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A person is detained by police along North Michigan Avenue on Nov. 27, 2015, during a demonstration billed as a "narch for justice" on Black Friday.

Crowds close stores, march on Mag Mile to protest Laquan McDonald killing

August 18, 2019 at 1:34 p.m.

Marchers protesting the killing of black teenager Laquan McDonald by a white police officer took over North Michigan Avenue on Friday at the height of post-Thanksgiving shopping in Chicago's most...

Former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert leaves Dirksen U.S. Courthouse in Chicago after sentencing on April 27, 2016.

Dennis Hastert goes from speaker to felon, but his dark past still a mystery

May 22, 2019 at 8:52 p.m.

It was nearly 17 years ago that Dennis Hastert raised his right hand in the U.S. Capitol and was sworn in as the speaker of the House. On Wednesday, a...

Gov. Rauner, a longtime equity investor with a broad portfolio, reported adjusted gross income of $57.5 million for 2014.

Rauner made $57.5 million in 2014

May 15, 2019 at 3:02 p.m.

Gov. Bruce Rauner shattered state records for personal campaign spending in 2014 yet still earned $20 million more than he spent on politics, his tax returns show. Rauner, a longtime...

Mayor’s office withholds records on school contract scandal

May 15, 2019 at 3:01 p.m.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel's office was more involved in a $20.5 million school contract with a now-indicted consultant than previously disclosed, public records indicate, but his administration has refused to release...

Feds taped Blagojevich

June 16, 2018 at 8:45 a.m.

Federal investigators recently made covert tape recordings of Gov. Rod Blagojevich in the most dramatic step yet in their corruption investigation of him and his administration, the Tribune has learned....

City Hall puts premium on big names for Riverwalk bars, restaurants

May 15, 2019 at 2:59 p.m.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel's $100 million Riverwalk expansion project runs like a live wire of new economic energy through the heart of downtown Chicago, attracting locals and tourists to its walkways...

Dennis Hastert's faculty portrait from the 1966 Yorkville High School yearbook when he taught and coached wrestling.

Dennis Hastert and ‘Individual A’ leave many unanswered questions

May 15, 2019 at 2:49 p.m.

One by one, men identified by political insiders and the Kendall County rumor mill have denied being "Individual A," the mysterious figure who prosecutors say took cash from former House...

Chicago Public Schools CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett, seen in 2014, is taking a paid leave of absence that was announced after a federal investigation of no-bid contracts with SUPES Academy LLC became public.

CPS principal training deal got green light despite red flags

May 25, 2019 at 1:23 p.m.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel's formula for fixing Chicago Public Schools has always put a priority on building better leaders, so it could have been a setback for the mayor's agenda when...

Pedestrians pass the Chicago Public Schools headquarters April 21, 2015, on West Madison Street in Chicago.

New light shed on City Hall’s ties to CPS scandal

May 25, 2019 at 1:23 p.m.

The consultant at the center of a federal investigation into his firm's $20.5 million no-bid contract with Chicago Public Schools acknowledged Wednesday that he advised Mayor Rahm Emanuel's transition team...

Mayor Rahm Emanuel greets Earvin "Magic" Johnson before an announcement of investing $10 million for a summer jobs program for at-risk youths during a news conference at Phalanx Family Services in Chicago on Feb. 17, 2015.

‘Magic’ Johnson and the mayor: $250,000 donated after $80 million CPS deal

May 25, 2019 at 12:55 p.m.

A week before the February city election, Mayor Rahm Emanuel stood alongside Earvin "Magic" Johnson and his billionaire business partner to announce their $10 million donation for a summer jobs...

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