Illinois school funding for dummies

Budget guru cuts apart, boils down the school-law sausage.

ALSO SEE:

• Audiobook: Joravsky on public schools
• Rahm fired up about—but wouldn't fire—Forrest Claypool
• FBI's Blago wiretap: Claypool is Rahm's go-to guy

FINANCE

Divvy and Fleet eat tasty TIF treat

City administration has money in motion.

• Alderman's shot at shorting TIF slush thwarted?
• Property taxes: who to blame and why to care
• Activist: City's "not broke," prove I'm wrong

INFRASTRUCTURE

Trump and transit: Rahm railroads Red Line funding ask

Greased rails for funding belie desire for community input.

• CTA lets public rail against Red Line subsidy
• City commission OKs property-tax siphon for Lathrop Homes
• Building green: who profits from city's latest development schemes

THE MAYOR

The "environmentally friendly" chief executive?

Moniker belied by Emanuel's O'Hare "cocktail train."

• FBI wiretap: Claypool is Rahm's go-to guy
• Billionaire bungle brings a lakefront bundle
• Reimagining Obama's radio endorsement of Rahm

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