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A $1.6 Billion Agency You've Never Thought About on the Ballot Next Week

A $1.6 Billion Agency You've Never Thought About on the Ballot Next Week

Three seats on the water agency that controls $1.6 billion and whether your sewer backs up. Here's your cheat sheet for March 17.

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Chicago 312: Raja Krishnamoorthi Wants to Abolish the ICE He's Taking Checks From

Chicago 312: Raja Krishnamoorthi Wants to Abolish the ICE He's Taking Checks From

This week: Mayor Johnson declared a budget victory over no one in particular and Raja Krishnamoorthi's donor list is not the greatest!

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Chicago 312: Kristi Noem Doesn't Know Who You Are (But She's Sure You're a Terrorist)

Chicago 312: Kristi Noem Doesn't Know Who You Are (But She's Sure You're a Terrorist)

This week: CCPSA, the Bears bidding war, Kansas attacks on trans people. Also, what are you reading?

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Maria Pappas Never Claimed to Be a Nun

Maria Pappas Never Claimed to Be a Nun

Long live Maria Pappas: a Chicago character in every era.

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(CORRECTION) The 312: Johnson Writes Orders, O'Burke Ignores Them, and Chicago Celebrates Moving Its Own Money Around

(CORRECTION) The 312: Johnson Writes Orders, O'Burke Ignores Them, and Chicago Celebrates Moving Its Own Money Around

Chicago 312: ICE is on notice in Chicago, I still don't know what a TIF Sweep is, and a *community poll* about how much X personally and politically scrambles your brain.

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🚨 The 312: Who is Tom Homan?

🚨 The 312: Who is Tom Homan?

Chicago 312: CPD Collaboration With ICE, Municipal Debt, and a Deep Dive Into the Garbage History of Tom Homan

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🚨 Chicago 312: Don't Invade Minnesota in the Winter

🚨 Chicago 312: Don't Invade Minnesota in the Winter

Chicago 312: healthcare cowardice, procurement reform that actually matters, and gig workers fighting for the right to push back when the algorithm screws them.

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🚨 Chicago 312:

🚨 Chicago 312:

Trump threatens $3B in cuts, CCPSA stalls on CPD-ICE investigation, and Edgewater NIMBYs sue to reverse upzoning.

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🚨 Chicago 312: Fake Budgets, Real Robots

🚨 Chicago 312: Fake Budgets, Real Robots

Chicago 312: A shutdown threat, made up revenue, rogue delivery robots, and South Shore tenants getting punished for surviving a federal raid.

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🚨 Chicago 312: Let's Fix the Budget Gap With An Alternate Reality Game Sponsored By ExxonMobil

🚨 Chicago 312: Let's Fix the Budget Gap With An Alternate Reality Game Sponsored By ExxonMobil

Chicago 312: A CPD consent decree check in, budget fighting, data centers, and moss doing more work than half our institutions.

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🚨 Chicago 312: Chicago’s First Real Revenue Fight in Decades

🚨 Chicago 312: Chicago’s First Real Revenue Fight in Decades

Chicago 312: budget standoff, pushback on DoorDash, the CHA in limbo, and why conservative media keeps winning the long game.

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Vertical Video For People Who Hate Making Vertical Video

Vertical Video For People Who Hate Making Vertical Video

Why organizers need vertical video, and how it builds narrative power.

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