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City Council members react to Ed Burke sentencing: ‘You gotta pay the price’
Chicago Tribune· 17 hours ago“It is really shameful to see elected officials abuse the public trust,” said Ald. Burke — first...
Cook County Commissioner Dennis Deer dies at 51
WGN Chicago via Yahoo News· 1 day agoCHICAGO — Cook County Commissioner Dennis Deer has died. He was 51-years-old. Deer’s family confirmed his death Sunday. His cause of death has not yet...
Ex-Chicago Ald. Ed Burke, 80, to be sentenced in corruption case Monday
NBC Chicago· 1 day agoMonday morning, Burke, dressed in a dark suit with an American flag lapel pin, arrived at the...
Humbled political titan Edward Burke sentenced to 2 years in prison in corruption case; judge fines...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 day agoBy the time former Chicago Ald. Edward Burke ambled up to the courtroom lectern at the end of a...
Chicago’s migrant shelter population down by more than half since evictions began this spring
WBEZ 91.5 Chicago· 1 day agoSegundo Casa arrived in Chicago with his wife and two children last winter. Casa tends to his children, ages 4 and 9. “Every day, families are leaving,” ...
A smiling Ed Burke greets 2-year sentence on corruption charges as judge rejects prosecution request...
Chicago Sun-Times· 15 hours agoWhen the judge left the courtroom and the fate of the longest-serving City Council member in Chicago...
Chicago boy, 7, shot and killed in front of own home, police searching for gunman
Fox News· 7 days agoA shooting in a Chicago neighborhood killed a 7-year-old boy Tuesday as authorities searched for the...
Sentencing for ex-Ald. Edward Burke offers referendum on Chicago’s old-school corruption
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 2 days agoAfter a lifetime of backroom wheeling and dealing, former Chicago Ald. Edward Burke faces the most...
Ed Burke sentenced to 2 years in prison on corruption charges
Chicago Sun-Times· 10 hours agoThe final chapter of Ed Burke’s spectacular downfall from the heights of power in Chicago ended Monday with a two-year prison sentence and a $2 million fine for his conviction ...
How a family’s life can change under Biden’s new immigration program for spouses of US citizens
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 day agoCHICAGO -- Before Michael Whitley met Giselle Rodriguez, he didn’t know much about the country’s...