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Chicago 312: Open For Business, Out Of Power

Aug 13, 2026

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Chicago 312: Open For Business, Out Of Power

The alderman who wrote Chicago's data center incentives is calling the mayor a stunt artist for regulating them — while 142,000 households sit in the dark.

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Chicago 312: Government Is Not Neutral

Aug 8, 2026

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Chicago 312: Government Is Not Neutral

The Department of Housing's public affairs director on the orange suit, junk fees, and why boring communication is a disservice to residents.

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Chicago 312: The September Countdown Clocks

Aug 6, 2026

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Chicago 312: The September Countdown Clocks

CPS bets payroll on Springfield, the meter deal hits its final weeks, ICE On Notice turns out to be neither, and the left has more than one candidate for mayor.

Chicago 312: Nine Weeks to Undo Daley's Worst Deal

Jul 30, 2026

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Chicago 312: Nine Weeks to Undo Daley's Worst Deal

Plus: 2027 starts now, your car should not drive you to jail, and the AI Lobby that's coming for Illinois.

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Chicago 312: How the Left Actually Wins the Narrative

Jul 23, 2026

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Chicago 312: How the Left Actually Wins the Narrative

The week in Chicago power, for people who still believe the city can work.

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Chicago 312:  Life Finds a Way

Jul 16, 2026

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Chicago 312: Life Finds a Way

The week in Chicago power, for people who still believe the city can work.

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Chicago 312: Don't Call It A Data Center

Jul 9, 2026

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Chicago 312: Don't Call It A Data Center

The Pritzkers' quantum land grab has a secret data center in it, the budget fight, and the parking meter vote is Monday.

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Chicago 312: What does ICE have to do with Chicago's parking meters?

Jul 2, 2026

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Chicago 312: What does ICE have to do with Chicago's parking meters?

This week: quantum computers, the biggest rewrite of Chicago tenant law in 40 years, and the parking meter deal.

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Chicago 312: Even A24 Can't Make AI Cool
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Jun 25, 2026

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Chicago 312: Even A24 Can't Make AI Cool

A pause on data centers, Socialist New York keep winning, one less pharmacy on the South Side, the city is suing Airbnb, and more

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Chicago 312: The State Budget in the Era of Trillionaires
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Jun 18, 2026

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Chicago 312: The State Budget in the Era of Trillionaires

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.

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Paint Is Not Infrastructure
LockSimple

Jun 11, 2026

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Paint Is Not Infrastructure

This week: A memorial ride, a parking-meter flip, and teen panic that the numbers don't support.

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H Kapp-Klote

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Susana Mendoza Is Also Mad About the Parking Meter Deal
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Jun 4, 2026

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Susana Mendoza Is Also Mad About the Parking Meter Deal

ICE is still here and still awful, just quieter while Susana Mendoza wants to save you from a City Hall she helped build

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