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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.
Jul 23, 2026
6 min read
The week in Chicago power, for people who still believe the city can work.
Jul 16, 2026
Jul 9, 2026
5 min read
The Pritzkers' quantum land grab has a secret data center in it, the budget fight, and the parking meter vote is Monday.
Jul 2, 2026
3 min read
This week: quantum computers, the biggest rewrite of Chicago tenant law in 40 years, and the parking meter deal.
Jun 25, 2026
A pause on data centers, Socialist New York keep winning, one less pharmacy on the South Side, the city is suing Airbnb, and more
Jun 18, 2026
This Week's 312: the attempted return of the Zombie Snap Curfew, the Illinois state budget, taxing the rich (or at least starting with social media companies), and more.
Jun 11, 2026
This week: A memorial ride, a parking-meter flip, and teen panic that the numbers don't support.
Jun 4, 2026
ICE is still here and still awful, just quieter while Susana Mendoza wants to save you from a City Hall she helped build
May 28, 2026
Paul Vallas is FURIOUS about those parking meters, by the way, he just found out
