RepSheet for 435 N Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60611, USA

Postal service honors Ebony/Jet publisher with stamp

Other dignitaries included US Representatives Danny K. Davis (7th) and Jesse Jackson Jr. (1st). Johnson, the founder of Johnson Publishing Co., is the 35th honoree in the postal service's Black Heritage stamp series. The series recognizes the ...

Trader-turned-developer has big idea for Streeterville site

Chicago futures trader Donald Wilson Jr. has been using hard times and falling prices to bulk up on real estate holdings here. Now he's stepping up to a riskier class, going from investor to developer, and he's tipped off his plan of action.

Quinn's State of the State speech to focus on jobs, helping families instead ...

Kwame Raoul, D-Chicago, said he hopes Quinn will focus on economic development in poor rural and urban areas and ways to attract and keep businesses in Illinois. He also wants Quinn to push for the end of the flat personal income-tax rate, ...

Chicago City Council Salaries On The Rise, Few Members Passing Up Cost-Of ...

Nineteen aldermen have taken each of the annual raises, while just three -- Brendan Reilly, 42nd; Scott Waguespack, 32nd and Tom Tunney, 44th -- have declined all the raises they've been offered since 2006. The disparity leaves behind the wide current ...

Many City Council salaries rise in tough economy

The union noted the council's six-figure salaries after Ald. Edward Burke, 14th, and Ald. Brendan Reilly, 42nd, suggested library employees put on hold 3.5 percent pay hikes this year to minimize layoffs at the Chicago Public Library.

Chicago Urban League tackles youth unemployment

They included Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County Dorothy Brown; Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle; Democratic state Senators Jacqueline Col-lins, Kwame Raoul and Kimberly Lightford; Democratic state Representative Monique Davis; ...

School closings

It is my hope and my objective to ensure that Mayor Rahm Emanuel and the Chicago Board of Education strongly reconsider their proposed school actions for the Dyett, Price, and Fuller. --William D. Burns, alderman, 4th Ward, Chicago.

Meet the new guy

Aldermen Toni Preckwinkle (4th) and Leslie Hairston (5th) led an effort to appoint Kwame Raoul instead. Since then, Preckwickle became one of his most steadfast supporters. When she won the Cook County presidency in 2010, she asked Mayor Daley to ...

Davis challenges Graham to be “political leader” of the West Side

by Patrick Smith on January 23, 2012 Congressman Danny K. Davis (D-7th) is challenging Ald. Deborah Graham in the 29 th- Ward Democratic committeeman race because he wants to assert more control over West Side politics and block what he said are ...

How they failed you

... Emil Jones III, Chicago; David Koehler, Peoria; Dan Kotowski, Park Ridge; Kimberly Lightford, Maywood; Terry Link, Waukegan; Edward Maloney, Chicago; Iris Martinez, Chicago; John Mulroe, Chicago; Antonio Munoz, Chicago; Kwame Raoul, Chicago; ...

City Libraries to Reopen

Bayer also rejected the suggestion from two aldermen — Edward Burke (14th Ward) and Brendan Reilly (42nd) — that the library employees give up their contractually guaranteed pay raises to avoid cuts. Ald. Nicholas Sposato (36th) was one of many ...

Chicago Congressman Danny K. Davis has endorsed Kenny Johnson for State ...

By Marksallen, today at 5:36 am CHICAGO, IL (January 19, 2012) - Chicago Congressman Danny K. Davis has endorsed Kenny Johnson for State Representative in the 26th District of Illinois. Kenny Johnson will make an outstanding State Representative, ...

Congressman Davis ranks third in most missed US House votes

Danny K. Davis has the third-worst voting record in the state, according to an analysis published by the Chicago Tribune earlier this week that cited data from GovTrack.us. The Tribune's story focuses on Congressmen Bobby Rush and Luis Gutierrez, ...

Ward Remap News: Black Caucus introduces their map with 32 sponsors

The 32 members of the City Council that signed onto the Black Caucus map are Alderman Pat Dowell (3), William D. Burns (4), Leslie A. Hairston (5), Roderick T. Sawyer (6), Alderman Sandi Jackson (7), Michelle A. Harris (8), Alderman Anthony Beale (9), ...

Beyond Final Score, What Political Experts Will Be Watching for on Election Day

William D. Burns, the state representative on the South Side, wonders about Election Day games. Mr. Burns, a onetime Springfield aide to Mr. Obama, ...

Beyond Final Score, What Political Experts Will Be Watching for on Election Day

William D. Burns, the state representative on the South Side, wonders about Election Day games. Mr. Burns, a onetime Springfield aide to Obama, ...