A special prosecutor will look into the death of David Koschman after allegations of a cover-up involving to protectthe nephew of former Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley.
Chicago Reader political reporter Mick Dumke gives his view on politics, race, power and when former Mayor Daley expressed his desire to shove a gun up in his...
As part of a special encore presentation of Eight Forty-Eight, producer Katie O'Brien revisited the milestones that marked 2011. Local sports teams and franchise players often become part of a city’s identity.
Hmmm, should I go with the silhouette smoking a joint stock photo?Or just go with the generic marijuana plant?Or heck, I'll just show a couple hippies at Woodstock: The City Council is going to vote on decriminalizing pot.
Candidates for next year's Cook County elections made their pitches Thursday for why they deserve the support of the Democratic Party.The three minute speeches candidates gave may or may not have actually mattered in the final vote.
Mayor Emanuel got a second helping of public opinion on the city budget Wednesday night. The mayor held two town halls this week; he asked constituents for ideas to close the city’s estimated $635 million deficit. Much of the red ink on the city’s balance sheet bled over from the
In his last speech to the City Council, Mayor Daley said Chicago would be "competing against China, India, Brazil, Germany, Indonesia," not other American cities.
Flag-waving Chicagoans lined a roped-off aisle at City Hall on Friday, eyes fixed on an elevator door. The longest serving mayor of Chicago emerged to an eruption of cheers, and waved as he made his way towards the street.
