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The Council Rewrote the Bill in the Room
Chicago has never used a water reporting power it has held since 2017. A City Council committee found out Tuesday and amended the bill on the floor.
Sep 3
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Christopher Sweat
August 2026
"Kalshi Has a Gambling Problem": The Ninth Circuit Rules Sports Contracts Are Bets, and Filings Hit All Three Chicago Cases Within Hours
GrayStak | August 28, 2026
Aug 28
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Christopher Sweat
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A Council Committee Votes September 1 to Repeal a Data Center Rule That Requires No Council Vote to Lift
The substitute also rewrites who controls water usage data, which neither the committee nor the mayor's office described.
Aug 27
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Christopher Sweat
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Chicago Zones Data Centers as Offices
The city says data centers permitted by-right are not subject to the mayor's executive order.
Aug 17
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Christopher Sweat
The Data Center Debate Is Aimed at the Facility. The Cost Is Set at the Commission.
Virginia's legislature assigned the cost to data centers. The governor struck it out. The law took effect July 1. Illinois decides which design it uses…
Aug 11
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Christopher Sweat
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Rachel Cohen Ran the Numbers
The finance lawyer who walked out of Skadden treats risk and privilege as quantities to be measured. A year and a half later, she organizes full-time.
Aug 4
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Christopher Sweat
1
54:25
July 2026
He Held Up a Vetoed Bill to the State That Already Passed It
Geoffrey Hinton told state legislators to build a floor Illinois had cleared three weeks earlier, and never mentioned the federal effort to erase it.
Jul 29
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Christopher Sweat
THE MILLIONAIRE TAX RAN OUT OF BALLOTS
Chicago's City Council filled the November and February referendum slates on July 22. A one-day filing defect removed the last floor vehicle. The mayor…
Jul 23
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Christopher Sweat
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Before They Exercise Their Potential
The FBI wrote its pre-crime standard in secret in 1968. Justice published it as policy in 2008. The statute behind the biggest collection program…
Jul 15
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Christopher Sweat
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$100 Million, No Memo
A dealer pitched "historically very strong" spreads at 10:47 AM. Illinois committed $10 million by 1:20 PM. The FOIA request for the analysis came back…
Jul 7
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Christopher Sweat
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Chicago Runs on One Job
The city's risk is structural, Austin Berg argues, and the 2027 mayor's race is the wrong place to look for the fix.
Jul 3
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Christopher Sweat
49:17
June 2026
America Started This War and Couldn't End It Alone
Ending it took Pakistan, Qatar, and a memorandum that paid Iran to stop. The power to end wars is leaving Washington.
Jun 23
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Christopher Sweat
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