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By the numbers, how Rahm could lose in 2015
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 city's African-American voters...
Tags: Elections, Chicago Elections, Chicago Mayor, Local Elections, Richard M. Daley
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Visualizing the new Red Line
When Chicago Tribune transportation reporter Jon Hilkevitch was 13 years old, he and his grandmother took a ride on the opening day of what is now the Dan Ryan branch of the CTA Red Line -- a branch soon to face massive reconstruction. In the Tribune...
Tags: Cook County Government, Highway Transportation, Chicago Transit Authority, Chicago Tribune
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Illinois Republican chairman search down to nine
Clout StreetIllinois Republican leaders identified nine finalists Monday to replace Pat Brady as state GOP chairman, including several contenders who have been defeated in past elections. The list could be narrowed even further when the 19-member state central...Tags: Elections, Republican Party, Same-Sex Marriage, Parties and Movements, Ronald Sandack
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Calvin R. Sutker, 1923-2013
As a Cook County Board commissioner, Calvin R. Sutker gained support from his fellow county commissioners to bring the Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center to Skokie. As a Skokie village trustee, he helped pass the first open housing law in...
Tags: Skokie, Forestry and Timber, Cook County Forest Preserve, World War II (1939-1945), Wilmette
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Michelle Obama: Violence against kids 'personal'
As politicians in Washington took a step toward tightening the nation's gun laws Wednesday, first lady Michelle Obama sat down with Chicago high school students whose stories about violence brought her to tears. Before the meeting began at Harper High...Tags: Business Enterprises, Teaching and Learning, Isaiah Thomas , White House, Personal Weapon Control
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Judge did right thing by banning cellphones in courtrooms
Cook County Chief Judge Timothy Evans kept hearing complaints from his judges about street gangs in their courtrooms using cellphones to photograph witnesses. "They're bold and they're brash," Evans told me the other day. "They think they can do it in...
Tags: Trials, Timothy Evans, Science and Technology, Electronics, Criminals
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County unveils millions in suburban roadway projects
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle announced in Schaumburg on Thursday 21 upcoming roadway improvement projects resulting in $35 million of construction throughout the suburbs. Among them will be a $3 million project patching 3.1 miles of...
Tags: Deborah Sims, Macy's, Toni Preckwinkle, Woodfield Mall, Cook County Government
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Cook County to pay $2.6 million to 3 fired doctors
Cook County commissioners agreed Wednesday to pay a $2.6 million settlement to three doctors who in two federal lawsuits claimed they were illegally fired from jobs at a South Side hospital. Dr. Vietta Johnson and Dr. Daniel Ivankovich said in their...
Tags: Toni Preckwinkle, Justice System, Todd H. Stroger, Crime, Law and Justice, Hospitals and Clinics
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Evans makes a bad call
Change of SubjectIn the posts below you will another collection of dispatches from Somebody Nobody Asked™, America's pre-eminent unsolicited advice columnist Dear Cook County Chief Judge Timothy Evans: Brace yourself. That’s all I can say, since you ignored... -
Preckwinkle announces $35 million roadwork in suburbs
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle announced Thursday in Schaumburg 21 roadway improvement projects resulting in $35 million of construction throughout the suburbs. Among them will be a $3 million project patching 3.1 miles of Schaumburg...
Tags: Toni Preckwinkle, Road Transportation, Cook County Government, Highway Transportation, Roselle
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Common sense locked out in Cook County Jail dispute
Change of SubjectJudges, not law enforcement officials, need to take responsibility for which prisoners get released on home monitoring Friday's print column Something extremely odd happened in the Cook County criminal court system in November: Suddenly, and without... -
Dart v. Evans v. Preckwinkle
Change of SubjectOriginally published April 17; moved to the top of the blog because it's the subject of my Friday print column. I've been meaning to get to this extraordinary spat on "Chicago Tonight" earlier this month. WTTW-Ch. 11 invited Cook County......
May 10, 2013
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May 14, 2013
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May 13, 2013
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Apr 11, 2013
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Apr 25, 2013
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May 3, 2013
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Apr 17, 2013
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May 3, 2013
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Apr 25, 2013
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Apr 17, 2013
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