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The historic corruption trial of former Chicago Ald. Edward Burke is set to resume Monday with testimony about Burke’s alleged threats to block a fee increase for the Field Museum because its leadership ignored his internship recommendation. Before breaking for the week on Friday, jurors had just listened to the first wiretapped recording in the trial: A November 2017 call between Burke and an ...

CHICAGO — Deborah Bekken, a onetime Field Museum director, was calling powerful Chicago Alderman Edward Burke to ask for his support for the museum’s proposal for a fee increase in September 2017 when he caught her off guard with an immediately chilly demeanor. “Well, uh, I was surprised to hear from you — to be very frank,” a gruff-sounding Burke said to Bekken on the Sept. 8, 2017, call, ...

Prosecutors kicked off their case with Elmhurst University political science professor Constance Mixon, who began to explain Chicago city government to the jury.

Constance Mixon’s testimony about government operations will be crucial to helping jurors understand the racketeering case against former City Council member Ed Burke, prosecutors say.

U.S. District Judge Virginia Kendall held Tuesday’s hearing to determine whether Elmhurst University political science professor Constance Mixon should be allowed to testify during ex-Ald. Ed Burke’s trial.