Political Heavyweights May Be Forming Anti-Rahm Alliance
Latino and African-American political leaders seem to be forming an alliance to knock Rahm Emanuel out of the race for mayor of Chicago.
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Latino and African-American political leaders seem to be forming an alliance to knock Rahm Emanuel out of the race for mayor of Chicago.
U.S. Rep. Mike Quigley (D-Ill.) announced Wednesday morning that he will not be running for mayor next year.
The Democrats' national surge that began in 2006 might be ready to recede, but expect local efforts to reduce the impact of the political ebb.
The gloves came off, as the candidates for the U.S. Senate squared off in a one-hour debate.
A former associate of "Tony" Rezko was sentenced to three years in prison and ordered to pay $2.3 million in restitution.
Chicago has been given a new unofficial title: home of "America's Nastiest Political Ad." That's the charge from the Guardian, England's most liberal newspaper.
Chicago Police Supt. Jody Weis did the right thing by stripping six officers and a sergeant of their police powers because one of them stands accused of punching a suspect in handcuffs as the others "watched," Mayor Daley said Tuesday.
With the Chicago Police Department facing a serious manpower shortage, Police Supt. Jody Weis on Tuesday suggested eventually allowing retired officers to be rehired as an auxiliary police force to supplement full-time officers.
The Illinois State Bar Association is condemning an advertising campaign that a pro-business group is running against Illinois Supreme Court Justice Thomas Kilbride.
Chicago Inspector General Joseph Ferguson has released his quarterly report of investigations into alleged missteps and misdeeds.
A majority of Illinois voters believe the moratorium on enforcing the state's death penalty should be lifted, nearly 73 percent of them believe that gays and lesbians should be allowed to serve openly in the military and two-thirds favor legal marriage or civil unions for same-sex couples, all according to a poll released over the weekend.
The SouthtownStar newspaper has endorsed U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr.'s Republican opponent.
Chicago First Lady Maggie Daley is back home Tuesday, after being hospitalized for pain in her leg in Washington, D.C.
For one, it's relatives on the county payroll. For the other, a failure to vote.
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