One of the big political players in the aldermanic races, and the runoffs to come, is a political action committee with virtually no public donors and only a handful of specific policy preferences. Is it progressive? Centrist? Conservative? Or do we even have the right framework to describe it?
Two-time mayoral candidate and congressman Danny Davis, who criticized black Rahm voters during the campaign, took a more mellow look when he called me yesterday from his office in Washington. “Life is alright with me,” he said…
The CEO of Johnson Publishing (and recent profile subject) returns to the political party scene as a member of the mayor-elect’s inaugural committee, well after the Obama drama subsided…
Jody Weis’s stormy tenure as CPD superintendent ended abruptly yesterday; he’ll be replaced by former superintendent Terry Hillard. Weis arguably made a number of mistakes, but he wasn’t the first outsider to run into trouble as the CPD’s leader…
After a decade-long moratorium, it seems almost as if Illinois has forgotten it still has the death penalty. That may change next week, but there hasn’t been a great deal of attention–which might be a good thing…
Rahm Emanuel’s Twitter doppleganger is a Columbia College prof and former editor of the late, great Punk Planet, who gave us a great lesson in digital storytelling…
John Kass is taking bets on when the mild-mannered Dr. Banner who ran for mayor will turn into the Incredible Jerk of yore. Mayoring is a hard job, but I don’t think it’s gonna happen. Here’s why…
For years Michael Madigan has been the quiet center of state politics, and he’s been a player in local politics as well. But as he gets older, questions of succession are inevitable.
Another New York publication has decided that Chicago is exciting, excited, glittery, and elan-tastic, but they can’t really put their finger on why. Luckily, we’ve got the numbers behind the hipness.
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