Tom Dart Soon after Rich Daley announced in September that he would not seek another term, Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart jumped in the mayor’s race. Though he never officially announced, Dart withdrew in late October, saying he couldn’t be mayor and a good father to his five children at the same time. He had … Read more
One of our favorite Chicago poets is inspired while crossing the Monroe Street bridge
WHAT I WAS THINKING: We talk to the founder and CEO of the Chicago-based mutual funds rating service
Chicago-born Derrick Rose’s rapid rise in the NBA
We asked experts on local government to explain the causes of the state’s sleazy political culture. Without so much as a wink or a nod, they gave answers
Author Billy Lombardo’s reflections on suburban life in Forest Park
Some Daley observers discuss the mayor’s six terms in office. Their comments appear in order of their assessment of Daley’s legacy—from slight to profound.
Read about our locals and their favorite spots in the neighborhoods below: PILSEN Annie Novotny BERWYN Lisa Predko-Vasquez and Robert Vasquez LOGAN SQUARE The Langfords EVANSTON Jamie Anderson BRONZEVILLE Dee Hawkins ALBANY PARK Nan Cibula-Jenkins and John Jenkins ANNIE NOVOTNY PILSEN Although she admits Pilsen could use a bookstore, Annie … Read more
Gery Chico will score a key endorsement Monday afternoon from B. Herbert Martin, pastor of the Progressive Community Church at 48th and Wabash in the city’s Bronzeville neighborhood. Martin, 68, Harold Washington’s close friend and pastor, was raised in Mound Bayou, Mississippi and came to Chicago in 1967 to earn his master’s in divinity at Northwestern…
Rahm Emanuel’s residency challenge is heating up, and it will likely end up in the Illinois Supreme Court. Sitting on that top court is Justice Anne Burke, who is married to Ald. Ed Burke, a City Council heavyweight as chairman of the finance committee. Although he has not yet issued the endorsement, the 14th Ward alderman gives every signal of supporting one of Rahm’s serious challengers, Gery Chico…
