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A federal indictment made public Thursday accused Riverdale Mayor Lawrence Jackson of accepting secret funding for his trucking business from a clout-heavy waste hauling firm and then lying about it in a civil deposition. The indictment filed late Wednesday in U.S. District Court on Thursday charged Jackson, 49, with perjury and obstruction of justice. An arraignment was scheduled for Tuesday ...

Federal prosecutors are investigating possible minority-contracting fraud involving a series of Chicago government contracts worth hundreds of millions of dollars, including many with ties to a clout-heavy trucking and recycling company owner, according to sources and documents obtained by the Tribune. The U.S. attorney’s office last month issued federal grand jury subpoenas to several city ...

The mayor of Riverdale is under federal investigation for allegedly receiving secret payments from a garbage and recycling firm.