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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: Chicago Teachers Union, Toni Preckwinkle, Elections, Local Elections, Cook County Board of Commissioners
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50 years of Chicago's WVON: A Chicago voice that echoes nationwide
In the volatile world of radio, almost nothing lasts half a century. But a great Chicago radio station — WVON-AM 1690 — has managed the feat: The institution marks its 50th anniversary Monday and celebrates with a concert featuring Toni...
Tags: Local Elections, Politics, Barack Obama, Civil Rights, Entertainment
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Majority report
This is the strangest political story I've heard in a long time. Last month in Macomb, a town of about 20,000 residents some 200 miles southwest of Chicago, 2nd Ward aldermanic candidate Steve Wailand beat incumbent Kay Hill by one vote — 17-16...
Tags: Same-Sex Marriage, Marriage, Parties and Movements, Dick Cheney, Elections
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Hoping against hope, some frustrated residents still vote
Don and Prudy Schultz set out walking from their Van Nuys home at 9 a.m. Tuesday, on their way to cast votes they hope will bring changes they've been waiting on for years. "I think this is the most dysfunctional city I've known in my adult life,"...
Tags: Voting, Elections, Public Officials, Mountains, Lawyers
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Illinois Republicans: Get ready for Bruce Rauner
Bruce Rauner, the multimillionaire bull in the quaint Illinois Republican china shop, sat down with me Wednesday morning at a diner on LaSalle Street to talk about politics. Are you running for governor? "I am thinking about it," said Rauner, 57, a...
Tags: Chicago Teachers Union, Illinois Governor, Pat Quinn, Chris Christie, Parties and Movements
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Jackson Jr.'s 'promise' turns pitiful
Even by the jaded standards of Illinois politics, former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr.'s spending spree with his campaign cash sounds breathtakingly shameless, partly because it sounds so senseless. Back in the early 1980s, his father, the Rev. Jesse L....
Tags: Chicago Sun-Times, Elections, Jesse Jackson, Jr., Prosecution, Jimi Hendrix
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Rep. Highlife, a 'Lotto' disappointment and tat boy wonder
Another Chicago politician has been indicted, this one for bank fraud after he allegedly burned through hundreds of thousands of dollars that weren't his on casino gambling, car loans and other high-rolling pursuits. Illinois state Rep. LaShawn Ford,...Tags: Jesse Jackson, Jr., Lotteries, Central Intelligence Agency, Punishment, Politics
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Time to trot out this year's turkeys
With Thanksgiving almost here, it's time to present the annual Turkey of the Year Awards. Recipients may cry fowl. But even if they haven't been turkeys all year, each winner has done something to merit this prestigious recognition. The awards for 2012:...
Tags: Turkey (animal), Wrigley Field, Elections, Prosecution, Joe Biden
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Wanted: A mayor worthy of L.A.
Since my knee replacement surgery less than two weeks ago, I've been popping narcotic painkillers that come with long lists of potential side effects. Among them are vomiting, hallucinating and impaired thinking. It is perhaps that third one that made...
Tags: Eric Garcetti, Elections, Local Elections, Kevin James, Human Interest
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Likability's labor lost
Is the Rahmfather of Chicago — Mayor Rahm Emanuel — his own worst enemy? Only a mayor's worst enemy would brush off a critical issue, like secretly taping reporters' phone calls, which is a felony in this state, and say it's much ado about...
Tags: Fishing, Elections, Public Officials, Bankruptcy, Politics
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This year will be different, but we'll always have 2008
I saved the newspapers from the week after Barack Obama was elected president of the United States, and a few days ago I fished them out of the basket, hidden behind a living room chair, where they've gathered dust for the past four years. I leafed...
Tags: Al Capone, Democratic Party, Elections, White House, Social Issues
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Crushing debt is our children's biggest threat
One issue overshadows every other in this election: the crushing government debt that we are leaving our children. Just as World War II defined the Greatest Generation and the '60s defined the baby boomer generation, our generation will become known as...
Tags: Chicago Teachers Union, Government Health Care, Democratic Party, Elections, National Government
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Feb 28, 2013
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Nov 30, 2012
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Nov 18, 2012
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Jan 20, 2013
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Nov 16, 2012
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Nov 4, 2012
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Oct 30, 2012
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