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Wrigleyville alderman optimistic about ballpark talks
Wrigleyville’s alderman expressed optimism Thursday that several key issues surrounding the costly renovation of the aging ballpark could be resolved by the Cubs’ home opener on Monday, but the dispute over signs outside Wrigley Field...
Tags: Baseball, Chicago Tribune, Rahm Emanuel, Thomas Ricketts, Tribune Company
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All's fair in some suburbs as nitpicky officeholders keep candidates off ballot
Tired of the status quo, hundreds of residents across the region rose up this winter to challenge those running their towns — not suspecting the system was stacked against them. They knocked on doors. They persuaded neighbors to sign petitions....Tags: Politics, Lawyers, Judges, Cook County Government, Chicago Elections
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Red light camera firm admits it likely bribed Chicago official
Chicago's embattled red light camera firm went to City Hall on Friday in its latest effort to come clean, acknowledging for the first time that its entire program here was likely built on a $2 million bribery scheme. By its sheer size, the alleged plot...
Tags: Business Enterprises, Collective Contract, Politics, Companies and Corporations, Michael Madigan
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Markham Roller Rink deal riddled with conflicts of interest
The Markham Roller Rink was past its prime. The clout-heavy owner struggled to make money and failed to make needed repairs, records show. The rink's appraised market value sat at about half a million dollars — and that was before the real...
Tags: Credit Ratings, Ethics, Public Officials, Religion and Belief, Entertainment
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Emanuel: Time to move forward with school closings plan
Tribune reportersHours before the Chicago Teachers Union was set to lead a protest in the Loop, Mayor Rahm Emanuel today said the time for negotiations is over and he's moving forward on a plan to close 54 schools. The plan unveiled last week to shut down 53 elementary...Tags: Chicago Mayor, Chicago Teachers Union, Garfield Park, Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Public Schools
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Cubs should dump Chicago
It’s time for the Cubs to move out of Wrigley Field and leave Chicago! Tom Ricketts bought this team and he should have the right to run his business as he sees fit. He should not be held hostage by a money-greedy, dictatorial mayor who even tells...Tags: Jerry Reinsdorf, Sandi Jackson, Political Corruption, Jesse Jackson, Blackmail and Extortion
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Federal Redflex probe casts speed camera initiative in an unfavorable light
The first evidence of a federal criminal probe into Chicago's red-light camera program is focusing attention on bribery allegations at City Hall just as Mayor Rahm Emanuel is trying to launch his controversial speed camera initiative. Both the company...
Tags: Prosecution, U.S. Congress, Politics, Lawyers, Newspaper and Magazine
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No blubbering from Beavers despite guilty verdict
Just after Bill Beavers left the federal courtroom guilty on all counts — but before he'd go downstairs to play the defiant old-school Chicago pol for the TV cameras — he gave me a quiet shrug. We were standing in the corridor Thursday...
Tags: Politics, Lawyers, Cook County Government, Justice System, South Chicago
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Wrigley neighbors want slow down of stadium renovation talks
Clout StreetAs the owners of the Chicago Cubs push to quickly wrap up a Wrigley Field rehab deal, the stadium's neighbors are calling for a slow down of the negotiations. In a letter sent Wednesday to Mayor Rahm Emanuel, the Lake View Citizens’ Council raised...Tags: Politics, Chicago Mayor, Rahm Emanuel, Thomas Ricketts, Wrigley Field
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Warnings about Redflex go back years
Top officials in Mayor Richard M. Daley's administration were warned six years ago about preferential treatment in Chicago's red-light camera contract, a deal now embroiled in a federal corruption investigation of an alleged $2 million bribery scheme at...
Tags: Politics, Michael Madigan, Parties and Movements, Chicago Mayor, Rahm Emanuel
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State's money woes hit Chicago's credit rating
Clout StreetThe state’s troubled finances are now hitting City Hall in a more visible way, as a major agency downgraded Chicago’s credit rating as the city prepares to refinance some debt. A $181 million bond issue backed with the city’s share...Tags: Politics, Credit Ratings, Chicago Mayor, Rahm Emanuel, Ratings
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Rosenthal: Fighting Chicago's violent crime has become business of business
Jim Reynolds, who grew up in Englewood and is among this city's business elite, always has known that side of Chicago. He also knows the jolt that comes when someone, especially someone who has grown up here, first has their eyes opened and the city's...
Tags: Business Enterprises, Business, Politics, University of Chicago, Chicago Mayor
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Apr 10, 2013
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