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NYC mayor's super PAC endorses Robin Kelly for Jackson's seat
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg's super political action committee on Friday endorsed former state Rep. Robin Kelly of Matteson in the special Democratic primary that is likely to decide the successor to former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr....
Tags: Toni Preckwinkle, National Rifle Association of America, Business Enterprises, Politics, Barack Obama
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Bloomberg super PAC backs Kelly for Jackson Jr. seat
Clout StreetNew York Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s super political action committee on Friday endorsed former state Rep. Robin Kelly of Matteson in the special Democratic primary that is likely to decide the successor to former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr....Tags: Toni Preckwinkle, Media Industry, National Rifle Association of America, Politics, Business Enterprises
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Chicago Magazine's '100 Most Powerful Chicagoans' ranking released
Change of SubjectSome highlights from the list. 1 Rahm Emanuel 2 Michael Madigan 8 Toni Preckwinkle 10 David Axelrod 13 Dick Durbin 15 Sam Zell 20 Lisa Madigan 22 Ed Burke 24 Karen Lewis 30 Garry McCarthy 37 Cardinal Francis George 45...... -
Executive Profile: Martin Nesbitt, the first friend
Chicago businessman Martin Nesbitt will sit on the dais in front of the U.S. Capitol on Monday as his best friend is inaugurated president of the United States. The two men — successful African-American leaders who share a record of high...
Tags: Finance, Interior Policy, U.S. Senate, Chicago Tribune Columnists, Politics
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Adela Cepeda carved her own path to success
Adela Cepeda stepped adroitly along her path to become one of the city's most prominent Latina businesswomen. But she walked it on her own, rather than as part of the power couple she and her husband were once well on their way to becoming. Cepeda, an...
Tags: Public Housing, Finance, Colombia, Interior Policy, University of Chicago
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Chicago police union defends request for 12 percent raises over two years
Clout StreetCity Hall has enough money to give Chicago police officers 12 percent raises over two years and still hire more cops to bolster the size of the force, the head of the city’s Fraternal Order of Police said Thursday in defending the union’s...Tags: Chicago Mayor, Unions, Career and Workplace, Rahm Emanuel, Local Government
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Griffin Theatre's plans for new home remain stranded
Tribune Theater CriticSome big new theaters cost tens of millions of dollars — even more than a decade ago, the new Goodman Theatre in the Loop cost $46 million. The new Guthrie Theatre in Minneapolis cost in the region of $125 million in 2006. In Washington, D.C., the...Tags: Patrick J. O'Connor, Goodman Theatre, Washington, DC, Arts and Culture, John Morris
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CPS commissioned, then abandoned anti-truancy plan
Chicago school officials two years ago knew the depth of the city's crisis in K-8 grade truancy and absenteeism, and even developed a detailed plan to tackle the problem in the most affected communities. But only fragments of that plan were ever...
Tags: Chicago Mayor, Ron Huberman, Broward County, Career and Workplace, Corporate Officers
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Worthy questions grow in 'Leaves, Trees, Forest'
"Political theater" as a rubric covers a range of narrative tropes, but two current productions provide very different lenses for looking at the corrosive effects of achieving — and hanging onto — power at any cost. "Leaves, Trees, Forest"...
Tags: Religious Conflicts, Georgetown, Civil Rights, Justice and Rights, Minority Groups
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Emanuel sends City Council plan to toughen gun penalties
Clout StreetAs promised, Mayor Rahm Emanuel today sent the City Council a proposal to increase the potential jail time for certain gun violations in Chicago. The mayor, who supports President Barack Obama's gun control efforts in Washington, has said he doesn't want...Tags: Toni Preckwinkle, Chicago Mayor, Theft, Interior Policy, Barack Obama
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Tribune archive: The Daniel Taylor case
Change of SubjectHere is an archive, in reverse chronological order, of the Tribune's coverage of the Daniel Taylor case: News story: Criminal justice: Jail alibi doesn't outweigh confession -- Records show Daniel Taylor in jail when double murder occurred, but... -
The Boy Scouts and the atheists
Change of SubjectFrom Sunday's print column, which features another collection of dispatches from Somebody Nobody Asked™, America's pre-eminent unsolicited advice columnist Dear Boy Scouts of America: All signs suggest that your national board will lift the long-...
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