R. Bruce Dold

Jesse Jackson made a dramatic attempt Friday night to mediate a dispute over who should succeed the late Mayor Harold Washington but failed to resolve a rift that threatened to...

Jesse Jackson flew into Chicago on Friday to pay his respects to Harold Washington and assumed a pivotal role in the mayoral succession derby before even stepping out of the...

For the last 12 years, Lois Stevenson has battled against Democrats with a mismatched troop of Republican followers in the city`s 10th Ward. As a Republican committeeman on the Southeast...

Ald. Fred Roti (1st), for example, sponsored zoning changes that benefitted a restaurant and an unidentified real estate developer. Ald. Edward Burke (14th) rezoned property for a convenience store. And...

Chicago aldermen use their power over city zoning laws to reward friends and backers with multimillion-dollar opportunities, to amass thousands of dollars in campaign contributions and to determine who can...

With eight days of school already missed, Chicago Teachers Union President Jacqueline Vaughn said Friday that the Board of Education ''has no intention of getting an early settlement of this...

Former city Revenue Director Patrick Quinn plans to announce new proposals Tuesday aimed at scrutinizing city finances, including a bounty system that would pay private citizens who turn in tax...

A new audit of city hiring practices found few cases of overt political influence in filling jobs but chastised officials for failing to document that they have lived up to...

Mayor Harold Washington said Friday that Cook County Board President George Dunne would be the clear consensus candidate for chairman of the county Democratic Central Committee when party leaders meet...

One hundred days after his 1983 election, Mayor Harold Washington said there was a key difference between his new job and his old one as a congressman: In Congress, you...