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Search results for keyword: Elections found in 726 News.

chicago-school-board
  • by david hall
47 candidates file for Chicago school board elections

The window for hopefuls to submit their minimum 1,000 signatures to get on the ballot closed Monday afternoon with more than two dozen final-day submissions wrapping up the week-long process that kicked off the elections.

elections
  • by david hall
RNC security plan allows guns within blocks of convention, ACLU forges ahead with lawsuit on protest restrictions

Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle said law enforcement groups have been prepping for more than a year and have coordinated with 15 public safety entities — including the Chicago Police Department.

the-watchdogs
  • by david hall
At a Schiller Park bar, a murder, stabbing and drive-by. But it's a campaign donor for mayor, and stays open.

While the Sway Bar faced no noticeable consequences from Mayor Nick Caiafa, who doubles as the northwest suburb's liquor commissioner, he insists he's not going easy on the business.

politics
  • by david hall
Illinois GOP chief Tracy’s exit with RNC looming delights Democrats — and far-right Republicans

During a three-and-a-half–year tenure, state GOP Chairman Don Tracy proved unable to stanch a hemorrhage of Republican support in Chicago’s suburbs, a once-reliable well of fiscally conservative, socially moderate GOP votes that's dried up with the rise of Donald Trump.