Also, a divorce between Jesse Jackson Jr. and Sandi Jackson appears inevitable, says Jackson Jr.
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Garry McCarthy for Mayor files paperwork for exploratory committee, and other Chicago news
Also, Hispanics are now the second-largest racial/ethnic group in Chicago.
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Rauner disagrees with Madigan’s decision to join DACA lawsuit, and other Chicago news
Also, Sandi Jackson has subpoenaed former Today Show host Tamron Hall and a strip club owner in increasingly bizarre divorce case.
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Grand jury still weighing more indictments in the Laquan McDonald case, and other Chicago news
Also, the Field Museum is giving Sue her own private suite.
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Rauner fires new communications team, says the ‘intensity of the battle’ against enemies ‘is going up,’ and other Chicago news
Also, two bars near Soldier Field are supporting Colin Kaepernick by refusing to show NFL games.
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Report: More possible lobbying violations found in Mayor Emanuel’s personal e-mails, and other Chicago news
Also, police are searching for a group of men who allegedly gang-raped a teen girl on Facebook Live.
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Caterpillar moving global headquarters to Chicago from Peoria, and other news
Also, wealth inequality between whites and minorities in Chicago is reportedly higher than the national average.
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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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What Trump could learn from Chicago’s kleptocracy
Politicians making a buck on their offices is nothing new here.
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Former political power couple Jesse Jackson Jr. and Sandi Jackson are divorcing, and other Chicago news
Also, a City Council committee is recommending paying $3 million to the family of an unarmed teen shot dead by police in 2013.
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What’s at stake in five closely contested races for alderman
In the first election after a ward remap, Aldermania strikes again.
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Charges of intimidation, guns, and suspicious packages fly in Seventh Ward race
Things get nasty—and strange—in the south-side ward once led by Sandi Jackson and her husband Jesse Jackson Jr.
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We’re pretty sure somebody’s going to become alderman of the Seventh Ward
Natashia Holmes, appointed Seventh Ward alderman two years ago, will have to beat nine challengers to stay in office.
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Will aldermen pay the price for Rahm?
The mayor’s unpopularity is expected to affect City Council races as well as the campaign for mayor.
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How one Alderman Mell begat the next Alderman Mell
In classic Chicago tradition, Rahm Emanuel appoints Deb Mell to replace her father in the City Council.