Good afternoon, Chicago.
Nearly seven years ago, two political insiders sitting in a City Hall office agreed: These days, you have to be careful how you talk.
Too many politicians are much too obvious about their corrupt intentions and self-dealing, said then-Ald. Danny Solis and Michael McClain, an ally of powerful Democratic House Speaker Michael Madigan.
That 2017 exchange, captured on secret camera by Solis and played for jurors today in Madigan and McClain’s corruption trial, offered jurors a fascinating look into the behind-the-scenes handwringing of two longtime power brokers such as Solis and McClain — and even how they worried that it could invite trouble from federal investigators.
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Shields Township officials accused of using speed humps for political retribution
A group of residents and the Shields Township have a bumpy relationship over the installation of speed humps around the township, with some accusing the supervisor of maliciously choosing their locations. Read more here.
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Taylor Hall can empathize with Connor Bedard’s sophomore slump. The Blackhawks forward remembers his own like it was yesterday. Read more here.
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“Yippie Ki Yay” is the one-man comedy show currently found at the Broadway Playhouse in downtown Chicago written and performed by Richard Marsh, a British actor-writer millennial and an erstwhile poetry slam champion. Read more here.
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Israel bombards central Beirut as its leadership prepares to vote on cease-fire with Hezbollah
Israeli warplanes struck central Beirut and the city’s southern suburbs today, raising palls of smoke over the Lebanese capital ahead of a planned vote by Israel’s leadership on whether to accept a U.S.-brokered ceasefire aimed at ending more than a year of fighting with Hezbollah. Read more here.
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