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Chicago Sun-Times - Politics

Who's vying to be mayor of Chicago? Here's a look at the roster of candidates so far.

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Johnson embarks on re-election bid, says he's the best choice in race between 'real progressives and posers'

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Northwest Side residents want answers amid reports of ICE agents staging at Chicago police station

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After protests in Chicago, other cities, few ended up convicted of federal felony assault charges

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Legislative inspector general has some explaining to do

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Maybe we need to pass a law conferring personhood onto women

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Meta settlement not the answer to state's education funding crisis

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Emmett Till, Dr. King, Obama and Aug. 28

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$14M more set to be paid in settlements tied to disgraced former Chicago police detective Reynaldo Guevara

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Cook County judge has sheriff's deputies placed in custody for refusing to unshackle murder defendant

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Illinois alerts more than 700,000 people they will or could lose public health insurance

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5 things to know about lawyer-turned-influencer Rachel Cohen, Mayor Brandon Johnson's new chief spokesperson

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Construction sites will be required to be more welcoming to women under a new Illinois law

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Mayor Daley's argument that he shuttered Meigs Field out of post-9/11 security concerns never seemed credible

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Chicago-area consultant, along with other experts, raised alarms about sloppy airport security before 9/11

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Southwest Side veteran Ald. Matt O'Shea will call it quits after four terms

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NITA, Chicago's new transit agency, is meeting for the first time. What will it change?

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Bally's Council committee hearing turns into a political 'circus' with more questions than answers

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Illinois service members killed in combat after 9/11 memorialized ahead of terror attack anniversary

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Kiss-cam video serves as backdrop to raucous public meeting in Lyons Township

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Illinois Dems seek DHS probe of federal agents for excessive force during Midway Blitz

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Independent governor candidate Collin Corbett aims to give voters 'a home again' in polarized Illinois

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Fran Spielman Show

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With Ald. Rodriguez not seeking reelection, Johnson loses key City Council ally

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Plan to move Sox out of Bridgeport and Amtrak in panned by elected officials, neighborhood residents

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Legislative watchdog Mike McCuskey resigning in wake of complaints over handling of Benton harassment case

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How did 9/11 change your life?

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Chicago Sun-Times and WBEZ staff

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Bearing the Blitz

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Once-secret records show grand jurors sought Bovino testimony, more evidence in doomed Midway Blitz cases

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Trump again appeals to Supreme Court on mail-voting restrictions as midterm elections loom

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Cardinal Cupich, nuns challenge 'right-to-die' law, say Illinois 'has no business' forcing assisted suicide

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Mayor Johnson projects $882M deficit, vows to not balance budget 'on backs of working people'

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Felon who posed as Pablo Escobar's son admits bilking pro basketball player and others out of millions

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Brandon Johnson wants to be an arts mayor. How does Chicago's spending stack up?

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Mayor's executive order targets companies helping with deportation campaign, bans companies committing abuses

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Homewood residents still recovering from storms, hoping for FEMA assistance

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Back-to-back bond rating upgrades for Illinois boost Pritzker's reelection bid

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Mayoral candidates decry Chicago violence 'crisis,' even as summer murders hit 61-year low

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After drug arrest, calls emerge for Mark Stephens to resign as chairman of Triton College's board

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Trump says Chicagoans 'will die' without his help, as Pritzker, Johnson blame him for anti-violence cuts

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