These are the moments that defined Chicago’s outgoing City Council
From mayoral elbowing to pandemic Zoom meetings, federal indictments and the Great Exodus, the City Council’s last four years have been quite tumultuous.
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Can CTA get back on track? New data show a workforce still in flux.
Bus and rail jobs are getting filled, but current employees keep leaving, according to new data released this week by the Chicago Transit Authority.
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Chicago will host the 2024 Democratic National Convention
The city beat bids from Atlanta and New York.
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WATCH: Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg will hold a press conference
District Attorney Alvin Bragg will speak to reporters immediately following the arraignment hearing. This will be the first time Bragg holds a press conference on the case.
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Trump has arrived in New York for his arraignment. What’s next?
The former president will spend Monday night at Trump Tower before his surrender and arraignment on Tuesday, when the historic charges against him will be unsealed.
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From raising taxes to defunding the police, we fact checked Paul Vallas and Brandon Johnson
As both Chicago mayoral candidates traded barbs again at a WBEZ/Chicago Sun-Times/UofC forum, we fact checked repeated claims and criticisms they’ve lobbed.
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Hear what a government mole secretly recorded that’s being played in the ComEd bribery trial
Federal prosecutors in Chicago played some damaging undercover recordings in their criminal case against four former Commonwealth Edison executives and lobbyists.
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Hear what ex-House Speaker Michael Madigan said when the feds were secretly listening
Federal prosecutors are giving jurors a lesson in Illinois politics, as they make their case against four former Commonwealth Edison executives and lobbyists.
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ComEd bribery trial begins with federal prosecutors telling jurors they will hear over 100 recordings
The opening statements Wednesday kicked off the highly anticipated ComEd bribery trial.
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As ComEd bribery trial gets underway, judge reverses course and will allow secret recordings to be released to the media
U.S. District Judge Harry Leinenweber made his new ruling after an earlier decision regarding the recordings, made last week, was challenged by the Chicago Sun-Times and WBEZ.
