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Lloyd Waters: Chicago values? No, thank you
Boy, I’m sure glad we don’t discriminate in Dargan like they do in Chicago. I can hardly believe that Chicago politicians have openly suggested they not support a new franchise for Chick-fil-A in their town because of some voiced Christian...Tags: Same-Sex Marriage, Dining and Drinking, Politics, American Civil Liberties Union, Executive Branch
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Obama's chief of staff resigns
AP White House CorrespondentIn a jolt to the White House, President Obama announced Monday that chief of staff William Daley was quitting and heading home, capping a short and rocky tenure that had been expected to last until Election Day. Obama budget chief Jack Lew, a figure...Tags: Parties and Movements, Republican Party, Harry Reid, Washington, DC, Barack Obama
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Clarence Darrow - 'Attorney for the Damned'
It is very probable that those who have any knowledge about the life of Clarence Darrow have only a most incomplete picture presented in the movie, "Inherit The Wind." In that fine film, they saw an aging, wise and able defense for John Scopes in the...Tags: Mining, George Pullman, Clarence Darrow, Restraint of Trade, Metal and Mineral
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Ill. high court: Emanuel can run for Chicago mayor
The Illinois Supreme Court has put Rahm Emanuel back on the ballot for Chicago mayor. Thursday's decision revives the campaign of the former White House chief of staff who was thrown off the Feb. 22 ballot by an Illinois appellate court for not meeting a...Tags: Washington (U.S. state), Barack Obama, Politics, Illinois Supreme Court, Chicago Elections
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Former White House chief of staff elected mayor of Chicago
Former White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel has been elected mayor of Chicago, to succeed the retiring Richard Daley. With 86 percent of the precincts reporting, Emanuel was trouncing five opponents Tuesday with 55 percent of the vote to avoid an...Tags: Miguel Del Valle, Carol Moseley Braun, Richard M. Daley, Politics, Local Elections
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House passes gun bill over Quinn, Emanuel objections
SPRINGFIELD — Over objections of Gov. Pat Quinn and Mayor Rahm Emanuel, the House approved a concealed weapons bill today that is aimed at ending Illinois’ status as the last state in the nation without a law to allow its citizens to carry...
Tags: National Rifle Association of America, Bars and Clubs, Dining and Drinking, Politics, Chicago Police Department
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Malehorn to be next head of World Business Chicago
Tribune reporterA longtime General Electric executive has been tapped as the new president and CEO of World Business Chicago, Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced Friday. Jeff Malehorn was at GE for 28 years, heading several divisions including the conglomerate's commercial...Tags: General Electric Company, Rahm Emanuel
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Revised deal still a gain for parking meter vendor, analysis finds
Chicago taxpayers still could end up pouring hundreds of millions of dollars into the coffers of the company leasing the city's parking meters under Mayor Rahm Emanuel's revamp of the much-reviled deal, a Tribune analysis has found. Most of the extra...
Tags: Finance, Corporate Officers, Companies and Corporations, Local Government, Ameya Pawar
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Quinn, Emanuel lash out at Madigan gun bill
— Gov. Pat Quinn, Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Senate President John Cullerton decried a bill to legalize concealed firearms that is backed by powerful House Speaker Michael Madigan, contending it would invalidate strict local gun laws like Chicago's...
Tags: National Rifle Association of America, Illinois Governor, Politics, Elections, Michael Madigan
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Former judge recommends changes at UNO
A retired judge is recommending that embattled charter school operator United Neighborhood Organization improve transparency, add new board members and set rules outlawing nepotism and conflicts of interest in response to claims that the group violated...
Tags: Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Judges, Accounting and Auditing, Rahm Emanuel
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With last-minute reprieve, school gets chance to mend divided neighborhood
Manierre Elementary School lives squeezed between worlds. Black and white. Rich and poor. Chicago's past and its ambition. Walter Burnett, the neighborhood's alderman, lives squeezed between those worlds as well, and on Thursday, the day after...
Tags: Housing and Urban Planning, Public Housing, Politics, Marshall Field, Interior Policy
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