What ethics reforms are candidates for Chicago mayor pushing?
In the wake of a federal corruption investigation that has rocked City Hall, many of the 14 candidates running for Chicago mayor have backed a number of ethics reforms aimed...
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Cubs’ Tom Ricketts gives Bill Daley $25K in Chicago mayor’s race
Chicago Cubs owner Tom Ricketts has thrown his financial support behind former U.S. Commerce Secretary Bill Daley’s campaign for mayor. Daley late Monday reported $195,000 in campaign contributions, including a...
Despite corruption charge, Ald. Edward Burke predicts: ‘I’m not only going to stay in the race, I’m going to win’
Embattled Ald. Edward Burke had a message for those writing his political epitaph as he faces a federal corruption charge and a tough re-election fight: he intends to win. When...
Former top cop Garry McCarthy stirs controversy on police union: ‘They can’t be operating like it’s 1950 in Birmingham, Ala.’
Former Chicago police superintendent and mayoral candidate Garry McCarthy compared the city’s police union with segregation-era policing in Alabama during a South Side mayoral forum celebrating the Rev. Martin Luther...
Chicago pols react to Jason Van Dyke’s 6 3/4-year sentence in fatal shooting of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald
Many of Chicago's candidates for mayor expressed outrage Friday at what they called an unjustifiably light sentence for former police Officer Jason Van Dyke in the murder of black teenager...
Chicago mayoral candidates react to acquittal of officers in Laquan McDonald ‘code of silence’ trial
As three Chicago police officers were being acquitted Thursday of accusations that they conspired to cover up the police murder of Laquan McDonald, the city’s former top cop who ran...
In final Tribune panel, Chicago mayoral candidates tackle crime issues, discuss pensions
Four Chicago mayoral candidates debated the best ways to reduce the city’s rampant crime woes and offered up ideas on how to handle an upcoming pension shortfall during the final...
Tom Ricketts rips Ald. Tom Tunney on sports radio, saying ‘he is against the Cubs’
Cubs Chairman Tom Ricketts took to sports radio to criticize veteran Ald. Tom Tunney, winding up well-known ballpark and neighborhood development fights and balking at what he called a “vulgar”...
Free City Colleges tuition, free CTA rides and more backed by five Chicago mayoral candidates at packed West Side forum
Five Chicago mayoral candidates committed on Wednesday night to free tuition for all city students at City Colleges of Chicago, free “L” and bus rides for youths and seniors, spending...
Chance the Rapper dona $400,000 a campaña de Amara Enyia por la Alcaldía de Chicago
Chance the Rapper, un rapero de Chicago, donó $ 400,000 a la asesora de políticas públicas Amara Enyia, candidata a la Alcaldía de la ciudad. Hasta la fecha, la contribución...