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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: Edward M. Burke, Voting, Politics, Rahm Emanuel, Local Government
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Beef, stories served thick and juicy
These are happy times at Schaller's Pump, the Bridgeport tavern a 15-minute walk from U.S. Cellular Field. Indeed, a correlation exists: With the White Sox in a hot pennant race, more fans are compelled to come to games, so more sudsy beverages are poured...Tags: World War II (1939-1945), Democratic Party, Dining and Drinking, Lifestyle and Leisure, Bridgeport (Chicago, Illinois)
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School closing foes, board members set for showdown
Hundreds of community activists, parents, students and union leaders are expected to converge Wednesday morning at Chicago Public Schools'headquarters to pressure the school board to reject a reform package that includes closing or overhauling 17...Tags: Rahm Emanuel, DePaul University, Politics, Anthony Beale, Chicago Public Schools
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Ask Tom why: I remember the Blizzard of '79 that brought more than 20 inches of snow to Chicago and northwest Indiana. Why do people in Knox, Ind., call it the Blizzard of '78?
Dear Tom, I remember the Blizzard of '79 that brought more than 20 inches of snow to Chicago and northwest Indiana. Why do people in Knox, Ind., call it the Blizzard of '78? —Thom Morin, Knox, Ind. Dear Thom, There were two major blizzards to...Tags: Snow Storms
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Why do news organizations write so much about the weather?
Have you ever noticed how, even before the snowflakes fall, news organizations are dumping several column inches of reporting about an impending storm?
Before becoming the Trib Nation manager, I was a general assignment reporter in the Chicago Tribune'...Tags: Social Media, Chicago Tribune, Facebook, News Agency, Twitter, Inc.
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Coming storm evokes memories of '67 blizzard
Tribune reporterThe snowstorm predicted for the Chicago area this week has revived memories of the record blizzard that paralyzed the region 44 years ago. Over the course of 35 hours on Jan. 26 and 27, 1967, 23 inches of snow fell on Chicago, clogging streets,...Tags: Celebrities and Health Issues, Primaries, Politics, Heroism, Elections
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Daley faces aldermen for first time since big announcement
Clout StPosted by Hal Dardick, John Byrne and John Chase at 8:10 a.m.; last updated at 12:27 p.m. Mayor Richard Daley today presides over his first City Council meeting since stunning Chicago with his announcement that he won't seek re-election. Aldermen...... -
Chicago gearing up for snow removal
Clout StPosted by John Byrne at 12:55 p.m. Mayor Richard Daley might not be running for re-election, but he says that'll have no bearing on how his administration prepares for snow removal this winter. The city will continue with efforts to...... -
Aldermen taking blizzard seriously with three weeks until election
Clout StPosted by Hal Dardick at 6:42 p.m. With snow forever interwoven into the city's political fabric, Chicago aldermen were taking the blizzard seriously with three weeks before the election. Perhaps none more so than Ald. Proco “Joe” Moreno, who said....... -
10 things you might now know about Chicago mayors not named Daley
Richard M. Daley and his father, Richard J. Daley, have so dominated Chicago politics that it's hard to imagine life here without a Daley as mayor. But it's happened before, and it will happen again:
1 Eight of the last nine Chicago mayors were born in...Tags: Marathon, Chicago Marathon, Politics, Chicago Tribune, Crimes
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So your accomplice paid the ultimate price for his crime? You murdered him!
Change of SubjectI should not have been surprised by this story earlier this week: (Elgin resident Kristian) Branch and a Rockford man, Mario Charles, went to a room in the Homestead Studio Suites Hotel (in Schaumburg) early Tuesday intending to rob a...... -
In terms of clout, city's 11th Ward towers above rest
Criminal complaints filed Monday in U.S. District Court against two men with strong ties to the 11th Ward take aim at patronage--the political lifeblood of this Daley-controlled political organization, one of the city's most powerful. Robert Sorich is...Tags: Prosecution, Judges, Chicago Park District, Politics, Bribery
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