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Mihalopoulos: ‘Rauner Dem’ vs. Dem tool in NW Side Senate race?
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Mihalopoulos: Trial experience claims a defining issue for Kim Foxx
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Mihalopoulos: Lifting the fog from McCarthy’s British evasion
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Mihalopoulos: Watchdog not yet unleashed on City Council
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Mihalopoulos: Challenger seeks 1 of D’Amico’s 2 government jobs
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Mihalopoulos: Insiders hoping to land Midway food concession deal
You’re far from the only one who’s getting plumper when you stop to get a bite before boarding a flight at Chicago’s airports. Many members of the city’s political class long have found a favorite,...
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Mihalopoulos: Jury out on lawyer’s path to judgeship
When he was a candidate for River Forest’s village board a year ago, lawyer Richard C. Cooke said he and his family “were going to spend the rest of our lives here.” Within days of losing that...
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Mihalopoulos: Preckwinkle’s push for power
While Toni Preckwinkle finally and dramatically showed her clout in Tuesday’s election, the Cook County Board president also was making a move to increase her muscle. Preckwinkle powered former top...
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Mihalopoulos: Dick Mell ‘happy to be out of’ ward boss job
Dick Mell is so emblematic of the Chicago Democratic ward boss, jaded observers of local politics will hesitate before declaring the end of his 40-year run as the 33rd Ward committeeman. With all of...
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Mihalopoulos: Karen Lewis objects to boss label, not behavior
Karen Lewis was not happy when I once described her on Twitter as the boss of the Chicago Teachers Union. “STOP USING THE WORD BOSS to describe me,” came the swift response from @KarenLewisCTU. “I’m a...
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Ex-cop with ties to reputed wiseguys hires Garry McCarthy’s firm
Since Mayor Rahm Emanuel abruptly fired him four months ago, former police Supt. Garry McCarthy has pined for the glamorous top-cop job at Scotland Yard, telling the British press he’d “fix London’s...
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Mihalopoulos: Heir turbulence for pol’s son in Aviation Dept. job
It’s been a rough start to 2016 for the heirs of Chicago and Springfield’s veteran Latino power players. Retiring state Rep. Eddie Acevedo dropped the baton, failing in an effort to bequeath his seat...
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Mihalopoulos: Preckwinkle has perception problem in bond deal
Less than a month after helping Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle’s top aide in the Democratic primary for state’s attorney, longtime political insider Victor Reyes got in line to get work...
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Mihalopoulos: Rahm should quit back-seat driving in Uber debate
When we first reported on Hollywood uber-agent Ari Emanuel’s financial stake in Uber a couple years ago, Mayor Rahm Emanuel tried to deflect conflict-of-interest questions: “He doesn’t need his older...
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Mihalopoulos: Left wing’s feathers ruffle too easily
Powered for the most part by Bernie Sanders nationally and the teachers’ union locally, the left has risen from political obscurity in the past few years. The Democrats who call themselves...
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Mihalopoulos: Judge has some beefs — and details them in emails
In a town where the political hacks disdain “beefers” who “talk out of school,” it’s rare to hear the thoughts of a sitting Cook County judge anywhere outside the courtroom. Cook County Circuit Court...
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Mihalopoulos: Home-share, ride-share all kid stuff at City Hall
Not so long ago, Brendan Reilly was the young pup of the City Council who just wouldn’t sit and roll over. After he unseated grumpy veteran Burt Natarus in downtown’s 42nd Ward in 2007, Reilly did...
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Mihalopoulos: Convicted developer digs in with ‘Chicago Dirt’
Like almost every businessman caught in local corruption cases, wealthy property developer Calvin Boender left the federal courthouse without saying a word after his conviction for bribing a powerful...
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Mihalopoulos: Uber claims its mission goes beyond money
If we’re to believe Uber, the rideshare company has come to Chicago with the higher calling of curing a nasty byproduct of the city’s endemic racial inequality. There’s the widespread sense that the...
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Mihalopoulos: COLA — It’s the real thing driving pension mess
Nearly 27 years ago, many public servants in Chicago’s school system and in Illinois were promised what seemed reasonable at that time of high inflation. Lawmakers in Springfield agreed that pension...
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