Yesterday, when lame-duck mayor Richard M. Daley finally got some of what he wanted in the building of a new runway and a new air traffic control tower at O’Hare, he got to take center stage. But people who follow city politics saw the hand of Rahm Emanuel, who has an old friend in Ray LaHood, the U.S. Secretary of Transportation…
Could a partial meltdown occur at a Great Lakes nuclear power plant? One already has, and there’s even a song about it. Here’s a look at some risks for Midwestern plants, including tornadoes, people, and not being a nuclear power plant.
Last week the National Opinion Research Center at the University of Chicago released its 27th General Social Survey, which measures Americans’ government-spending priorities. The austerity fad seems to have changed our priorities a bit, but a plurality of us still wants to spend money on most government functions, especially on education.
Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen, and Horace Grant were among those who attended the March 12th homecoming celebration, during halftime at the Bulls-Jazz game on Saturday.
Pat Quinn just signed a bill that forces online retailers like Amazon to pay state sales taxes in states where they have affiliates… and in response Amazon is cutting off its affiliates. What’s this all got to do with affiliates if it’s Amazon that we want the money from? It all has to do with the Commerce Clause.
Beatrice Tonnensen, “Chicago’s woman photographer,” pioneered one of the most groundbreaking and influential ideas in American media and culture: taking photographs of attractive women and using them in ads.
Last night Wisconsin Republicans made another advance in their attempt to strip Wisconsin public unions of their collective-bargaining rights. For what’s next, we have to look at how the sausage is made… or how the ingredients for the sausage are made, or even the regulations under which the ingredients are concocted.
Tom Carey, 56, has been working for candidates here—from Rich Daley to John Stroger—since he was 25. One day in January, the political strategist received a call from a local lawyer who was volunteering for Carol Moseley Braun. The man told Carey he would pick him up to take him to a meeting, but didn’t say with whom. Carey was soon in the Hyde Park home of Moseley Braun, talking politics with the woman who, at the time, was hoping for a runoff with Rahm Emanuel…
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Big news out of Wisconsin as the legislature prepares to ditch the budget repair bill and go straight to the collective bargaining at the heart of the past month’s controversy. But Scott Walker isn’t the only governor taking huge political risks–new Republican leaders in Florida and Pennsylvania are pushing dramatic budget cuts. Meanwhile, things are quiet in Illinois… too quiet?
