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Wrigleyville alderman optimistic about ballpark talks
Wrigleyville’s alderman expressed optimism Thursday that several key issues surrounding the costly renovation of the aging ballpark could be resolved by the Cubs’ home opener on Monday, but the dispute over signs outside Wrigley Field...
Tags: Sports, Thomas Ricketts, Tribune Company, Wrigley Field, Rahm Emanuel
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All's fair in some suburbs as nitpicky officeholders keep candidates off ballot
Tired of the status quo, hundreds of residents across the region rose up this winter to challenge those running their towns — not suspecting the system was stacked against them. They knocked on doors. They persuaded neighbors to sign petitions....Tags: Illinois Elections, Chicago Elections, Local Government, Judges, Local Elections
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Emanuel: Time to move forward with school closings plan
Tribune reportersHours before the Chicago Teachers Union was set to lead a protest in the Loop, Mayor Rahm Emanuel today said the time for negotiations is over and he's moving forward on a plan to close 54 schools. The plan unveiled last week to shut down 53 elementary...Tags: Roseland, Chicago Mayor, Garfield Park, Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Teachers Union
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Cubs should dump Chicago
It’s time for the Cubs to move out of Wrigley Field and leave Chicago! Tom Ricketts bought this team and he should have the right to run his business as he sees fit. He should not be held hostage by a money-greedy, dictatorial mayor who even tells...Tags: Chicago Mayor, Sandi Jackson, Jerry Reinsdorf, Jesse Jackson, Political Corruption
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Red light camera firm admits it likely bribed Chicago official
Chicago's embattled red light camera firm went to City Hall on Friday in its latest effort to come clean, acknowledging for the first time that its entire program here was likely built on a $2 million bribery scheme. By its sheer size, the alleged plot...
Tags: Chicago Hotels, Hotels and Accommodations, Business Enterprises, Public Officials, Corporate Crime
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Markham Roller Rink deal riddled with conflicts of interest
The Markham Roller Rink was past its prime. The clout-heavy owner struggled to make money and failed to make needed repairs, records show. The rink's appraised market value sat at about half a million dollars — and that was before the real...
Tags: Music, Public Officials, Credit and Debt, Lawyers, Ethics
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No blubbering from Beavers despite guilty verdict
Just after Bill Beavers left the federal courtroom guilty on all counts — but before he'd go downstairs to play the defiant old-school Chicago pol for the TV cameras — he gave me a quiet shrug. We were standing in the corridor Thursday...
Tags: Internal Revenue Service, FBI, Richard M. Daley, Ray Charles, Lobbying
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Wrigley neighbors want slow down of stadium renovation talks
Clout StreetAs the owners of the Chicago Cubs push to quickly wrap up a Wrigley Field rehab deal, the stadium's neighbors are calling for a slow down of the negotiations. In a letter sent Wednesday to Mayor Rahm Emanuel, the Lake View Citizens’ Council raised...Tags: Chicago Mayor, Thomas Ricketts, Wrigley Field, Rahm Emanuel, Safety of Citizens
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Federal Redflex probe casts speed camera initiative in an unfavorable light
The first evidence of a federal criminal probe into Chicago's red-light camera program is focusing attention on bribery allegations at City Hall just as Mayor Rahm Emanuel is trying to launch his controversial speed camera initiative. Both the company...
Tags: Newspaper and Magazine, Local Government, Public Officials, Richard M. Daley, Prosecution
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Warnings about Redflex go back years
Top officials in Mayor Richard M. Daley's administration were warned six years ago about preferential treatment in Chicago's red-light camera contract, a deal now embroiled in a federal corruption investigation of an alleged $2 million bribery scheme at...
Tags: Research, Local Government, Michael Bilandic, Richard M. Daley, Edward M. Burke
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State's money woes hit Chicago's credit rating
Clout StreetThe state’s troubled finances are now hitting City Hall in a more visible way, as a major agency downgraded Chicago’s credit rating as the city prepares to refinance some debt. A $181 million bond issue backed with the city’s share...Tags: U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Credit and Debt, Securities, Ratings, Chicago Mayor
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For parents, the worry that never leaves
If you're a parent, there are certain fears you can't put to words when you learn of children being killed. Like those four teenagers in Will County, their car skidding off the road into a swollen creek, the parents calling and texting for hours without...
Tags: Lawyers, Chicago Mayor, Shootings, Crime, Law and Justice, Judges
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Mar 13, 2013
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