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It was Christmastime 2013, and Portage Mayor James Snyder was in trouble. His mortgage business had tanked, the IRS was after him for a significant tax debt, and on top of that he had holiday spending to account for. His $62,000 salary as mayor of the small working-class town just wasn’t cutting it. So Snyder showed up unannounced to Great Lakes Peterbilt, the local truck dealership he’d ...

The trial was initially set to begin on April 1.

(The Center Square) – Even though the former Illinois House speaker has bought more time before his corruption trial takes place, an state lawmaker says the time is now for

Former Chicago Alderman Ed Burke never did “land the tuna” he thought would fatten his wallet. But federal prosecutors in Chicago certainly landed Burke last week.

CHICAGO — Generations of Chicagoans accustomed to grimy politics might view former Ald. Ed Burke’s federal racketeering conviction last week as just another case in a long conga line of crooked aldermen. But Burke was an undisputed Democratic kingpin. He not only set a record for serving 54 years in the City Council, but he departed in May as the last alderman who rose to power in the era of ...