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Jackson: Affair Not Reason To Skip Mayor’s Race
CHICAGO (WBBM) — Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. tells Newsradio 780 his affair with a Washington D.C. cocktail waitress was not the reason he chose not to run for mayor of Chicago. Jackson told WBBM...
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Ald. Fioretti Has Cancer, Won’t Run For Mayor
CHICAGO (STMW) – After a tonsillectomy, Ald. Robert Fioretti (2nd) has been diagnosed with cancer, forcing him to abandon his plan to run for mayor, his top aides told associates on Monday, the...
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Chico Campaign Promise: A Laptop For Every CPS Student
CHICAGO (WBBM) - Once upon a time, politicians promised a chicken in every pot and two cars in every garage. In the race for Chicago mayor, Gery Chico is promising to put a laptop computer into the...
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Emanuel Campaign: Absentee Ballot App Shows Residency
You have to live in Chicago to be mayor of Chicago and the mayoral campaign of Rahm Emanuel says an absentee ballot application made shows he’s a Chicago resident. CHICAGO (AP) – Rahm Emanuel’s...
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Rahm Emanuel Defends Chicago Residency
CHICAGO (WBBM) – Mayoral candidate Rahm Emanuel on Friday addressed questions about whether his time living in Washington, D.C. means he’s not a Chicago resident qualified to run for mayor. Emanuel...
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Dart: If Elected Mayor, Brother’s Business Would Have Suffered
Dart points again to how his family would have been affected if he were to run for mayor and been elected. CHICAGO (AP) - Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart says that had he been elected mayor of Chicago he...
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Roland Burris Coy On Campaign For Mayor
CHICAGO (WBBM) — Outgoing U.S. Sen. Roland Burris’ supporters entered his name into the race for mayor of Chicago yesterday, but Burris tells Newsradio 780 he’s still deciding whether to run. “We’ll...
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De Jesus Calls For Mayoral Term Limits
CHICAGO (WBBM) - Humboldt Park minister Wilfredo De Jesus wants to try to raise his visibility in the race for mayor by calling for term limits and calling on his opponents to endorse the idea, as...
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Four Mayoral Candidates Square Off In Forum
CHICAGO (WBBM) – It was second to last debate between the four main candidates for Chicago Mayor and the forum was relatively civil and at times jovial. LISTEN: Newsradio 780′s Lisa Fielding Reports...
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Behind The Scenes Of The Rahm Campaign
CHICAGO (CBS 2) – He’s on the phone, reading the paper and being briefed by staff members about the next stop. Rahm Emanuel asks, “Jordan’s beauty supply, 8th ward, then 7th ward, when do I eat? Well,...
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At The Peak Of Popularity, Mayor Emanuel Is Gone
CHICAGO (CBS) — Just one day after claiming a decisive victory, Mayor Emanuel has left us. It appears some sort of “time vortex” has claimed him at the peak of his popularity–on Twitter. Now fans are...
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Mayor Daley Says The U.S. Is A Nation Of Whiners
Take Our PollUPDATED 03/04/11 8:47 a.m. WHEATON, Ill. (CBS) - Mayor Richard M. Daley said Thursday that the United States has become a nation of “whiners,” and said it’s time to snap out of it. In a...
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In Inaugural, Emanuel Borrows Themes From His Old Boss
CHICAGO (CBS) – As Rahm Emanuel took center stage as Chicago’s new mayor, his inaugural address paid homage to his old boss in the White House and his predecessor at City Hall. Emanuel, who resigned at...
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Mayor Rahm Emanuel, One Year Later: A New Boss Takes Charge
It’s been a year since Mayor Daley left office and Mayor Emanuel took the reins of city government. And this week, WBBM Political Editor Craig Dellimore is looking at what’s changed and what’s ahead...
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Rahm Emanuel Reports For Jury Duty, Tweets From Jury Pool Room
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel reports for jury duty at Daley Plaza. (CBS) Updated 02/05/13 – 5:08 p.m. CHICAGO (CBS) — Even Chicago’s big boss doesn’t get out of jury duty–or at least reporting for jury...
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Monday Marks Harold Washington’s 91st Birthday
CHICAGO (CBS) — Monday would have been the late Harold Washington’s 91st birthday. The City of Chicago has declared this Harold Washington Day in honor of Chicago’s first African-American Mayor. WBBM...
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Mayor Emanuel To Return $8,200 Expense For Obama Inaugural
CHICAGO (CBS) — After news broke that Rahm Emanuel stayed in an $1,800 a night hotel suite on the taxpayer’s dime, the mayor’s office on Friday said Emanuel will reimburse the city for the expense....
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Mayoral Candidate: Mayor Emanuel Is The ‘Typical Candidate,’ And That’s The...
Interview by Mason Johnson — Part 2 of this article will be published on Wednesday, June 18th… Well educated and extraordinarily smart, Dr. Amara Enyia has done policy work in City Hall with Mayor...
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Mayoral Candidate, Dr. Amara Enyia: Chicago Has A ‘Political System That No...
Interview by Mason Johnson — Part 1 of this article was published on Monday, June 16th… “I can do the job. If tomorrow they said, ‘Oh we need someone!’ I could do it. There’s no doubt in my mind,” says...
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Commentary: McCarthy’s Firing Doesn’t Even Begin To Fix Chicago’s Problems
The views expressed on this page are those of the author, not CBS Local Chicago or our affiliated television and radio stations. Excuse my cynicism, but I don’t think ex-Supt. McCarthy’s replacement,...
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