« 89. Scott Harris91. Vince Vaughn » AGE: 56 OCCUPATION: Chairman, GTCR Golden Rauner The longtime and now semiretired partner in one of the city’s biggest leveraged-buyout shops is mulling a run for governor and has the personal fortune to fund a campaign. Will he become the Chicago equivalent of Michael Bloomberg? His close ties … Read more
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If any place breeds power, it’s Chicago. “Clout” and the city have gone together since the early 1900s, when our Irish Catholic forefathers clapped a stranglehold on the levers of authority that they have been loath to relinquish in modern times. Even in recent years, the general pecking order was clear: There was Richard M. … Read more
Amtrak’s stats confirm what you’ve probably already noticed—traffic congestion is terrible, whether you’re in a train or a car. But it’s just as bad for the people whose jobs are on the rails, thanks to the nation’s worst rail bottleneck.
FROM OUR FEBRUARY 1999 ISSUE: In the two decades of leading his South Side parish, Michael Pfleger has taken on crack dealers, liquor advertisers, and now—Jerry Springer
The former inspector general and public-service vet took a position at Sidley Austin, and a teaching gig at the University of Chicago, after losing to Alexi Giannoulias in 2010. But don’t count him out of public service for good.
