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Divorce court weds power and privacy
J.F.'s marriage was crumbling in 2010, but he didn't want that public. J.F. is a well-known Chicago politician, and when he and his wife ended up in divorce court, he asked that their names be kept secret to avoid a “media frenzy.” Despite...
Tags: Chicago Elections, Laws, Ricardo Munoz, Finance, Timothy Evans
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Cook County to pay $2.6 million to 3 fired doctors
Cook County commissioners agreed Wednesday to pay a $2.6 million settlement to three doctors who in two federal lawsuits claimed they were illegally fired from jobs at a South Side hospital. Dr. Vietta Johnson and Dr. Daniel Ivankovich said in their...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Hospitals and Clinics, Toni Preckwinkle, Justice System, Cook County Board of Commissioners
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Democratic bosses pick Beavers replacement despite state fine
Clout StreetDemocratic ward and township bosses today chose Stanley Moore to succeed convicted former Cook County Commissioner William Beavers despite Moore's $3,000 fine for allegedly campaigning while on the taxpayer dime at his state job. The selection by party...Tags: Illinois Department of Transportation, Local Elections, Elections, Cook County Government, Howard Brookins
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Beavers county board successor could be picked Thursday
Clout StreetCook County Democratic leaders are scheduled to meet Thursday to pick a replacement for Commissioner William Beavers, who was convicted last month of federal tax evasion. Ald. Howard Brookins will lead the meeting at which Democratic committeemen will...Tags: Roderick T. Sawyer, Chicago Mayor, Anthony Beale, Politics, Elections
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Weeks in review
Change of SubjectA roundup of state and local news-review and weekly political chat shows. Descriptions provided by the broadcast outlets in most cases: The Afternoon Shift (WBEZ-FM 91.5) Host Rick Kogan talks about the week's two hottest stories -- school closings and...... -
Cook County fails to curb overtime costs
As Cook County officials scramble to find ways to raise money — taxing guns, gambling machines and cigarettes — they have been unable to bring burdensome overtime costs under control. County officials for years have promised to rein in...Tags: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Local Government, Nursing, Larry Suffredin, Prisons
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Jesse Jackson Jr. resigns from Congress, acknowledges federal probe
Tribune reportersRep. Jesse Jackson Jr., the ambitious political heir to a powerful Chicago family whose once promising future collapsed amid federal ethics investigations and a diagnosis of mental illness, resigned Wednesday from the South Side congressional seat he held...Tags: Mayo Clinic, Chicago Elections, Local Elections, Rod Blagojevich, Illinois Governor
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Toni Preckwinkle's chief of staff to depart
Kurt Summers Jr., chief of staff to Cook County President Toni Preckwinkle, will leave his post in early November to join Chicago-based investment firm Grosvenor Capital Management as senior vice president, Summers said in an interview this week. The...
Tags: Employees, Investments, Chicago Mayor, Corporate Performance, Melissa Harris
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Why are leading Dems neutral in Derrick Smith race?
Change of SubjectCarol Marin today notes with dismay that Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle and other Democrats are remaining neutral in the 10th District state rep race between indicted former incumbent Derrick Smith and... -
Dithering Dems give hope to indicted candidate
Change of SubjectDemocratic Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle has her reasons for not endorsing Lance Tyson’s bid for state representative. For a year and a half — from December 2006 until May 2008 — Tyson (right), a lifelong Democrat,... -
Preckwinkle 'making a serious mistake' in not backing Tyson
Change of SubjectRich Miller: (Cook County Board President Toni) Preckwinkle is making a serious mistake here. (Former Todd Stroger chief of staff Lance) Tyson tried to do right in that office. He took the job thinking he could help. Some folks, myself...... -
Likability's labor lost
Is the Rahmfather of Chicago — Mayor Rahm Emanuel — his own worst enemy? Only a mayor's worst enemy would brush off a critical issue, like secretly taping reporters' phone calls, which is a felony in this state, and say it's much ado about...
Tags: Chicago Elections, Chicago Mayor, Government, Elections, Fishing
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