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The DePaulia

Mayor Emanuel unable to capture majority, faces runoff

Mayor Emanuel unable to capture majority, faces runoff

Brenden Moore February 24, 2015

  Mayor Rahm Emanuel is headed to an April 7 runoff with Cook County Commissioner Chuy Garcia after failing to get the 50 percent plus one needed to win tonight. With most precincts reporting,...

LIVE BLOG: Chicago Election 2015

LIVE BLOG: Chicago Election 2015

DePaulia Staff February 24, 2015

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MAP: Chicago Election Results 2015

MAP: Chicago Election Results 2015

Summer Concepcion February 24, 2015

Check back throughout the night for updated results as votes are counted.

Caroline Vickrey speaks at an event in January at DePaul during her campaign against 43rd Ward incumbent Ald. Michele Smith. (Brenden Moore / The DePaulia)

Challenger Caroline Vickrey pushes for development reform in 43rd Ward

Brenden Moore February 22, 2015

Lincoln Park is at a crossroads. While not facing as severe of problems compared with crime-ridden and economically depressed South and West side neighborhoods, the wealthy residents of the lakeside...

Mayor Rahm Emanuel (L) has battled mayoral candidates (L-R) Willie Wilson, Bob Fioretti, and Chuy Garcia on Chicago’s policy of a mayor-appointed school board. (Nam Y. Huh | AP)

Appointed vs. elected school boards, a Chicago debate

Eric Traphagen February 22, 2015

Elected school boards for Chicago Public Schools (CPS) remains a highly contested issue going into Tuesday’s mayoral election. Many Chicagoans are unhappy with the condition of the city’s public...

Panel at DePaul highlights Chicago’s struggle with special education

John Blocher February 22, 2015

On May 22, 2013, Chicago voted to close 50 public schools.  Among those most affected were special needs students.  Last week DePaul’s College of Education  held a panel discussion to inform listeners...

Ald. Michele Smith at a desk at the 43rd Ward Democrats office. In addition to being alderman, Smith serves as Democratic committeeman for the ward. She is facing three opponents in the election Feb. 24. (Brenden Moore / The DePaulia)

Ald. Michele Smith makes case for 43rd Ward

Brenden Moore February 15, 2015

Despite her extensive record, divided ward makes runoff a possibility In lush Ward 43, with its luxury housing that hugs its tree-lined streets in the company of the largest Catholic university...

South Loop residents and convention-goers alike make use of the new Cermak-McCormick Place Green Line stop. The stop opened Feb. 8 after more than two years of construction, closing a nearly two-mile gap on the line. (Vanessa Bell / The DePaulia)

McCormick Green Line stop opens

Vanessa Bell February 15, 2015

Getting to and from the South Loop will be easier with the opening of the McCormick-Cermak stop on the CTA Green Line, just four blocks from McCormick Place and the soon-to-be DePaul Arena. Before...

Keeping it local: Aldermen in North Side Wards

Keeping it local: Aldermen in North Side Wards

DePaulia Staff February 15, 2015

A break-down of the issues and candidates campaigning for Alderman in North Side Wards A flood of issues have predominated the mayoral debates, such as funding for CPS schools, the pension crisis...

Commuters board a Union Pacific North Line Metra train toward Kenosha at the Clybourn stop. 82 percent of DePaul students are commuters, with many coming from the suburbs. (Grant Myatt / The DePaulia)

Chugging along: DePaul commuter students face constant delays, rising costs and exhaustion

Jessica Villagomez February 8, 2015

DePaul freshman Dennis Syvongsa wakes up at 7:30 a.m. to get to his 10:10 a.m. composition and rhetoric class. Syvongsa does not know what to expect from the weather, often layering on pairs of thick...

McCormick Collection: McPier begins marketing arena for non-DePaul events

‘McCormick Collection’: McPier begins marketing arena for non-DePaul events

Megan Deppen February 8, 2015

McPier, the agency behind Chicago’s money-making convention center, McCormick Place, released its first marketing campaign for the McCormick Collection, a multimillion dollar expansion project that...

An entrance to the Red Line at Monroe Street in the Loop. Those who use the Red Line and Blue Line subways will soon have the benefit of 4G coverage as part of a $32.5 million plan. (Photo courtesy of JDeeringDavis | Flickr)

Signal boost: CTA plans to install 4G service on Red and Blue lines

Natalie Taylor February 8, 2015

Technological advancements in the past decade have brought the world into a state of constant connectivity. Now, that connection will go where no service has gone before, underground. Last month Chicago...

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