Mayor Daley was accused Wednesday of mortgaging Chicago's future by draining reserves that were supposed to carry the city for decades to solve two sh...
Chicago Tribune | Todd Lighty and Dan Mihalopoulos | Posted 11.23.2009 | Chicago
Lawyers for indicted developer Calvin Boender have served subpoenas on at least six Chicago aldermen in an effort to clear their client of fraud charg...
Chicago Daily Observer | Russ Stewart | Posted 05.18.2009 | Chicago
There is a correlation between color and clout in Chicago's 50-member city council. There are 23 white, 19 black, and eight Hispanic aldermen. But it'...
Chicago Sun-Times | Fran Spielman | Posted 12.11.2008 | Chicago
Mayor Daley's tough times 2009 budget -- precariously balanced with 929 layoffs, slow police hiring and $52.5 million worth of taxes, fines and fees -...
Chicago Tribune | Dan Mihalopoulos | Posted 12.01.2008 | Chicago
City Council griping about Chicago's financial woes reached its loudest volume Thursday as Streets and Sanitation Commissioner Michael Picardi testifi...
Chicago Sun-Times | Fran Spielman | Posted 11.20.2008 | Chicago
Mayor Daley's plan to slow police hiring, shrink the size of city garbage crews and lay off 929 employees by cutting basic housekeeping services came ...
Chicago Sun-Times | Fran Spielman | Posted 11.02.2008 | Chicago
Chicago aldermen were asked today to give quickie approval to Mayor Daley's $2.5 billion plan to privatize Midway Airport on blind faith -- without an...
Chicago Tribune | Jon Hilkevitch | Posted 11.02.2008 | Chicago
Chicago aldermen today blasted the lack of public involvement in how transit projects are selected, calling on the region's transit leaders to speed u...
Chicago Tribune | Dan Mihalopoulos | Posted 11.02.2008 | Chicago
UPDATE The meeting didn't clarify much for aldermen, the Tribune reports. Aldermen who attended a closed-door briefing at City Hall this morning sa...
Chicago Sun-Times | FRAN SPIELMAN | Posted 10.29.2009 | Chicago