After Better Government Association sues for access, Emanuel administration releases disturbing video of pound workers trying to bring dog under control.
Robert Herguth
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Dorothy Brown Leans On Employees To Get On Ballot
Bounced by Democratic Party, Circuit Court clerk scrambles to stay in race, and enlists the help of her government employees to do so.
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Feds Charge Dorothy Brown Employee
Lower-level bureaucrat accused of lying to grand jury that’s investigating job selling, other corruption in Circuit Court clerk’s office.
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Short Cut Leads To Winding Trip Through Bureaucracy
Sheriff’s officer zips wrong way down one-way street, collides with driver – who finds government a nightmare to deal with as she tries to get compensated for her car.
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Dems Dump Dorothy
Democratic Party strips away Dorothy Brown’s endorsement amid criminal investigation, which sources say is also examining her husband’s goat business.
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State’s Attorney Candidates, And Transparency
Saying a federal appeals court mistakenly created a “watershed moment” that could cost taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars, Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul sides with insurance titans that administer healthcare reimbursements
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Dems Taking Second Look At Brown Endorsement
Circuit Court Clerk Dorothy Brown told party leaders this summer that she wasn’t under investigation, when she was. Now, they’re revisiting her slating.
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Hiring, ‘Pay To Play’ Part Of Dorothy Brown Probe
As Circuit Court clerk denies she’s in trouble, investigators appear to be bearing down.
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Clout-Heavy Ex-Prosecutor To Keep Law License
Back in 2012, after a Cubs game and a day of drinking, Assistant Cook County State’s Attorney Sarah Naughton and a male companion ended up in an off-duty scuffle with a shopkeeper from an adult-themed business along Belmont Avenue, public records show.
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Alvarez Gets Big Bucks From Old-School Power Brokers
State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez portrays herself as being apart from the establishment. But her backers include powerful pols, including Ald. Ed Burke and Speaker Mike Madigan.