Questions and concern about Mautino’s campaign payouts has opponents calling for his ouster even before he really gets started.
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CTA Board’s Pension Games
Retired members of transit board get lucrative benefits – are taxpayers getting railroaded?
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CTA Execs Ride The Pension Express
Retirement perks benefit Chicago Transit Authority bigwigs, saddle taxpayers for decades.
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How CPS Failed Laquan McDonald
Teen gunned down by a Chicago cop had rough road through deeply flawed Chicago Public Schools, child-welfare systems.
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Controversial Donor Gives To Alvarez, Again
Businessman once probed by Cook County State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez’s predecessor in still-unsolved missing persons case is now giving her campaign a financial boost.
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‘Backdoor Casinos’ Popping Up In Illinois
Despite an oversight board’s contention that video gaming malls are an end-run around state law, gambling parlors are opening next to each other in various towns.
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Early-Retirement Pitch Helps Sink CPS Contract Offer
Teachers, classroom aides feared brain drain of experienced educators, and the prospect of future layoffs, in rejecting four-year deal from Chicago Public Schools.
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City Colleges Faculty: “No Confidence” In Chancellor
Instructors take symbolic vote against Mayor Emanuel’s leadership team at Chicago’s publicly funded community college network.
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Chicago Police Misconduct – A Rising Financial Toll
City Hall has spent a staggering $642 million since 2004 dealing with excessive force claims and other allegations against Chicago police officers.
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Illinois Pension Crisis: Ripe For Fed Rescue?
A U.S. bailout or low-interest loan program are unpopular ideas but as options and funding run dry even Governor Rauner is open to hearing suggestions, a BGA Rescuing Illinois report finds.