Highlights
A collection of news and information related to Chicago Elections published by this site and its partners.
Displaying items 1-12 of 344
» View centralkynews.com items only
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11-29
Next >
-
93-5 'KHY Rock Report
Headlines for Wednesday, May 22, 2013
SAVING ABEL: Get New Single for Free
Saving Abel are giving away a download of their new single.
Fans can get the track "Mystify" at SavingAbel.com now. It will appear on the band's as-yet-to-be titled new EP,...Tags: Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Liv Tyler, Stan Lee, Movies, Chicago Hotels
-
Red Line rehab poses political challenge for Emanuel
Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Tuesday lauded Chicago Transit Authority workers for their "flawless" rollout of a five-month Red Line reconstruction that has shuttle buses replacing train service. So far, they're breathing a sigh of relief at City Hall. The...
Tags: Elections, Rahm Emanuel, Public Transportation, Local Government, Danny K. Davis
-
Fewer than 5 CPS schools expected to be spared
Pressured for months by teachers, community leaders and aldermen, Mayor Rahm Emanuel's hand-picked school board is nonetheless expected on Wednesday to approve closing all but a few of the 53 elementary schools the administration wants to shut down....
Tags: Justice System, Walter Burnett, Jr., University of Chicago, Students, Elections
-
Troubled Dolton senior center a burden on taxpayers
The Dorchester Senior Center in the south suburbs has a steady stream of visitors: attentive relatives, busy repairmen and, lately, inquisitive federal investigators. The five-story, village-owned building that looks out over a dreary interstate has...
Tags: Elections, Renovation, Construction, Finance, Contracts
-
Forecast for L.A.'s mayor race: paltry turnout
More than 2 million people can vote for mayor of Los Angeles. But if history is a reliable guide, as many as 1.6 million of them will skip Tuesday's election. That low turnout could mean that the winner will garner fewer votes than any newly elected...
Tags: Eric Garcetti, Elections, Wendy Greuel, Voting, Richard Riordan
-
Recount coming in Park Ridge 6th Ward race
After being defeated by just 20 votes in the race for Park Ridge's 6th Ward alderman, Vincent LaVecchia requested that the Cook County clerk's office hold a discovery recount. "The integrity of the vote is extremely important," said LaVecchia, who...
Tags: Elections, Voting, Business, Park Ridge, Politics
-
School in Prague to be named after Mayor Cermak
Eighty years ago, Chicago Mayor Anton Cermak was assassinated, an anniversary that some, like Ald. Edward Burke, 14th, say does not receive enough attention. But on Thursday, a school in Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic, will remember Cermak by...
Tags: Elections, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Czech Republic, Edward M. Burke, Local Government
-
By the numbers, how Rahm could lose in 2015
Change of SubjectFriday's print column A new Tribune/WGN-TV poll shows that, halfway through his first term, Mayor Rahm Emanuel's overall disapproval rating is up 11 percentage points over a year ago. Four in 10 Chicago voters — and nearly half of the...... -
Voice of the People, May. 11
Promoting gambling Mayor Rahm Emanuel has made a video using the plight of Chicago's schoolchildren to promote the building of a casino in Chicago. This resurrects sad memories for many of us of the Illinois Lottery's self-justification in 1974 that...Tags: Justice System, Elections, Social Issues, Midway Airport, Rahm Emanuel
-
Orland Park's holds inauguration day
There was standing room only inside Orland Park's board room Monday where officials decked the space with red, white and blue bunting and welcomed Illinois Supreme Court Justice Anne Burke to help conduct their inauguration into office. Family,...
Tags: Orland Park, Elections, Illinois Supreme Court, Civil and Public Service, Crime, Law and Justice
-
Emanuel doubles down as year 2 ends
Surrounded by kids as he accepted money from a soft-drink company for nutrition and exercise classes, Rahm Emanuel was asked if it might make more sense for children's health to take a harder line on the sale of sugary drinks. "I'm here about making...
Tags: White House, Children's Health, Chicago Teachers Union, Chicago Teachers Strike, Food Industry
-
Romeoville mayor, board settle in after election
Romeoville Mayor John Noak has been sworn back into office with his four running mates. "It's nice that we don't have to change the name plates," he joked. "I am one of the luckiest mayors in the state of Illinois because I get to serve with the best...
Tags: Elections, Steve McMichael, Local Elections, Politics
May 22, 2013
|Story| WASK Radio
May 21, 2013
|Story| Chicago Tribune
May 21, 2013
|Story| Chicago Tribune
May 20, 2013
|Story| Chicago Tribune
May 16, 2013
|Story| LAT - HOLD Archive
May 14, 2013
|Story| Chicago Tribune
May 7, 2013
|Story| Chicago Tribune
May 9, 2013
| Chicago Tribune
May 11, 2013
|Story| Chicago Tribune
May 8, 2013
|Story| Chicago Tribune
May 5, 2013
|Story| Chicago Tribune
May 7, 2013
|Story| Chicago Tribune
Original site for Chicago Elections topic gallery.