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Emanuel: Developers' donations don't influence his decisions
Tribune reportersMayor Rahm Emanuel today defended accepting tens of thousands of dollars in political donations from hotel developers who need the approval of his administration for their projects. Emanuel said he embraces the support he's received from the hotel...Tags: Human Interest, Millennium Park, Chicago Mayor, Twitter, Inc., Chicago City Hall
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Emanuel campaign taking donations from hotel developers with projects in works
On his first day in office, Mayor Rahm Emanuel signed a series of executive orders banning political giving from lobbyists and contractors doing business with the city, part of his campaign pledge to move City Hall beyond the pay-to-play culture that...
Tags: Chicago Elections, Services and Shopping, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Lobbying
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Excerpt: 'The Third Coast' by Thomas Dyja
From his stove, Nelson Algren saw a dark shape stumble out of the bar across Wabansia Avenue. It teetered once, then slumped under the Nectar Beer sign, sizzling neon in the bitter February cold. Eight degrees, an army fatigue jacket, and too many shots...Tags: Chicago Public Library, World War I (1914-1918), Political Systems, Abusive Behavior, Politics
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Voice of the People, Apr. 24
Investment fund Politicians keep referring to Social Security as an "entitlement." It is not an entitlement; it was intended as an investment fund of contributors for their retirement or need. Workers contributed a part of their earnings and employers...Tags: Prostitution, Finance, Sex Crimes, Social Security, Mary Schmich
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Living the high life
Penthouses are increasingly defining the Chicago skyline as developers tap into a niche market for luxury residential properties and savvy buyers and renters see an opportunity to elevate their lifestyles. Buyers pay a premium for those lofty perches,...
Tags: Personal Service, River North, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Millennium Park, Navy Pier
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Union compensation to rise $4.81 over 5 years in new Hilton pact
Tribune reporterSix hundred unionized workers at the Drake, Palmer House, Chicago Hilton and Towers and the Hilton O'Hare will see their compensation increase by a total of $4.81 over the course of five years beginning September. The increase is part of a deal signed...Tags: Work Relations, Career and Workplace, Collective Contract, O'Hare International Airport, Wage Contract Issues
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10 years after Daley's Meigs Field raid, the makeover of Northerly Island is slow to take shape
Ten years ago as Mayor Richard M. Daley worked through political channels to accelerate federal approval to build new runways at the airport his father had dearly called "O'Hara," the mayor also issued an infamous order to destroy Chicago's little...
Tags: Architecture, 2016 Olympic Games, Entertainment Events, Ecosystems, Grant Park
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Red light camera firm admits it likely bribed Chicago official
Chicago's embattled red light camera firm went to City Hall on Friday in its latest effort to come clean, acknowledging for the first time that its entire program here was likely built on a $2 million bribery scheme. By its sheer size, the alleged plot...
Tags: Finance, Chicago Mayor, Lawyers, Michael Madigan, Collective Contract
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Going one-on-one with Paula Poundstone
Paula Poundstone lives in Santa Monica, Calif. "We're near the Jack in the Box," she says. "But I don't like to brag." And although she doesn't perform her stand-up comedy in Chicago often, she's here all the time. She's become almost as well-known as a...
Tags: The Tonight Show (tv program), Entertainment Events, Comedy Central (tv network), Jack in the Box Incorporated, Stand-up Comedy
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Howells & Hood goes upscale on a large scale
For decades Chicago journalists' post-work watering hole of choice has been the Billy Goat Tavern, with its three beers on tap ($3.50 Schlitz and Billy Goat Dark and Lager) and $3.15 cheeseburgers just a dark stairway's descent from the Magnificent Mile's...
Tags: Old Town (Chicago, Illinois), Billy Goat Tavern, Sweetwater, Services and Shopping, Hotel and Accommodation Industry
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Officials tout improved center business, hotel occupancy
Business improved at the Tinley Park Convention Center in the first full year of operation following a $22 million expansion that more than doubled the size of the venue, and officials tout an increase in hotel occupancy in the south suburbs as well....
Tags: Taxation, Finance, Economy, Business and Finance, Politics, McCormick Place
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Ruth Ann Steinhagen, who inspired scene in 'The Natural,' dies at 83
Ruth Ann Steinhagen, whose shooting of Philadelphia Phillies first baseman Eddie Waitkus in 1949 inspired part of the novel "The Natural," died in Chicago at 83. Steinhagen died in December. She was 19 when she wrote a note to Waitkus, asking him to...
Tags: Philadelphia Phillies, Chicago Cubs, Ultimate Fighting Championship
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