is currently understaffed by about 2,300 officers each day, may be getting a bit of relief. And it might not come at a better time after a summer of shootings throughout various neighborhoods. Funding for 200 new officers has been worked into the 2011 budget. The new year will also... Read more »
By CRIntern,
October 12, 2010 at 12:10 pm
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