Richard M. Daley

Victims of bullying may get own school

Pressure about gay campus led Chicago planners to broaden focus CHICAGO - Planners of Pride Campus never shied away from touting their proposed high school as a haven for gay youth seeking refuge from sometimes hostile...

Jim Edgar, Bill Daley throw weight behind group to fix school funding

By MIKE RIOPELL - H&R Springfield Bureau Writer SPRINGFIELD - A new group that includes several Illinois political heavyweights said Tuesday that they want to fix the state's public school system. They're not the first who have...

City's Banner Auction Won't Include Obama Signs

The City of Chicago hopes to raise tens of thousands of dollars for charity Wednesday when it auctions off 100 street banners, celebrating everything from the Cubs to the Sox to musical theater. CBS 2 Political Editor Mike...

Daley aides, labor leaders reach deal on layoffs

Talks yield a cap of 770 jobs By Hal Dardick and Dan Mihalopoulos | Tribune reporters Chicago officials and labor leaders announced an agreement Monday that would reduce the number of city workers who face layoffs to no more...

Aldermen try to save 'jumping jacks'

Posted by Hal Dardick at 1:45 p.m. In an effort to prevent an onslaught of citizen complaints, Chicago aldermen today are floating a plan to save the "jumping jack" program that provides inflatable playgrounds for children at...

Three Retailers for Your Christmas Stock Shopping List (at Seeking Alpha)

by: Marc Lichtenfeld November 17, 2008 | about stocks: Marc Lichtenfeld About this author: Stating that the retail sector has suffered a bombardment of bad news the last few months is like saying the Atlantic Ocean is wet....

Valerie Jarrett Named to White House Staff

On Friday President-elect Obama named Valerie Bowman Jarrett as his Sr. Adviser and Assistant to the President for intergovernmental relations. Jarrett will be Obama’s contact with external groups and elected officials at all...

Profs reflect on Emanuel's student days

By NATHALIE TADENA - THE DAILY NORTHWESTERN | 11/17/08 10:28 AM EST Rahn Emanuel's former profs believe his academic interests in rhetorical analysis and persuasion makes him well-suited for his new role as chief of staff....

Obama to meet McCain as staff takes shape

Less than two weeks after the end of their hard-fought campaign battle, President-elect Barack Obama and former GOP candidate John McCain will meet Monday. The meeting comes as Obama continues to build his White House staff,...

Obama and Daley political allies now, hardly cronies

Barack Obama won election to the Illinois Senate in 1996 with no help from Richard Daley. The Chicago mayor offered no assistance to Obama in 2000 when he ran unsuccessfully for Congress. Most of Daley's friends, family and...

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