Meeks Backtracks Even More From Remarks On Minorities, Women
There was another new twist Friday in the flap over state Sen. James Meeks comments about who should and should not get a boost in city contracting.
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There was another new twist Friday in the flap over state Sen. James Meeks comments about who should and should not get a boost in city contracting.
Former U.S. Sen. Roland Burris isn't running for Chicago mayor.
The Rev. Jesse Jackson joined South suburban Mayors and others at the Thompson Center in the latest push for action on creating a third regional airport near Peotone.
About 150 people marched this morning from the federal immigrant detention center in Broadview to a Catholic church in Melrose Park two miles away, their third annual Christmastime posada.
Illinois' capital city of Springfield will begin saying goodbye to its mayor, three days after he was found dead at his home of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Mayoral Candidate James Meeks was clarifying some comments he made about which groups should and should not be included in minority contracting set-aside programs.
Testimony revealed that Rob Halpin sought the large sum from the mayoral hopeful shortly before he filed petitions to run against Emanuel and other contenders.
Moving quickly, one week into her first term as President of the Cook County Board, Toni Preckwinkle has appointed two transition team members to head the Cook County Forest Preserve District, the nation's largest.
More than two decades in the making, a new bridge across the Fox River is expected to bring more business to the area.
Political patronage will cost the Cook County Forest Preserve District more than half a million dollars.
The residency hearings on whether Rahm Emanuel meets the requirement to run for mayor enter the third day today.
A new push is underway to get former Gov. George Ryan out of prison, as his wife now might only have months to live.
Charter schools, union contracts, and a proposed income tax increase were just a few topics as four of the six major candidates for Mayor sounded off on their plans to better improve Chicago public schools.
State Sen. James Meeks on Wednesday called on the his two fellow African-American candidates for mayor to get together to decide which of them has the best chance to win and then have all three back that candidate.
At an election board hearing on Rahm Emanuel's bid for mayor, his tenant contradicted Emanuel's testimony that his family stored prized possessions in a locked storage area of their house when they moved to Washington, D.C.
