Bernina Mata’s attorneys say prosecutors used homophobic rhetoric to secure a death sentence in 1999. Now they’re asking the governor to set her free.
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The gospel according to Mama Lou
Lou Della Evans-Reid spent nearly 40 years as minister of music for Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church, but even at age 89 this gospel trailblazer isn’t done spreading the good news.
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Warning, Democrats: a Rauner victory over Pritzker could turn Illinois into a red state
A second term by our current governor would feature more of the same thing: union bashing, budget slashing, school privatization, etc.
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Downstate hate: A history of the bitter, nearly 200-year rivalry between Chicago and the rest of Illinois
The animosity between Illinois’s largest city and its smaller towns is almost as old as the state itself.
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Susana Mendoza might have just won her next election
The state comptroller is no one’s “mini-me.”
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Rahm and Rauner’s personal war of words: ‘Napoleon complex’ and ‘the emperor wears no clothes,’ and other Chicago news
Also, independent journalist Jamie Kalven sues the CPD for refusing to release the Laquan McDonald police misconduct records.
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Deportation fears, rumors are affecting businesses in Little Village, and other Chicago news
Also, even former governor George Ryan thinks the state budget impasse is a disaster.
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Why the candidates for governor are suddenly interested in black voters
Amid charges of intimidation and Ebola fear-mongering, the bitter race for governor is likely to be determined by turnout in Chicago.
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One of these guys is going to be governor of Illinois
A few things you should know about Pat Quinn and Bruce Rauner
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Governor Quinn’s employment prospects improve
Incumbent governors usually win reelection when jobs numbers are improving—which bodes well for Pat Quinn.
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Did Anthony Porter do it? Some background reading
As the Anthony Porter murder case gets a second look, here’s some background reading
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Murders, and the political responses to them, have become all too familiar
How city leaders reacted to some of the most notorious outbreaks of violence over the last two decades
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What really happened in Paris, Illinois?
With a pardon at stake, two wrongful convictions in a double murder case get the reverse spin.
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How the Democrats let Derrick Smith shoot them in the foot
How the Democrats let Derrick Smith shoot them in the foot
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Mayor Rahm’s TIF tax: $510 million
One of the great ongoing charades in Chicago politics unfolded earlier this week. On Wednesday, Mayor Emanuel unveiled his 2012 budget, boasting that he had not raised the property tax. And then on Thursday, Cook County clerk David Orr released his annual TIF report, which shows that city property taxpayers paid an extra $510 million […]