Witness list in probe of city hiring leaked
The defense attorney for Mayor Richard Daley's longtime patronage chief improperly gave the city a confidential list with the names of key government witnesses in the federal probe of City...
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Clout’s reward: Big payday
When Jason Martin needed a job, the 22-year-old college dropout turned to a lifelong family friend--his alderman, Brian Doherty. Doherty said he went to a top political strategist in Mayor...
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...
Top Mell aide says he was questioned in Hired Truck investigation
A top aide to powerful Ald. Richard Mell (33rd) said Tuesday investigators probing the city's scandal-ridden Hired Truck Program questioned him recently. Chuck Lomanto, Mell's chief of staff, said a...
Top Mell aide says he was questioned in Hired Truck investigation
A top aide to powerful Ald. Richard Mell (33rd) said Tuesday investigators probing the city's scandal-ridden Hired Truck Program questioned him recently. Chuck Lomanto, Mell's chief of staff, said a...
City cooks blue bag books
Although Mayor Richard Daley's administration says it wants to create a culture of recycling in Chicago, there is far less of it being done under the showcase blue bag program...
Brother of Hired Truck boss is in hot water
The brother of Hired Truck scandal figure Angelo Torres has been placed on paid administrative leave as investigators look into charges an aide who worked under him at the Streets...
Chicago to probe plumbing company
Standing next to Chicago Mayor Richard Daley, a city official Saturday announced an investigation into a city-certified minority firm owned by the sister of prominent Daley ally Victor Reyes. Michael...
Duff told mom to lie, U.S. says
Patricia Duff, the purported head of a politically connected janitorial firm, had to be tutored for about two weeks on how the business was run before a key 1999 meeting...
A rare look at secretive Brotherhood in America
Over the last 40 years, small groups of devout Muslim men have gathered in homes in U.S. cities to pray, memorize the Koran and discuss events of the day. But...