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    Apr 19, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  1. Obama library, casino among options for former Reese site

    A casino-entertainment complex, a major convention hotel and a Barack Obama presidential library are being floated as possible anchors for a mixed-use development of the former Michael Reese Hospital site on the Near South Side. The scenarios were...

    Tags: Barack Obama, West Point, Homes, Arts and Culture, Hospitals and Clinics

    2. Mar 21, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  2. Court: City inspector may not subpoena city documents

    The state’s highest court today dealt city Inspector General Joseph Ferguson a setback in his legal battle to get unfettered access to city documents.
    Tribune reporter
    The state’s highest court today dealt city Inspector General Joseph Ferguson a setback in his legal battle to get unfettered access to city documents. In a ruling released this morning, the Illinois Supreme Court unanimously ruled that Ferguson&...

    Tags: Laws, Lawyers, Illinois Supreme Court, Judges, Labor Legislation

    3. Feb 26, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. What makes a good L.A. mayor

    Being a good politician is essential for winning a mayoral election. But the qualities that make a good politician are not necessarily those that make a good mayor.
    Being a good politician is essential for winning a mayoral election. But the qualities that make a good politician are not necessarily those that make a good mayor. That's a paradox we all need to grapple with in deciding whom to support in next week'...

    Tags: Michael Bloomberg, Adrian Fenty, Los Angeles International Airport, Politics, Antonio Villaraigosa

    4. Feb 20, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  4. Recycling service added to 131,000 city homes

    An additional 131,000 Chicago residences will get recycling service in the next few months, Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced today.
    Tribune Reporter
    An additional 131,000 Chicago residences will get recycling service in the next few months, Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced today. The expansion is part of Emanuel's plan to bring recycling to all households in the city by the end of this year. The mayor...

    Tags: Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Mayor

    5. Mar 14, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  5. Prosecutors: Beavers used campaign funds at casino

    In one afternoon in April 2007, Cook County Commissioner William Beavers cashed three checks from one of three campaign funds – for a total of $6,000 – and went to the Horseshoe Casino in Hammond to gamble, prosecutors alleged today as his trial on tax-evasion charges got underway.
    Tribune reporter
    In one afternoon in April 2007, Cook County Commissioner William Beavers cashed three checks from one of three campaign funds – for a total of $6,000 – and went to the Horseshoe Casino in Hammond to gamble, prosecutors alleged today as his...

    Tags: Politics, Cook County Government, Elections, Lifestyle and Leisure, John P. Daley

    6. Apr 4, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  6. Roger Ebert: Quintessential Chicagoan

    When Anthony Bourdain was in town last summer taping a Chicago-themed episode of his Travel Channel show “The Layover,” he asked various people, including me, to name the quintessential Chicagoan, and a consensus quickly emerged.
    When Anthony Bourdain was in town last summer taping a Chicago-themed episode of his Travel Channel show “The Layover,” he asked various people, including me, to name the quintessential Chicagoan, and a consensus quickly emerged. The...

    Tags: Awards and Prizes, Academy Awards, Twitter, Inc., Film Festivals, Celebrities

    7. Mar 31, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  7. 10 things you might not know about razed Chicago

    Ever since the Great Fire of 1871, a cycle of destruction and rebuilding has been central to the Chicago story. This month, Northwestern University secured a permit to tear down Prentice Hospital so that it can build a biomedical research facility. Also this month, speculation arose (and was quickly squelched) about tearing down Wrigley Field's iconic scoreboard. And today is the 10th anniversary of one of the most unusual acts of demolition in city history — Mayor Richard M. Daley's middle-of-the-night destruction of Meigs Field.
    Chicago Tribune reporters
    Ever since the Great Fire of 1871, a cycle of destruction and rebuilding has been central to the Chicago story. This month, Northwestern University secured a permit to tear down Prentice Hospital so that it can build a biomedical research facility. Also...

    Tags: Chicago Tribune, Frank Lloyd Wright, Newspapers, Gold Coast, L (movie)

    8. Apr 3, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  8. Cubs' interests far afield from Pittsburgh

    PITTSBURGH — No, you couldn't have gone ice fishing Wednesday in Pittsburgh. That season has come and gone.
    PITTSBURGH — No, you couldn't have gone ice fishing Wednesday in Pittsburgh. That season has come and gone. It's time for baseball, even if it didn't seem like it at PNC Park, along the banks of the Allegheny River. After a pitch shattered his...

    Tags: Andrew McCutchen, Piracy, Fenway Park, Baseball, Wandy Rodriguez

    9. Mar 12, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  9. Covering power in Illinois

    The legislative and political season looms -- and so do the figures who hold sway in those arenas. Trib Nation talked with political reporter Rick Pearson about the cast of politicians assembled in Illinois' on-going political drama...
    The legislative and political season looms -- and so do the figures who hold sway in those arenas. Trib Nation talked with political reporter Rick Pearson about the cast of politicians assembled in Illinois' on-going political drama... Q: What makes...

    Tags: Illinois Governor, Politics, Kirk W Dillard, Michael Madigan, Lisa Madigan

    10. Mar 31, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  10. 10 years after Daley's Meigs Field raid, the makeover of Northerly Island is slow to take shape

    Ten years ago as Mayor Richard M. Daley worked through political channels to accelerate federal approval to build new runways at the airport his father had dearly called "O'Hara," the mayor also issued an infamous order to destroy Chicago's little lakefront airport.
    Ten years ago as Mayor Richard M. Daley worked through political channels to accelerate federal approval to build new runways at the airport his father had dearly called "O'Hara," the mayor also issued an infamous order to destroy Chicago's little...

    Tags: Architecture, 2016 Olympic Games, Conservation, Stevie Wonder, Live Nation

    11. Apr 6, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  11. Ricketts puts people above family business in Wrigley Field deal

    Unless Carlos Marmol gets involved, the Cubs still hope to close a deal with the city to renovate Wrigley Field by Monday's home opener.
    Unless Carlos Marmol gets involved, the Cubs still hope to close a deal with the city to renovate Wrigley Field by Monday's home opener. Assuming the agreement can overcome a late-inning scare, planned improvements at the venerable 99-year-old...

    Tags: Barack Obama, Illinois Governor, Baseball, Carlos Marmol, Chicago White Sox

    12. Mar 30, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  12. Review: "Brothers Emanuel" by Ezekiel J. Emanuel

    Three brothers — Ezekiel, Rahm and Ari Emanuel — each went on to great career accomplishment: Zeke as a bioethicist; Ari as a powerful Hollywood talent agent; and Rahm, of course, as White House chief of staff for President Obama before...

    Tags: Authors, Barack Obama, Politics, Twitter, Inc., Civil Rights

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