Backed by conservative activists, an upstart legal practice battles against Illinois public-sector unions while synching up with the governor’s reform movement, a Rescuing Illinois report finds.
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Daley’s CHA Plan Jolted Region
Every Chicago neighborhood and almost every suburb felt the impact of public housing transformation.
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CHA’s Transformation Reshaped A City
In some neighborhoods, new clusters of subsidized housing. In others, poverty is ‘a lot more invisible now.’
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Public Housing Families Flee to Suburbs
The number of subsidized households in Chicago’s suburbs jumped almost 30 percent since 2000.
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Trump Towers With Huuuge Property Tax Savings
Presidential candidate saved a whopping $800,000 in property taxes on his unoccupied penthouse because of a unique Cook County policy.
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CHA’s Section 8 Contractors May Get Booted
In wake of Sun-Times/BGA stories on public housing tenants living in apartments with code violations, CHA may stop outsourcing Section 8 management.
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Pilot Fatigue, Error Raised In Probe Of O’Hare Runway Mishap
But airline suggests runway conditions, other factors, could have been in play, too, when commercial jetliner slid from landing strip over winter.
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For Golf Course In Red, No Greens Fees For Politicians
As Oak Lawn’s public golf course loses millions, current and former elected officials and their families are allowed to play for free, and enjoy other recreation perks.
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Accused Of Perjury, Chicago Cop Resigns
But officer may have been gone anyway – the police department recently recommended that she and partner be fired for lying about shooting case.
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Cicero School Officials: Travel Log, High On Hog
District 99 is not a wealthy district, but school board members are staying at swanky hotels, eating pricey meals and making other curious expenses – courtesy of taxpayers.