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John Chase is deputy metro editor for local government and politics. He rejoined the Tribune in 2022 after having worked at the Better Government Association, where he was an editor on the 2021 Pulitzer Prize-winning “The Failures Before the Fires.” He worked at the Tribune from 1998 until 2016 covering Illinois and Chicago politics and government.

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3 O’Hare suburbs get city land pitch

Pushing forward with its plan to begin acquiring suburban property for expanding O'Hare International Airport, Chicago aviation officials Wednesday encountered both anger and resignation among property owners whose homes and...
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Rain, lightning punish area

The storm system that stalled over Chicago on Tuesday dumped inches of rain, disrupting air travel, flooding newly planted crops and keeping firefighters busy with lightning strikes. Several hundred of...
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Couple fight for dream house

A DuPage County couple this week told Forest Preserve District officials they would never stop fighting the condemnation of a lot on which they recently began building their dream home....
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Ryan’s rivals keep up onslaught

Looking to gain an 11th-hour edge in an increasingly hostile contest, five of the six candidates running for governor faced off in back-to-back televised debates Thursday, with Republicans Corinne Wood...
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Cruz case’s impact low on campaigns

Though Republican Jim Ryan and Democrat Roland Burris played key roles in sending Rolando Cruz to Death Row and keeping him there for years, a new Tribune/WGN-TV poll shows most...
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Blagojevich ad attacks Vallas

In a move that could signal a tightening race for the Democratic nomination for governor, Rod Blagojevich unleashed the first attack ad of his multimillion-dollar television campaign Thursday. It criticized...
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Candidates vow to cut pork

The Republicans and Democrats vying to be the state's top lawyer on Wednesday vowed to slap a legal lid on pork-barrel legislative spending as they promised greater oversight for a...
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Candidates talk of reforms, but not for this year

Seizing on the licenses-for-bribes scandal that funneled tainted cash into Gov. George Ryan's campaign for governor, the six candidates vying to replace him have elevated ethics and campaign finance reform...
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Lemak trial ends, but few move on

The two grandfathers once sat side by side in the playroom of their children's grand Victorian home, proudly watching as their granddaughter, Emily, danced for them in one of her...
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Jury finds Lemak guilty

Marilyn Lemak's mind was sound and her motive was vengeance on the late winter day when she drugged her daughter and two sons and then smothered them with her hands,...