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Aldermen Edward Burke, left, and Edward Vrdolyak at City Hall on May 7, 1983.

Ald. Edward Burke’s power spans more than 5 decades in Chicago’s 14th Ward

May 15, 2019 at 5:24 p.m.

The dramatic federal raids of his government offices didn’t come up as Ald. Edward Burke strolled through a Garfield Ridge banquet hall recently handing out bags stuffed with swag to...

Jeff Kraig has a smoke before the Bears-Patriots game in October.The Illinois Appellate Court ruled that Mayor Rahm Emanuel's 2016 tax on cigars and chewing tobacco is legal, overruling a Cook County circuit court's ruling in a lawsuit brought by a tobacco retailers group.

Chicago can tax cigars, chewing tobacco, court rules

May 15, 2019 at 5:24 p.m.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s tax on cigars, chewing tobacco and roll-your-own tobacco is legal and can be added to the price of those tobacco products, according to a court ruling. The...

Chicago mayoral candidate Lori Lightfoot talks with reporters before filing a motion to dismiss Toni Preckwinkle's petition signature challenge at a hearing at the Chicago Board of Elections in Chicago on Monday, Dec. 17, 2018.

Toni Preckwinkle drops challenge to Lori Lightfoot’s mayoral petition signatures

May 15, 2019 at 5:24 p.m.

Former federal prosecutor Lori Lightfoot’s name is set to appear on the Chicago mayoral ballot, after Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle dropped her challenge Monday to Lightfoot’s election petitions....

Chicago mayoral candidate Paul Vallas, shown in October 2018, says rival Bill Daley needs to participate in more public forums so voters can see how he measures up on the issues.

Chicago mayoral candidate Paul Vallas hits Bill Daley over links to brother, tax returns

May 15, 2019 at 5:24 p.m.

Mayoral candidate Paul Vallas on Thursday tried to tie rival Bill Daley to controversial financial decisions during his brother’s mayoral administration and called on the former top White House aide...

State Comptroller Susana Mendoza, right, turns in her signed petitions for the office of mayor at the Cook County Administration Building in Chicago on Nov. 26, 2018.

Toni Preckwinkle drops challenge to Susana Mendoza’s mayoral petitions

May 15, 2019 at 5:23 p.m.

Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle will drop her challenge to state Comptroller Susana Mendoza’s mayoral petitions, clearing the way for Mendoza to appear as a candidate on the February...

Susana Mendoza waves to the crowd after a Chicago mayoral candidate forum at the Copernicus Center on the Northwest Side, on Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2018.

Susana Mendoza calls for adding services to underenrolled Chicago schools rather than closing them

May 15, 2019 at 5:23 p.m.

Mayoral candidate Susana Mendoza said Tuesday she would seek to add day care and job training programs at dozens of underenrolled Chicago schools as a way to try to keep...

Residentes de Chicago podrán rastrear envenenamiento de ratas con sus teléfonos

February 8, 2019 at 1:23 p.m.

Los residentes de Chicago podrán rastrear las peticiones de servicios a la ciudad, como tala de árboles, envenenamiento de ratas y reemplazos de contenedores de basura, a través de una...

Signage posted by the Chicago Department of Streets and Sanitation updates Northwest Side neighbors on rodent control efforts.

Chicagoans will be able to track rat poisoning via mobile phones under new 311 system

May 15, 2019 at 5:23 p.m.

Chicago residents will be able to track requests from the city for things such as tree trimming, rat poisoning and garbage bin replacement through a mobile app via the updated...

The campaign attorney for mayoral candidate Garry McCarthy, shown during a November 2018 meet and greet, said he was "very pleased" that a challenge of the former Chicago police superintendent's petitions had been dropped.

Paul Vallas drops challenge to Garry McCarthy ballot signatures in Chicago mayor’s race

May 15, 2019 at 5:23 p.m.

Ex-police Superintendent Garry McCarthy’s path to appear on the mayoral ballot was cleared Monday when onetime Chicago Public Schools CEO Paul Vallas dropped his objections to the former top cop’s...

Ald. Edward Burke's 14th Ward office in the 2600 block of West 51st Street is closed and the windows covered for an FBI investigation on Nov. 29, 2018.

FBI carries out second search of 14th Ward Ald. Ed Burke’s City Hall offices

May 15, 2019 at 5:23 p.m.

For the second time in two weeks, federal authorities searched the City Hall offices of powerful Ald. Ed Burke on Thursday as part of an ongoing criminal investigation, sources have...

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