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Chicagoan’s path from Trump campaign to conviction to cooperation
President Donald Trump immediately tried to downplay the importance of the indictment of his former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort. But the guilty plea of North Side native and DePaul University...
View ArticleMIHALOPOULOS: Helping Santa find Heaven on the West Side
Around this time a year ago, I went to the table in the Chicago Sun-Times newsroom where we keep many of the correspondences we get from the kids from across Chicago who participate in our Letters to...
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MIHALOPOULOS: Pop tax foe no fan of paying own property taxes on time
Sean Morrison, the Cook County Republican chairman and a county commissioner, gained global attention as the chief sponsor of legislation repealing the county’s notorious tax on pop. But Morrison got...
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One small victory for people, pooches on the Riverwalk
These are tough times for members of the news media, with the far left deriding us as corporate tools and right-wingers crying “fake news” when the facts contradict their world view. Reporters have to...
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MIHALOPOULOS: Will pop-tax anger unseat Preckwinkle, or fizzle out?
After this month, Cook County won’t get another cent from its penny-an-ounce tax on sweetened beverages. But could the bitter aftertaste from the pop-tax dispute linger with voters as they decide...
View ArticleGutierrez: From chopping up ‘pig innards’ to owning $1.1M second home
The final chapter of Luis Gutierrez’s 2013 autobiography was titled, “Too Puerto Rican for America, Too American For Puerto Rico.” As Gutierrez announced his plans to retire after a quarter-century as...
View ArticleMIHALOPOULOS: Alderman quick to raise our taxes, slow to pay his own
Without saying a word at the City Council meeting last month, first-term Ald. Derrick Curtis joined the vast majority of his colleagues in supporting Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s 2018 budget. Like 46 other...
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Honk if you agree, Kennedy Expressway stalwart asks
The howling, early-winter wind and roar of afternoon rush-hour traffic on the Kennedy Expressway muffle the sound of the cars that beep at Veronica Wolski every few seconds. From her perch on a...
View ArticleEx-mayor says Rep. Jim Durkin got involved in Broadview brouhaha
In a sworn deposition in a federal court case, the former mayor of Broadview testified that Illinois House Minority Leader Jim Durkin called and asked him to meet with a strip club consultant who has...
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MIHALOPOULOS: Troopers aim to end Bernie backer’s long reign above the Kennedy
On her 584th straight day on a bridge above the Kennedy Expressway, the Northwest Side’s Bernie Sis found herself accused of running afoul of the law for the first time. Veronica Wolski again went up...
View ArticleWill janitorial contract and Trump get swept up in McCarthy’s mayoral plans?
Politics and government contracting aren’t supposed to mix. But this is Chicago, the city of Hired Trucks and the Duffs and the former public schools CEO now in federal prison for demanding a 10...
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With so much practice, Fioretti shouldn’t have problems paying campaign workers
Oops, he did it again. Even after being busted for the same misdeed twice before, Bob Fioretti — the former alderman running for Cook County Board president in the upcoming Democratic primary — stiffed...
View ArticleCompany tied to Joe Berrios sets up bogus website in primary challenger’s name
In another wild election year in Illinois, the race involving Joe Berrios has produced the most bizarre whodunit tale — and what may have been the dirtiest trick of this political season. Soon after...
View ArticleCook County Jail guards lock down sweet union contract—despite sour budget mess
Life is becoming at least a bit sweeter for the guards at the Cook County jail, even as county government slashes hundreds of jobs to plug the huge deficit caused by the repeal of the unpopular tax on...
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Political novice taking on Rep. Dan Burke — and his brother and Donald Trump
While passing out campaign signs as a volunteer for Jesus “Chuy” Garcia’s 2015 mayoral bid, Aaron Ortiz bumped into a few of the political workers who’ve controlled his neighborhood for decades. They...
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He ‘goofed up’ and owes IRS thousands—but vows to be ‘big help’ on County Board
Some elected public servants probably spend more time plotting their next career move than governing. Others are fine where they’re at, knowing that a run for higher office can mean they’ll face...
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Four men dominate the turf in Illinois’ political ‘playground of the rich’
Judging by the numbers, Illinois might be closer than any other state to becoming a plutocracy — government by the wealthy. A Chicago Sun-Times analysis has found that more than 25.9 percent of the...
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Mayor Rahm Emanuel has a challenger, a young tech guy ‘who gives a s—‘
A young tech entrepreneur from the South Side quietly has begun organizing a bid to challenge Mayor Rahm Emanuel in next year’s election. You may be hearing of Neal Sales-Griffin for the first time...
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Here are the questions for Tuesday — the answers are up to you
Tuesday’s primaries won’t just determine the nominees of each party in the November general election. How you vote also will go a long way toward answering these six burning questions about Chicago and...
View ArticleRahm slammed for using ‘back door’ to settle old scores
You’d think Rahm Emanuel would have stayed far away from Tuesday’s primary election. The mayor has enough problems of his own right now. Less than a year before Emanuel is up for a third term, voters...
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Ride-share ‘nightmare?’ Lawsuit says car leased from Uber was unsafe ‘lemon’
Kimberly Crawl, a single mom from the South Side, thought she’d done all her research and made the right move for herself and her 10-year-old daughter when she leased a 2015 Chevy Malibu with just 15...
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Sometimes juggling kid play and parent fitness can be a walk in the park
During the brief, belated burst of spring warmth on Thursday afternoon, many of the kids and parents of the Northwest Side’s Montclare neighborhood gravitated toward Rutherford Sayre Park. They found...
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Preckwinkle sours when told pop tax repeal cuts could bottle up tax bills
Every boss has his or her own unique leadership style. We know Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle tends to stick closely to her principles. And she will not hesitate to sternly lecture those...
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Assessed valuation of ending election protest and endorsing winner? $600,000
Since losing the Democratic Party primary for Cook County assessor last month, Andrea Raila has said she was robbed of a real chance at winning. She sued the election authorities who temporarily...
View Article#SupportSunTimes: Investigative reporter’s career comes full circle
As a kid in the northwest suburbs, I didn’t get paid anything for doing household chores. Maybe things were different back then, or maybe it was just the way my immigrant parents did things. One winter...
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