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'Oh my God! It's a dog! It's alive!' Rescuer of abused dog recounts horror of discovery

Professional declutterer recounts horror of discovering abused dog of pediatrician, who now faces charges of animal cruelty.

Chicago Sun-Times · Dec 29, 2024

‘Power and control’ frame Edward Burke’s legacy. A federal jury will soon decide that legacy’s coda.

He entered politics as one of the youngest Chicago City Council members in history and became its most powerful and longest-serving member. Now, he’s fighting to avoid prison.

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 27, 2023

Brass from the past: Top Chicago cops? I’ve known a few

Mayor Brandon Johnson’s appointment of Larry Snelling as Chicago Police superintendent prompted a peek into this reporter’s aging notepad, a flashback to 14 or so former Chicago top cops I’ve known or covered since 1967.

Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 19, 2023

Honor Jane Byrne on her 90th birthday by taking the train

Naming a congested highway interchange after Chicago’s first female mayor is a dubious tribute.

Chicago Sun-Times · May 23, 2023

Johnson’s biggest challenge in delivering inaugural address: avoid Lightfoot’s mistake

Lightfoot denounced the City Council as corrupt, then turned around and shamed all 50 members, who were seated behind her, into joining the cheering crowd in a standing ovation for reform,

Chicago Sun-Times · May 15, 2023

Lightfoot ‘done with electoral politics for myself’ after Feb. 28 defeat

Lightfoot is the first elected Chicago mayor in 40 years to be denied a second term. The last mayor to suffer that indignity was Jane Byrne, Chicago’s first and only other female mayor.

Chicago Sun-Times · May 1, 2023

Like Harold Washington, new mayor should build a diverse coalition to move Chicago forward

The politics of division is a recipe for disaster. It is a well-trodden road that can only take us back to where we’ve been before, and that’s nowhere we want to be.

Chicago Sun-Times · Mar 22, 2023

Race, always an issue in Chicago politics, was a key factor behind creating runoff for mayor

CHICAGO — Chicago’s April election between Paul Vallas and Brandon Johnson features candidates with some of the starkest political differences in a head-to-head matchup since the city started having mayoral runoffs more than two decades ago.

Chicago Tribune · Mar 10, 2023

Why Lori Lightfoot became the first Chicago mayor to lose reelection in 40 years

Battles with teachers and police unions cost the city's first Black female mayor a second term.

Fortune · Mar 1, 2023

Analysis: How Lightfoot went from political rock star to rock bottom

Lightfoot was dealt a bad hand: the pandemic, civil unrest triggered by the murder of George Floyd and the violent crime wave after those demonstrations. But bad timing is too simple to explain her stunning political downfall.

Chicago Sun-Times · Mar 1, 2023