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THE ALLOCATION AND THE EMPTY FIELD
PART TWO · CONTINUED FROM "CHICAGO SENT THE AIRPORT TO ARGUE ABOUT YOUR ELECTRIC BILL"
CHRISTOPHER SWEAT, reporting from the Illinois Commerce Commission docket and Chicago City Hall
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Force Without Doctrine
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On Sunday 28 September 2025, a Border Patrol formation of several dozen agents crossed the Chicago River at 1:30 p.m. Central, walked west along Wacker Drive and north into River North, and detained several people. I was in the...
The Escort Out: How Bridgeview Answered Jake Lang
The Municipal Answer | Part Two · Continued from Before Sunday in Bridgeview: How Three Cities Handled Jake Lang
GrayStak Media | Chicago | Friday, Oct. 16, 2026
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A Pause on Paper: Chicago's Data Center Moratoriums Stall, and the Council Sets No Meeting Until December
Christopher Sweat, reporting from City Hall. Sixth in a series on Chicago’s data center regulation. Previously: Chicago Zones Data Centers as Offices, Aug. 17; A Council Committee Votes September 1, Aug. 27; The Council Rewrote the Bill in...
Before Sunday in Bridgeview: How Three Cities Handled Jake Lang
THE MUNICIPAL ANSWER | PART ONE
GrayStak Media | Chicago | Friday, Oct. 2, 2026
By Christopher Sweat. New York reporting by Ryan Lazarus.
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Co-Founder & CEO of GrayStak, an independent press operation and signal product. Co-author of Political Velocity, the framework behind DPVI. Writing about U.S. political escalation while it's still moving, before consensus forms.
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