Bill Ruthhart

Members of the Chicago Teachers Union listen to speakers at a news conference outside of John Spry Community School in Chicago's Little Village neighborhood on Jan. 10, 2022. The CTU was giving an update with safety concerns at the schools, remote teaching and when to return to the schools.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot has spent more campaign cash than she’s raised during a term marked by crises: ‘She’s not scaring anybody’

April 17, 2022 at 4:03 p.m.

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot has been spending campaign money faster than she has been raising it, leaving her with less political cash than she had shortly after winning office two...

Ald. Edward Burke, 14th, at a City Council meeting in 2019.

Ald. Edward Burke’s legal tab is $2.7M and growing as he awaits trial on federal corruption charges

January 8, 2022 at 11:00 a.m.

Embattled Ald. Edward Burke has spent more than $2.7 million on legal fees, tapping a deep reservoir of campaign funds built up over decades as he awaits trial on charges...

Mayor Rahm Emanuel stops to chat with some women in a car as he leaves Manny's Coffee Shop & Deli in Chicago on April 7, 2015.

Ambassador Rahm Emanuel: Senate confirms former Chicago mayor as U.S. envoy to Japan.

December 18, 2021 at 4:43 p.m.

The U.S. Senate voted early Saturday morning to confirm former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel as ambassador to Japan, officially opening yet another act in a three-decade political career that has...

A staircase and a closed escalator in the CTA Red Line subway stop at Monroe in the Loop on Nov. 29, 2021.

Chicago still has 42 ‘L’ stations that aren’t accessible to the disabled. The federal infrastructure bill could help fix that sooner than expected.

December 5, 2021 at 10:18 p.m.

More than 31 years after Congress passed the Americans with Disabilities Act, 42 of Chicago's "L" stations still lack the elevators and other upgrades they need to be fully accessible....

A train pulls into the 95th Street CTA Red Line station on Nov. 18, 2021, in Chicago. Mayor Lori Lightfoot hailed President Joe Biden's $1 trillion infrastructure bill, saying it would help expand the CTA Red Line to 130th Street and remove lead service lines.

Why Chicago officials like their chances to win major grants in $1 trillion infrastructure bill

November 30, 2021 at 7:59 p.m.

The $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill that President Joe Biden signed into law earlier this month promises to send billions of dollars to Illinois, with much of that money flowing...

Activist with various signs face off on the stairs of the Kenosha County Courthouse on Nov. 15, 2021 in Kenosha.

Reaction to Kyle Rittenhouse acquittal reflects nation’s polarized politics: Republicans claim 2nd Amendment victory, progressives call it a miscarriage of justice

November 20, 2021 at 1:01 a.m.

In the run-up to Kyle Rittenhouse's murder trial, legal experts cautioned that no matter which way the verdict fell, larger political conclusions should not be drawn from the case. But...

Mayor Rahm Emanuel listens to Chicago Inspector General Joseph Ferguson at Dirksen Federal Courthouse after a hearing in Chicago in 2014.

Former Chicago inspector general to U.S. Senate: No evidence Rahm Emanuel covered up Laquan McDonald police shooting

November 19, 2021 at 12:27 a.m.

As Rahm Emanuel awaits a final confirmation vote on his nomination as ambassador to Japan, Chicago's former inspector general has written a letter to U.S. senators emphasizing there is no...

The Kyle Rittenhouse judge says, ‘This is not a political trial.’ But can jurors leave their beliefs at the courtroom door?

November 8, 2021 at 12:05 p.m.

As attorneys worked to pick jurors for Kyle Rittenhouse's murder trial, a prosecutor asked the randomly summoned Kenosha County residents whether any of them were worried that reaching a verdict...

Mayor Rahm Emanuel and U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, right, look at the area planned for the Riverwalk expansion in Chicago in March 2013.

Rahm Emanuel’s ambassador nomination passes Senate committee with 2 Democrats voting ‘No,’ goes to full chamber next

November 3, 2021 at 5:29 p.m.

Former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel's nomination as ambassador to Japan passed the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Wednesday morning, but a pair of fellow Democrats voted against his appointment. Progressive Sens....

Jesús Garza emigró de México hace 28 años para trabajar en una fábrica de escobas en Arcola, Illinois. Después de construir un exitoso negocio de talleres de hojalatería, recientemente fue elegido alcalde.

Partidarios de Trump eligen a un mexicano como su alcalde

November 2, 2021 at 3:02 p.m.

A Jesús Garza le sudaban las palmas de las manos mientras subía su fornido cuerpo al volante de un Jeep Gladiator verde para ocupar su puesto en la cabecera del...

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