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For any Chicago politician, becoming mayor represents a lofty and rare opportunity, but the complexities of governing the nation’s third largest city — and tending to its many nagging problems — can quickly ground the victor in a grim reality.

Sept. 8, 2018

Plants, trees will be used in 11th-story project atop City Hall in fight on urban heat, smog. Other cities are experimenting with more reflective roofing and paving materials.

Feb. 3, 2000

‘Rich’ Daley, as his admirers call him, is in his third term running the city his legendary father ran for seven. Critics complain he ignores its racial strife, but he may be the most effective big-city mayor in the U.S.

Aug. 24, 1996

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

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March 1, 2010

A five-part look at the city of Chicago through the lens of its last mayoral election.

Oct. 31, 2020

Jane Byrne, whose blizzard-stoked victory in Chicago’s 1979 mayoral election made her the city’s first female mayor and who broke the grip of former Mayor Richard J.

Nov. 14, 2014

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

1969 Baltimore 3, Minnesota 0 Game 1--At Baltimore. Baltimore 4, Minnesota 3 (12 innings). W--Hall.

Oct. 7, 1986

Here’s a current-events quiz of a truly depressing kind: What do Walt Disney Concert Hall, the shiny, stainless-steel Bean sculpture in Chicago’s Millennium Park and the headquarters of the New York Times have in common?

July 6, 2017