Also, more than 1,000 people turned out for Kenneka Jenkins’s funeral.
Tag: Luis Gutierrez
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Congressman Luis Gutierrez handcuffed during sit-in at ICE office, and other Chicago news
Also, one state legislator is getting death threats after proposing a state holiday in honor of former President Obama.
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Representative Luis Gutiérrez responds to Trump: the president’s not offering real solutions to Chicago violence, and other news
Also, El Chapo’s son’s bodyguard has been extradited to Chicago.
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Former CPD chief Garry McCarthy gets a surprise subpoena in the Sandi Jackson-Jesse Jackson Jr. divorce case, and other Chicago news
Also, a lot of Illinois elected officials are skipping the Trump inauguration.
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Congressman Luis Gutierrez says the fight against Trump is just beginning
Gutierrez plans to boycott Trump’s inauguration and fight any efforts at mass deportation.
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Comptroller-elect Susana Mendoza won’t pay state legislators until there’s a budget, and other Chicago news
Also, Ed “Fast Eddie” Vrdolyak is indicted for allegedly not paying income taxes on money he earned from brokering tobacco settlements.
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CPD commander: Keeping Rahm safe has become difficult ‘due to current events,’ and other Chicago news
Also, Lincoln Park alderman Michele Smith is getting increasingly concerned about Airbnb.
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Two of Chicago’s most powerful Latino politicians bury the hatchet by endorsing a Chinese-American candidate
It took Illinois house candidate Theresa Mah to bring Luis Gutierrez and Jesus Garcia back together.
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Rahm’s first reelection rally makes for a great story
Mayor Emanuel officially launches his campaign for a second term.
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Congressman Quigley: Despite Cantor’s loss, Republicans need to grow some sack!
In the wake of Eric Cantor’s election loss, Democratic Congressman Mike Quigley swears that not all Republicans are crazy right-wingers.
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Rahm reels toward his reelection bid
A new poll is the latest sign that Mayor Emanuel could be in trouble.
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Remembering Dick Mell (and what he was really doing up on that table)
Dick Mell was always good copy—in the Reader.
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The ERA, DOA 30 years ago
A 1982 Springfield rally in support of the ERA, and what it says about the current state of the Republican Party
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The heady day after
Council meeting? What City Council meeting? Chicago aldermen and Mayor Daley bask in the afterglow of Barack Obama’s election.
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Is lame duck Jerry Weller “slacking off”?
The Sun-Times accuses lame duck Jerry Weller, who’s missed 285 votes this session, of slacking off. But is that a lot of votes to miss?