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Rhonda Crawford, a lawyer accused of impersonating a judge, after her bond court hearing on Oct. 21, 2016, at the Leighton Criminal Court Building. Crawford was found dead Thursday afternoon in her south suburban home.

Police suspect suicide in death of lawyer days from trial on charges of impersonating judge

May 23, 2019 at 5:46 a.m.

A lawyer who was just days from going on trial on charges she impersonated a Cook County judge was found dead Thursday afternoon in her south suburban home. Calumet City...

Mayor Rahm Emanuel speaks to the media Nov. 7, 2017. Emanuel has agreed to have a digital forensics company collect and preserve emails and text messages from his personal cellphone in response to an ongoing Chicago Tribune lawsuit.

Emanuel will turn over personal cellphone for review in battle over texts

May 23, 2019 at 5:46 a.m.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel, who has conducted city business on his private devices and accounts, has agreed to have a digital forensics company collect and preserve information, including text messages, from...

Philippe Loizon is shown during an interview May 14, 2014, at the West Side office of the Cook County Adult Probation Department.

Disgraced ex-supervisor with Cook County Probation Department sues judge, saying he was fired because he’s white

May 23, 2019 at 5:44 a.m.

A white supervisor in the Cook County Adult Probation Department has filed a federal lawsuit claiming he was wrongly dismissed last year, while numerous black employees in the department have...

The city of Chicago Department of Water Management at 333 S. State St.

Chicago water department supervisor didn’t report email about Southern farmers ‘bidding’ on Obama, watchdog says

May 15, 2019 at 9:50 p.m.

A Chicago water department supervisor was suspended for failing to report offensive emails including one that suggested then-President Barack Obama being bid on at a Southern slave auction, according to...

Documents show Pritzker’s ties to offshore companies

May 15, 2019 at 9:47 p.m.

A search of the Paradise Papers database shows J.B. Pritzker's ties to several offshore shell companies. City land deal In 2016, a tour boat company owned by Pritzker and his...

J.B. Pritzker announces his run for governor at the Grand Crossing gymnasium in Chicago on April 6, 2017.

Tribune exclusive: Pritzker’s secret offshore holdings revealed in Chicago duck boat land deal

May 31, 2019 at 9:10 p.m.

J.B. Pritzker has offered a simple response when Democratic and Republican rivals attack his family’s use of offshore banking to avoid taxes on its immense fortune: The trusts were set...

<p>Democratic candidate for Illinois governor J.B. Pritzker takes his podium position before the first televised 2018 Illinois Democratic Gubernatorial Forum at NBC-5 studios on Jan. 23, 2018, in Chicago. </p>

Pritzker rhetoric doesn’t match reality on promoting women at investment firm

May 31, 2019 at 9:09 p.m.

During a recent Democratic governor debate, J.B. Pritzker was asked what he had done for women over his years as an investment executive, venture capitalist and political donor. Pritzker answered...

Cook County judge who allowed clerk to rule on cases is forced to retire

May 31, 2019 at 9:07 p.m.

A Cook County judge who allowed a law clerk to wear her robe and hear traffic court cases in 2016 has been forced into retirement by a state oversight commission...

Originally named the Medical Mart, the Global Center for Health Innovation's showrooms and meeting spaces sit mostly deserted in downtown Cleveland on Oct. 10, 2017.

Chris Kennedy’s troubled Cleveland deal: Taxes raised, company collected millions

May 31, 2019 at 9:09 p.m.

As Chris Kennedy campaigns for governor, he’s talked about his business successes. He’s pointed to his management of the Merchandise Mart, “one of the great economic engines of Illinois,” and...

Mayor Rahm Emanuel address a City Club of Chicago breakfast held at Maggiano's Banquets in Chicago on Sept. 7, 2017.

Judge: Emanuel does not have to turn over list of private emails in FOIA fight

May 15, 2019 at 9:29 p.m.

A Cook County judge has ruled that Mayor Rahm Emanuel does not have to produce an index of private emails and text messages he sent and received, dealing a setback...

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