World & Nation
The Windy City’s “council wars” are apparently over.
Aug. 2, 1986
An election that might have broken the once-powerful Chicago Democratic Machine’s half-century-long hold on City Hall ended chaotically Tuesday night with the future political control of the Windy City uncertain.
March 19, 1986
Eugene Sawyer stayed out all night when he was crowned the 43rd mayor of Chicago but the wild time that carried into the wee hours of the morning Wednesday was anything but a party.
Dec. 3, 1987
With U.S.
The Chicago City Council unanimously approved an ordinance Tuesday that would place strict limits on gun stores, forcing them to video-record sales and restrict gun buyers to one purchase a month in a city plagued with violence.
June 25, 2014
Politics
Politicians dropped all pretense of mourning over Mayor Harold Washington on Tuesday as open, potentially violent trench warfare broke out between City Council factions trying to seize control of the late mayor’s office.
Dec. 2, 1987
California
L.A. considers privatizing parking
May 16, 2009
This city dressed its Thanksgiving in black crepe, eulogies and political intrigue Thursday as government leaders publicly mourned the late Mayor Harold Washington, who suffered a fatal heart attack Wednesday, but privately began jockeying to replace him.
Nov. 27, 1987
Risks are seen in L.A.’s plan to privatize parking structures
Feb. 8, 2010
When Richard M.
June 1, 1990