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Jan 18, 2026
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11 min read
Trump threatens $3B in cuts, CCPSA stalls on CPD-ICE investigation, and Edgewater NIMBYs sue to reverse upzoning.
Apr 22, 2025
9 min read
Trump’s rewriting the rules. Illinois could rewrite the future.
Mar 23, 2025
Recapping Andor, a Star Wars show about revolutions, power, and Diego Luna dissociating.
Mar 4, 2025
7 min read
Or -- How to Make Propaganda About the Most Boring Parts of Municipal Finance
Nov 28, 2023
The only way to stop Mark Ruffalo Movie Crying when it comes to Chicago Politics is to understand power.
Oct 29, 2026
5 min read
The Council gets into The Budget, feds study the Amtrak yard they paid for, and a Rogers Park father is on week three of a hunger strike in a Texas ICE jail.
Oct 22, 2026
8 min read
Budget season really really begins, the head tax returns with a coupon, SEIU walks, and the Council orders a new ShotSpotter.
Oct 15, 2026
A veto, an override, and the federal money that leaves December 31.
Oct 8, 2026
TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE!
Oct 1, 2026
This week: the parking meter deal, where sanctuary runs out, and how to use your legally mandated public comment at government meetings most effectively.
Sep 24, 2026
ICE in Evanston, Council punts on data centers, a bill to end DHS, and local news v. creators
Sep 17, 2026
Budget season, MBJ's re-election campaign, and the political drama of finding a new CPD superintendent.
Sep 10, 2026
3 min read
A year of Midway Blitz, lead pipe policy, and just cause for renters.
Sep 3, 2026
4 min read
Policy in theory v. policy in practice: who regulates a funeral home, $24,000 in unpaid daycare wages, and an ICE-contractor order that can't cancel an ICE contract.
