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Ex-alderman Cochran gets a year in prison for wire fraud

Chicago Sun-Times
Jun 24, 2019 2:00 PM - Former alderman Willie Cochran was sentenced to a year and a day in prison Monday, becoming the latest Chicago alderman to add to the "long and pathetic tradition" of political corruption, according to the judge in the case. U.S. District Judge Jorge Alonso said Cochran abused the public trust, noting "this was not a one-time lapse of judgment."
New lane configuration to take effect Monday at Jane Byrne Interchange reconstruction

Chicago Sun-Times
Jun 21, 2019 4:02 PM - Construction crews will begin reconfiguring the work zone Sunday at the Jane Byrne Interchange. Setting up the reconfigured lanes will require partial lane and ramp closures between 10 p.m. Sunday and 5 a.m. Monday, the Chicago Department of Transportation said.
FBI agents raid ward office of Ald. Carrie Austin

Chicago Sun-Times
Jun 20, 2019 11:13 AM - Chicago Ald. Carrie Austin was praising the Lord at a school event Wednesday morning, saying "today is a day truly that God has made because he made us the star of the show," when federal agents a few miles away were thrusting her center stage into Chicago's hottest criminal investigation.
FBI agents raid ward office of Ald. Carrie Austin

Chicago Sun-Times
Jun 20, 2019 11:05 AM - Chicago Ald. Carrie Austin was praising the Lord at a school event Wednesday morning, saying "today is a day truly that God has made because he made us the star of the show," when federal agents a few miles away were thrusting her center stage into Chicago's hottest criminal investigation.
Prosecutors to appeal would-be bomber's sentence

Chicago Sun-Times
Jun 19, 2019 5:10 PM - Federal prosecutors are taking the unusual step of appealing the 16-year prison sentence handed last month to a Hillside man who in September 2012 tried to set off a 1,000-pound car bomb in the Loop, according to a notice filed Wednesday.
Michael McAuliffe, Chicago's only Republican state rep, resigns

Chicago Sun-Times
Jun 17, 2019 11:00 PM - Rep. Michael McAuliffe, the only Chicago Republican serving in the Illinois House of Representatives, on Monday announced his resignation after 23 years in office.
CPD second-in-command won't be punished for taking pre-approved family vacation to Aruba

Chicago Sun-Times
Jun 17, 2019 3:34 PM - The No. 2 man in the Chicago Police Department will not be suspended, fired or removed for taking a family vacation in early June -- approved and paid for in October -- in violation of Mayor Lori Lightfoot's edict that no top brass take time off during the summer. Lightfoot told the Chicago Sun-Times the controversy caused by Anthony Riccio's June 1-to-7 trip to Aruba to celebrate his daughter's graduation is "over for now" and she's prepared to move on.
Alderman proposes noise monitors on Lake Shore Drive to crack down on loud motorcycles

Chicago Sun-Times
Jun 13, 2019 3:34 PM - Two years ago, state Rep. Sara Feigenholz of Chicago championed a new state law aimed at reducing motorcycle noise and loud mufflers on Lake Shore Drive that prevent residents from getting a good night's sleep. It empowered the city to install noise monitors along Lake Shore Drive similar to the ones that measure jet noise around the clock in neighborhoods surrounding O'Hare and Midway airports.
Lightfoot renews threat to remove police officers from Chicago Public Schools

Chicago Sun-Times
Jun 13, 2019 3:05 PM - Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Thursday renewed her threat to remove police officers from public schools on the heels of a blistering audit that accused the Chicago Police Department of continuing to operate the program without oversight and training.
Sun-Times: Pritzker signs abortion law

By Tina Sfondeles
Jun 12, 2019 10:58 AM - Bucking neighboring states, Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Wednesday sent a big signal by signing a law to protect Illinois' abortion rights should Roe v. Wade be overturned, the Chicago Sun-Times reports.

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