Chicago Tribune: Politics
- Demolish McCormick Place for Lucas Museum site: City Hall plan
Friday - 04/15/2016 - 11:47 AMMayor Rahm Emanuel wants to tear down McCormick Place East to create a lakefront parcel for Star Wars filmmaker George Lucas' art museum in an effort to prevent Lucas from taking the project to another city, a source close to the mayoral administration said Friday.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Letters on behalf of Hastert must be made public for judge to consider them
Thursday - 04/14/2016 - 09:23 PMA federal judge ordered Thursday that five dozen letters written on behalf of former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert be made public if the defense wants them to be considered at sentencing.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Judge scolds Reynolds for violating bond, orders electronic monitoring
Thursday - 04/14/2016 - 06:55 PMFormer U.S.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Proposed ordinance would mandate five paid sick days a year in Chicago
Wednesday - 04/13/2016 - 05:52 PMCalling access to paid sick leave "just a baseline of decency," Ald. Ameya Pawar joined like-minded lawmakers and advocates Wednesday in announcing a proposed ordinance that would require almost all Chicago employers to let their workers earn at least five sick days a year.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Illinois attorney general looking into retailers' on-call shift scheduling
Wednesday - 04/13/2016 - 07:03 PMIllinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan and eight other state attorneys general are taking a closer look at how national retailers including Aeropostale, American Eagle Outfitters and Zumiez set workers' schedules.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Losing rail car bidder says CTA rigged contract process
Wednesday - 04/13/2016 - 03:30 PMThe losing bidder for a $1.3 billion CTA rail car contract has filed a protest with the agency, saying that the bidding process was rigged in favor of a Chinese firm that promised to bring manufacturing jobs to Chicago, at the direction of Mayor Rahm Emanuel.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- In setback to defense, judge to consider lies by Hastert at his sentencing
Wednesday - 04/13/2016 - 11:18 AMThe federal judge overseeing Dennis Hastert's hush money case said he intends to factor in at Hastert's upcoming sentencing that the former speaker lied to federal authorities about being extorted over false claims of sexual abuse decades ago.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Aldermen give interim top cop Eddie Johnson an easy time of it
Tuesday - 04/12/2016 - 05:59 PMAldermen treated Mayor Rahm Emanuel's pick for police superintendent with kid gloves Tuesday, calling on Eddie Johnson to improve the department's connection with the community after voting to waive the rules to let him immediately remove the "interim" tag from his title.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Morning Spin: Rauner tries to raise pressure on Republican budget plan
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Gov. - Emanuel: Closing Wrigley Field streets 'a swing and a miss'
Monday - 04/11/2016 - 03:39 PMHours before the Cubs were set to play their home opener Monday night, Mayor Rahm Emanuel rejected calls by the team and a local congressman to close major thoroughfares around the ballpark on game days.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Chicago Public Schools expands program to clean up schools
Thursday - 04/14/2016 - 09:03 PMChicago Public Schools is responding to complaints about unclean buildings by doubling the size of a maintenance program run by a firm partly controlled by former NBA superstar Earvin "Magic" Johnson, a financial supporter of Mayor Rahm Emanuel.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Police union chief: Task force had 'built-in bias' before report
Thursday - 04/14/2016 - 07:17 PMThe president of the largest Chicago police union on Thursday blasted a new report that recommends broad reforms within the department, calling the report one-sided and unfair to officers.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Morning Spin: Ald. Burke makes awkward comment about new alderman's daughters
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More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Senate sends Rauner higher education funding bill he's vowed to veto
Wednesday - 04/13/2016 - 06:54 PMSenate Democrats sent Gov. Bruce Rauner a measure Wednesday that would spend nearly $4 billion on higher education and human services despite repeated threats he'd veto the legislation because it does not include a way to pay for the programs.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Emanuel acknowledges racism in Chicago Police Department
Wednesday - 04/13/2016 - 05:23 PMMayor Rahm Emanuel left open the possibility Wednesday of dismantling the city's police oversight agency and acknowledged that racism is a problem within the police force and other City Hall departments.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Aldermen approve Johnson as Chicago top cop, note challenges ahead
Wednesday - 04/13/2016 - 01:05 PMChicago aldermen on Wednesday gave the go-ahead unanimously to Mayor Rahm Emanuel's pick for police superintendent, culminating a process that saw the mayor circumvent the normal rules to tap veteran Eddie Johnson to combat violence while trying to restore public trust and boost morale in the scandal-plagued...
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Madigan blasts Rauner's agenda, says governor wants government shutdown
Tuesday - 04/12/2016 - 09:25 PMSPRINGFIELD — After sitting down with Republican Gov.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Chicago police must face 'hard truths' about racist past, task force draft report says
Tuesday - 04/12/2016 - 05:29 PMThe Chicago Police Department must acknowledge its racist past and overhaul its handling of excessive force allegations before true reforms can take place, according to a scathing draft report from the task force established by Mayor Rahm Emanuel following public unrest over the Laquan McDonald...
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Strip club booze sales measure stalls; Alderman shocked to learn of full nudity clause
Monday - 04/11/2016 - 05:54 PMThe latest City Council push to legalize alcohol sales in some strip clubs foundered Monday as opponents argued it would reward businesses that exploit women and some aldermen complained the ordinance allowed too much flesh to be exposed in establishments with liquor licenses.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Aldermen recommend $4.95 million settlement in Coleman police misconduct case caught on video
Monday - 04/11/2016 - 04:33 PMA Chicago City Council panel on Monday recommended spending $4.95 million to a settle a high-profile, excessive force case in which police officers were caught on video locking up a mentally ill man, repeatedly using a Taser and dragging him from his cell while handcuffed.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Morning Spin: County commissioner: 'Nothing stops a bullet like a job'
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More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - State Senate approves reforms to avoid repeat of College of DuPage scandal
Thursday - 04/14/2016 - 06:48 PMThe Illinois Senate passed several measures Thursday aimed at increasing oversight of community colleges following numerous revelations about questionable spending and lax oversight at the College of DuPage.
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The legislation is the latest response to a Chicago Tribune investigation that found then-college... - Sen. Mark Kirk to skip Republican National Convention - and Trump circus
Thursday - 04/14/2016 - 02:24 PMU.S. Sen. Mark Kirk will not attend the Republican National Convention in Cleveland this summer — an event that could be fraught with controversy involving GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Cook County to pay $1.4 million to settle jail civil rights cases
Wednesday - 04/13/2016 - 07:00 PMThe Cook County Board on Wednesday approved paying out more than $1.4 million for alleged mistreatment of detainees at the county jail run by Sheriff Tom Dart.
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Most of the money — more than $1.2 million — will be paid to settle a federal civil rights, class-action lawsuit brought by men who said... - Cubs to widen Addison sidewalk, install barriers to deter attack
Wednesday - 04/13/2016 - 05:03 PMCubs fans will need to get used to another departure from tradition at Wrigley Field, as Mayor Rahm Emanuel has agreed to let the team widen the sidewalk on Addison Street next to the ballpark and install concrete barriers to protect against a bomb attack.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - $4.95M settlement approved after police videoed using Taser on mentally ill man
Wednesday - 04/13/2016 - 01:30 PMThe Chicago City Council on Wednesday approved paying nearly $6.5 million to settle two cases of alleged police misconduct, one involving a man tased during the throes of a mental breakdown in a lockup during a chain of events that led to his death.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Morning Spin: Rauner turns thumbs down on pension bill Emanuel wants signed
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Gov. - Emanuel's 4th Ward alderman pick is friends with Obamas
Tuesday - 04/12/2016 - 01:39 PMMayor Rahm Emanuel's pick for 4th Ward alderman is a former school administrator and community volunteer with friends in very high places.
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During a Tuesday City Hall meet-and-greet session with her potential future colleagues, Sophia King confirmed that she and husband Alan King are friends of Barack... - City Council to consider loosening pickup truck parking restrictions
Tuesday - 04/12/2016 - 07:03 AMAldermen on Wednesday are expected to vote on an amended city ordinance that would let Chicago residents avoid getting slapped with a ticket for parking a pickup truck in a residential neighborhood.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Mel Reynolds arrested in Atlanta for violating bond in Chicago case
Monday - 04/11/2016 - 12:38 PMFormer U.S. Rep.
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