City fires water boss
The ax fell Friday on city Water Management Commissioner Richard Rice and nine underlings--including the brother-in-law of Cook County Commissioner John Daley--after the discovery of an alleged timesheet scam. The...
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2 buildings officials quit amid city probe
Two senior officials in the city's Buildings Department have resigned amid an internal investigation into possible wrongdoing, the Daley administration said Wednesday. Kimberly Brown, the department's $124,700-a-year first deputy commissioner,...
2 buildings officials quit amid city probe
Two senior officials in the city's Buildings Department have resigned amid an internal investigation into possible wrongdoing, the Daley administration said Wednesday. Kimberly Brown, the department's $124,700-a-year first deputy commissioner,...
Clout is unusual, Daley insists
In his first public comments since city officials disclosed they are investigating cases of patronage hiring, Mayor Richard Daley said Tuesday he does not believe favoritism in city job placement...
City Hall discovers clout
After years of denying the existence of patronage in a town famous for the practice, the Daley administration on Monday announced an overhaul of city hiring to eliminate political influence...
Scandals chip away at Daley
The persistent drip, drip, drip of scandal at City Hall has taken a serious toll on Mayor Richard Daley, eroding his support, cutting sharply into his popularity and making him...
Daley picks rising star to end government corruption
Mayor Richard M. Daley on Wednesday named Ron Huberman, a youthful technocrat, former police official and fast-rising star in his administration, to be his chief of staff. And on the...
Alderman pleads for pick-me-up
Could somebody--anybody--fix Ald. Burton Natarus' chair? Even as Natarus was plotting his strategy at a City Council meeting last week to pass a ban on hand-held cell phones in cars,...
Put it down or pay up, city warns motorists
Believing that cell phones have turned driving into a dangerous contortion act, the Chicago City Council on Wednesday voted to ban motorists from cradling phones in their hands while behind...
Daley’s lips sealed on truck scandal
Though 15 months have passed since the first arrests in City Hall's Hired Truck scandal, Mayor Richard Daley said Wednesday he still doesn't know who in his administration installed the...