Every political junkie watching Monday’s WTTW Chicago Tonight mayoral forum surely has a question or two that he/she wishes the moderator, Sun-Times columnist Carol Marin, had asked. I wish Marin had asked Rahm Emanuel, “Should you get the 50-percent-plus-one vote next Tuesday, will you direct what’s left of the $11 million or so in fundraising money…
As politicians and unions quietly shadowbox in Chicago and Illinois, a real throwdown is shaping up across the border. The fallout could shape politics in our state and across the country.
The coffee packet and pod market is growing, with Starbucks looking to get its beans into a single-serve product as part of its breakup with Kraft. But you can do better coffee for less money by avoiding the pods.
Make your Valentine’s gift a date to be done later with this list of upcoming shows for any taste, including Mavis Staples, Randy Newman, the Mountain Goats, Yelle, and more.
It’s such a hustle keeping up with the breaking news that I find myself having reserve longer, in-depth articles for the weekend. I suspect I’m not alone.
In an effort to bring the festival back to profitability, the Taste of Chicago will be run by the Park District. Big musical acts will be eliminated, which brings the event back to its roots.
A new Tribune poll has Rahm Emanuel’s numbers up since late January, with Carol Moseley Braun’s numbers tanking. With recent polls suggesting that we could be on the cusp of a runoff between Emanuel and
Gery Chico, how would the race change?
A new report from the Civic Federation finds that the gap between city employees paying into their pension funds and former employees receiving pension funds has sharply decreased over the past decade. In the wake of changes to pensions for future employees, legislators are looking into options for current employees.
How Chicago’s Tura Satana, the outrageously buxom movie star who won pop-cult enshrinement as the badass girl-gang leader Varla in Russ Meyer’s 1965 movie “Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!,” put the “zing” in the King of Rock’n’ Roll.
For young voters, the February 22nd mayoral primary will be the first time they’ll encounter a ballot without the name Richard M. Daley on it. One of the liveliest efforts to push this group to the polls was started last September by a 25-year-old on the day that Daley announced he wasn’t running for another term…
