CN December 18, 2014
Is the Chicago municipal election really under way? Well, yes, but not in the most visible way. At this point, it’s “mostly objections and positioning,” say Jimm Dispensa and Mike Fourcher of...
View ArticleCN Feb. 12, 2015
It’s just possible that as of this date, Mayor Rahm Emanuel still hasn’t garnered enough support to avoid a runoff after the Feb. 24 election. The Reader’s Ben Joravsky is sticking with his...
View ArticleCN March 12, 2015, Part 2
On today’s Chicago Newsroom Part 2, the aldermanic runoffs, we take on Wards 2, 7, 45 an 46 with Aldertrack’s Mike Fourcher. Ward 2: Brian Hopkins and Alyx Pattison Fourcher describes Hopkins,...
View ArticleCN March 26, 2015 Part 2
] With so much attention focused on the mayoral race, it can be easy to forget that there are eighteen smaller runoffs being held in Chicago Wards. Some of them seem to be foregone conclusions, but in...
View ArticleCN July 30, 2015
Is this the new reality? We just pass three and four-week state budgets, because we have to have something, but we can’t agree on anything. The City’s Comprehensive Annual Financial Report is out, and...
View ArticleCN Sept.17, 2015
Are you getting comfortable with the the notion that your taxes are about to go up as they never have in your lifetime? Well, that’s probably a good thing, because Aldertrack’s Mike Fourcher says it’s...
View ArticleCN Dec. 3, 2015
Glenn Reedus is a thoughtful, experienced guy. He’s written for The Chicago Defender, the Crusader, South Suburban News, and the Chicago Reporter. For a time, he was Executive Editor at the Defender....
View ArticleCN Dec 10 2015
There’s a small cadre of reporters who regularly cover City Hall, and they deeply understand the goings-on at City Council, in the Mayor’s Office and the Departments. Mike Fourcher is one of them. As...
View ArticleCN April 28 2016
It looks like the Tribune Publishing company may be in play once again. Chairman Michael Ferro has said that Gannett is trying to “steal” the Tribune, But Aldertrack’s Mike Fourcher has a different...
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