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Updated: September 12, 2011 6:51AM For seven years, the Chicago Police Department has portrayed David Koschman as the aggressor in the drunken confrontation on Division Street that ended when a nephew of then-Mayor Richard M. Daley knocked him out with a punch that left Koschman with brain injuries from which …

By Jason Grotto, Tribune reporter 10:09 p.m. CDT, September 1, 2011 Every month, Thomas Villanova gets a $9,000 reminder of how lucrative it can be to serve as a union leader in Chicago. The sum is part of a city pension that comes on top of the $198,000 annual salary …

CHICAGO (CBS) — Mayor Rahm Emanuel says he and Gov. Pat Quinn should be able to work out their differences over legislation that would clear the way for a casino in Chicago, among other places. As WBBM Newsradio Political Editor Craig Dellimore reports, the mayor says the funds that would …

Reporter Wiliam J. Kelly asks Sen. Dick Durbin if he takes any responsibility for the downgrade. Another Chicago “reporter” – Jim Anderson from the Illinois Radio Network – interrupts him and Kelly gets escorted out by a Secret Service Agent – even though he is press in violation of his …

By Monica Eng and Chris Borrelli Tribune reporters 4:27 p.m. CDT, August 5, 2011 A few years ago, Kris Swanberg, having been laid-off from her job as a Chicago Public School teacher, remembered she received an ice cream maker as a wedding gift. TheChicago mom fished it out of her …

Ward Room The state of Illinois has reached a new level of broke. Come Monday, it won’t have enough cash to bury its indigent dead. Illinois officials sent a letter to more than 600 funeral directors around the state to let them know there’s no money for funerals for individuals …

BY FRAN SPIELMAN City Hall reporter fspielman@suntimes.com August 3, 2011 4:08PM Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Wednesday delivered on his campaign promise to bring college students from across the Midwest to Chicago for a weekend to convince them to start their careers and businesses here. On Oct. 13 and 14, 50 outstanding …

-CNC columnist James Warren: Emanuel’s budget report is “the equivalent of a superficially alluring velvet shiv” to the back of former Mayor Richard M. Daley’s administration. HIGH TIME Emanuel’s new top cop said police would continue to make arrests for marijuana possession but could issue tickets rather than jailing suspects. …

Posted 7/27/11 3:18 p.m. Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle, who boldly declared last month that the war on drugs has failed, said she’s talked with Chicago’s new police Supt. Garry McCarthy about halting arrests for low-level drug possession offenses. “It’s pretty well known within the criminal justice system that …

City, CTA bumping up funding for train, bus patrols By Kristen Mack, Tribune reporter July 28, 2011 Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Chicago Transit Authority President Forrest Claypool on Wednesday touted a $10 million investment to hire 50 full-time police officers to patrol the rail and bus system. But a closer …

Published : Wednesday, 27 Jul 2011, 7:33 AM CDT FOX Chicago News Chicago – There is $100 million dollars worth of good news for Chicago’s hospitality industry: The National Restaurant Show will be in town next May, with 58,000 people attending. The announcement Tuesday came after Chicago presented an incentive …

BY FRAN SPIELMAN City Hall Reporter fspielman@suntimes.com July 19, 2011 2:28PM Former Mayor Richard M. Daley’s director of special events resigned her City Hall job while facing the prospect of being fired for refusing to cooperate in the city inspector general’s investigation into the Chicago Police Department’s handling of a …

BY FRANK MAIN Staff Reporter/fmain@suntimes.com Updated: July 15, 2011 Battle lines between protesters and the police are already being drawn for the NATO and G-8 summits that Chicago will host next spring. On Thursday, an anti-war organizer said he was scouting potential staging areas for crowds of protesters expected outside …

Responding to a spree of brazen crimes that has spooked the public, Chicago authorities announced today that there will soon be many more eyes — police officers and surveillance cameras — focused across the CTA system. Technology will play a leading role in the accelerated pace of security measures on …