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John Chase

John Chase is deputy metro editor for local government and politics. He rejoined the Tribune in 2022 after having worked at the Better Government Association, where he was an editor on the 2021 Pulitzer Prize-winning “The Failures Before the Fires.” He worked at the Tribune from 1998 until 2016 covering Illinois and Chicago politics and government.

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Details of billboard deal raise questions

Mayor Rahm Emanuel's no-bid deal for new expressway billboards guarantees the city far less than half the $700 million the private vendor expects to make and essentially requires Chicago to...
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CPS OKs massive closings

Months of argument and anguish over Mayor Rahm Emanuel's push for sweeping school closings came to a climax Wednesday as his hand-picked Board of Education voted to shut 49 elementary...
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Emanuel returns donation from tech firm lobbyist

Mayor Rahm Emanuel has returned a $10,000 campaign donation from a lobbyist for a tech firm disqualified from a city program this week after the Tribune raised questions about potential...
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High-performing school finds itself on closing list

A big blue banner hangs on the brick exterior of Calhoun North Elementary boasting how the East Garfield Park neighborhood school provides a rich array of computer access for students...
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CPS to close 61 school buildings

After months of suspense and anxiety, Chicago school officials announced Thursday that they planned to close 61 school buildings, nearly 13 percent of the total number of schools in the...