On the day his wife Sandi was charged with filing incorrect tax information, Jesse Jr. was charged with misusing campaign funds… and spending them on Bruce Lee, Michael Jackson, and Eddie Van Halen memorabilia, among other things.
If you’re new to the story, or wanting to see what people are writing, reporting, and thinking now about Chicago’s violence and homicide problem, these five pieces are excellent.
With one Republican crossing the aisle and three Democrats voting no, the bill moves to the Senate. Will good manners suffer and florists shut their doors if it passes?
The Galesburg-born engineer built a marvel and a massive hit at the Columbian Exposition, but it wasn’t enough to outearn the dancing girls of Cairo. Plus: the secret best engineering miracle of the Fair.
The lifelong small-town employee took her hometown for $53 million over 20 years—and she’s been sentenced to spend that much time in prison.
The Florida senator got mocked for playing up his “working class neighborhood,” in which he owns an expensive house. But… he’s got a point.
State of the Union speeches have gotten “dumber,” according to one analysis. Blame Abraham Lincoln, whose soaring rhetoric was a departure from Treasury numbers and fur-seal treaties.
Since the early 1990s, teen births have been in substantial decline. The pill is synonymous with birth control and EC gets lots of attention, but that era coincided with the availability of new, easier-to-use forms adopted by at-risk teens.
The Democratic race to succeed Jesse Jackson, Jr. is a packed one—and one in which newspaper endorsements could do some good for voters and the state. But the editorial board standing by its no-endorsements policy.
The new 7th Ward alderman, announced by the mayor today, has a degree in community planning and years of experience with IDOT and the Metropolitan Planning Commission—just in time for a chaotic spring on the CTA.
