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CHICAGO — Tim Mapes was just minutes into his grand jury testimony in Chicago’s federal courthouse two years ago when a prosecutor warned that even though Mapes had been granted
CHICAGO — Tim Mapes was just minutes into his grand jury testimony in Chicago’s federal courthouse two years ago when a prosecutor warned that even though Mapes had been granted immunity, he could still be prosecuted for lying. “You understand you are under oath and you are obligated to tell the truth,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Amarjeet Bhachu said near the beginning of the March 31, 2021, ...
For more than a decade as a Cook County officeholder, Democratic stalwart Karen Yarbrough has repeatedly fought allegations she and her office violated long-standing federal court decrees aimed at cracking down on patronage hiring that has haunted local government for generations. The two-term Cook County clerk and former recorder of deeds’ approach to hiring has, at times, resembled that of a ...
Traditional yeshiva-style learning emphasizes that there are as many ways to understand the Bible as there are clowns in a tiny car, and Sacred Arts aims to uncover a few more.
Former State Rep. Denyse Wang Stoneback, who campaigned on an anti-gun violence message, is suing her successor and a former political ally for alleged defamation, including campaign fliers casting her as an NRA ally and an opponent of gun violence prevention, according to the lawsuit. Stoneback, a Skokie Democrat who built a reputation as an anti-gun violence activist for years before her ...