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Harvey tips the first domino in Illinois’ municipal debt crisis
While cameras focused on Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson’s budget speech last week, a quieter but more consequential story unfolded just 25 miles south of…
Oct 19
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Austin Berg
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Operation Midway Blitz and the dangers of belligerence
Midway Airport is home to a special plane.
Oct 12
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Austin Berg
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How Illinois suppresses voter turnout in Chicago and beyond
My testimony at the House Ethics and Elections Committee.
Sep 28
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Austin Berg
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Chicago gets a taste of insolvency
Chicago's firefighter pension fund needed emergency lending to cut checks to retirees.
Sep 21
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Austin Berg
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Chicago’s $80M grocery tax grab, and how to stop it
City Council members are back from August recess with two big questions on the table for their Sept.
Sep 14
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Austin Berg
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With no city constitution, Chicago's mayor writes the rules
In a late Friday news dump, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson announced the new alderman of the 27th Ward: Walter “Red” Burnett.
Sep 7
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Austin Berg
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Micky Horstman
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How Brandon Johnson lost his longest political battle
The Chicago Board of Education handed the mayor a stunning defeat.
Aug 31
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Austin Berg
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Disaster unionism and the Chicago Public Schools budget vote
Mayor Brandon Johnson and his chief political backer are working to create a crisis.
Aug 24
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Austin Berg
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