Lincoln Yards and Cortland/Chicago River TIF still in flux

Developer takes over shoreline, taxpayers take over investor fees.

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TIF AUDIOBOOK

Audiobook: Joravsky on tax-increment financing

This first-in-a-series audiobook features hours of Dave Glowacz's in-depth interviews with Ben Joravsky about TIF since 2014.

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Illinois school funding for dummies

Budget guru edsplains 2017 state formula.

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THE MAYOR

The fate of Emanuel's "cocktail train"

Is O'Hare express rail on a track to nowhere?

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• Billionaire bungle brings a lakefront bundle
• The future mayor's transportation challenge

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