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Why is New York's Bloomberg butting into Chicago politics?
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg is butting his way into Chicago politics like some Mayor Buttinski. Bloomberg, the billionaire, news mogul and despiser of large soda drinks, is spending at least $2.1 million here to determine which Democrat in the...
Tags: South Side, Interior Policy, Barack Obama, National Rifle Association of America, Assault
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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. That's a paradox we all need to grapple with in deciding whom to support in next week'...
Tags: Local Government, Antonio Villaraigosa, Los Angeles International Airport, Adrian Fenty, Chicago Elections
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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...
Tags: Live Nation, Roosevelt University, Entertainment, 2016 Olympic Games, Entertainment Events
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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: F-bomb Dropping, Chicago Tribune, Dyslexia, Epic (movie), Chicago Elections
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Eric Garcetti for mayor
Los Angeles is an underachieving city led in recent decades by a succession of underachieving mayors — people who came in with big dreams or big talk but soon got bored with the day-to-day task of steering a municipality. Voters don't get to conduct...
Tags: Radio, Entertainment, Layoffs and Downsizing, Laura Chick, Eric Garcetti
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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... Q: What makes...
Tags: Bill Brady, Kirk W Dillard, Government, Executive Branch, Pat Quinn
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Remembering deceased icons
I only met Dawn Clark Netsch once — opening day at Chicago White Sox’s newly-built stadium as I stood in premium club area adjacent to private enclosed section where political illuminati were. Periodically, a few dignitaries emerged from...Tags: Chicago White Sox, Government, Politics, Executive Branch, Elections
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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, Bribery, Public Officials, Chicago Mayor, Government
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Charges against Jackson belie his pledge to service
Jesse Jackson Jr.'s final act as a public official was to send a Thanksgiving eve resignation letter to the speaker of the House in which he declared that "for 17 years I have given 100 percent of my time, energy and life to public service." But...
Tags: Prosecution, Joseph A. Moore, Bruce Lee, Bipolar Disorder, Chicago Elections
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Jesse Jackson Jr. pleads guilty to conspiracy count
The Shakespearean tragedy that was the life of Jesse Jackson Jr. came to its expected denouement Wednesday when the former Illinois congressman entered a guilty plea in federal court to a charge that he conspired to misuse more than $750,000 in campaign...Tags: Prosecution, Bipolar Disorder, Chicago Mayor, Jesse Jackson, Martin Luther King Jr.
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Plotting out another great Story Week
It is a pleasurable thing to have drinks with Randy Albers and we have done so over the years at such saloons as, of course, the Billy Goat, as well as Stefani's 437, the Underground Wonder Bar and some joint in the South Loop whose name escapes me at the...
Tags: Allen Ginsberg, Chicago Tribune, Entertainment, Audrey Niffenegger, Studs Terkel
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TribU: Smart Negotiating -- get what you want
At Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management, course registration is a case in economics. Every student is allotted a bag of points and must spend them bidding against each other for seats in classes. The more popular the class, the more...
Tags: General Electric Company, Labor Legislation, Chicago Tribune, Career and Workplace, Merck & Company Incorporated
Feb 20, 2013
|Column| Chicago Tribune
Feb 26, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Mar 31, 2013
|Story| Chicago Tribune
Mar 30, 2013
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Feb 17, 2013
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Mar 12, 2013
|Story| Chicago Tribune
Mar 12, 2013
|Story| Chicago Tribune
Mar 15, 2013
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Feb 16, 2013
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Feb 20, 2013
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Mar 8, 2013
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Mar 5, 2013
|Story| Chicago Tribune
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