Tanveer Ali

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Elections

How your Chicago-area neighborhood voted in the 2018 Illinois governor race

We made a map that shows precinct-level results in all or parts of four Chicago-area counties: Cook, Lake, Will and DuPage.

By Tanveer Ali

News

J.B. Pritzker victory fueled by nearly 20 percent bump in voter turnout

Nearly 700,000 more ballots were cast in the 2018 Illinois elections compared with 2014 and J.B. Pritzker may have gotten nearly all of those votes.

By Tanveer Ali and Stefano Esposito

Elections

Illinois’ U.S. House election fundraising reaches $68.3 million, highest ever

Republican Rep. Peter Roskam (6th) has led all candidates this cycle with $6.4 million in receipts.

By Tanveer Ali

Politics

Pritzker’s and Rauner’s $207M buys lots of TV, pals — caffè lattes and Munchkins

Both men are spending money hand over fist, but on nearly every measure, Pritzker is outspending the Republican governor nearly two to one.

By Tina Sfondeles and Tanveer Ali

Elections

Here’s how to vote early in Chicago

Here’s how to vote ahead the Nov. 6 election.

By Tanveer Ali

Chicago

More than 2,000 apply in latest round to buy city-owned vacant lots for a dollar

Since 2014, the city of Chicago’s dollar-lots program has sold 1,246 lots on the South Side and the West Side that are now contributing over $500,000 a year in property taxes.

By Manny Ramos and Tanveer Ali

Crime

Who’s who in the Laquan McDonald-Jason Van Dyke case

Politicians, police and attorneys. These are the people are the center of the trial of Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke, accused of murdering Laquan McDonald by firing his gun 16 times.

By Jon Seidel and Tanveer Ali

News

Thousands of CPS high school seats unfilled despite new application process

One of every three freshmen seats in CPS classrooms remain unfilled less than three weeks before the school year is scheduled to begin.

By Alexandra Arriaga and Tanveer Ali

The Watchdogs

State has given $420 million in tax breaks to TV shows, movies, won’t detail why

What did 1,817 TV, movie and commercial productions do to earn millions in tax breaks from the state of Illinois? Officials won’t say.

By Tim Novak and Tanveer Ali