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The group Southside Chicagoans is not registered with the Illinois State Board of Elections, but took out a $2.6K ad supporting Mayor Brandon Johnson.
CARBONDALE. — Dick Simpson, a former Chicago alderman, campaign strategist and author, will join Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s Paul Simon Public Policy Institute on Tuesday, Feb. 6, for a virtual
Dick Simpson, a former Chicago alderman, campaign strategist and author, will join Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s Paul Simon Public Policy Institute on Tuesday, Feb. 6, for a virtual conversation on his two latest books that look at Chicago politics.
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 ...
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 Mayor ...