DuPage chief targets spending spigot
Decades ago in a DuPage County courtroom, young prosecutor Robert Schillerstrom faced off against young defense lawyer Jim Ryan in a criminal case. Schillerstrom lost. Now there's a political rematch,...
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Sun-Times’ buyers not new to headlines
Chicago financier Jim Tyree on Friday released the names of 10 co-investors in his $26 million rescue bid for the Sun-Times Media Group Inc. It's a list studded with colorful...
Levine pal gets 18 months for fraud scheme
The longtime business partner of convicted influence peddler Stuart Levine apologized for his misconduct before he was sentenced Wednesday to 18 months in prison. "I am truly ashamed for what...
Activist gets 19 months in fraud
A prominent advocate for minority businesses was sentenced Monday to 19 months in federal prison on fraud charges for falsely claiming he was assisting companies in getting state contracts while...
Now the state’s ultimate insider
PAT QUINN: AN UNLIKELY RISE Meet the new boss How a longtime 'outsider' wound up at the top In nearly 40 years of Chicago and Illinois politics, Pat Quinn has...
Burris practiced in political arts
Amid the controversy over whether he should become Illinois' next U.S. senator, Roland Burris has been described by friend and foe alike as an earnest public servant with a long...
UIC was asked not to show papers
Before the University of Illinois at Chicago released records of an educational charity where Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama and 1960s radical William Ayers played key roles, school officials talked...
Rush on to get files linking Obama to 1960s radical
The University of Illinois at Chicago on Tuesday released more than 1,000 files detailing the activities of an education reform group in which both Barack Obama and former 1960s radical...
Police seek author of Daley threat
When Richard J. Daley bought a vacation home in 1964 in Grand Beach, Mich., the seven-room, $41,000 house was supposed to allow the family to escape their responsibilities and celebrity...
U.S. investigating contract to manage city’s harbors
Federal authorities are asking questions about a controversial contract awarded last year to manage harbors for the Chicago Park District, one of the losing bidders and the state attorney general's...