Robert Davis

The secret is out. Mayor Richard M. Daley has a kind of eating disorder. Not his fault, though. Got it from his old man. When word crept out last week...

As a prize for turning what was considered the second worst public housing agency in the country into a model for the nation, Claire Freeman was given HUD's Greatest Improved...

On a recent bright Monday morning, Capt. Kelly O'Connor was getting ready to move the Empress II onto the Des Plaines River because the State of Illinois says, except for...

Suppose they gave an election and nobody came. Well, in Chicago, it's probably not going to be that bad. But Thomas Leach, spokesman for the Chicago Board of Election Commissioners,...

What's loud and green and happens on St. Patrick's Day in Chicago? Well, this year at least, the answer is: not the annual St. Patrick's Day Parade. In a curious...

With less than a week before Tuesday's primary, traditional charges of political dirty tricks began to fly through City Hall, with accusations ranging from slashed tires to physical threats to...

Earlier doubts about how serious cable TV host T. Ron Jasinski-Herbert is about running for city clerk were put to rest Monday after he unfurled a litany of accusations against...

City treasurer candidate Ald. Lawrence Bloom (5th) Friday accused his Democratic primary opponent, incumbent Treasurer Miriam Santos, of using a city police officer as her "escort service" and "consort" on...

Mayor Richard Daley's $11.6-million tax increase package to help finance his proposed $3.6 billion 1995 budget sailed through the Chicago City Council with no debate and passed by a unanimous...

Big Brother, as it turns out, may be your little brother, your former sister-in-law or the neighbor whose power saw you forgot to return last summer. In a phenomenon that...