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ProPublica Illinois: Madigan builds power from ground up ... and sometimes from the basement
At first it didn’t seem to make sense. There were no obvious signs of a polling place, even though it was Primary Election Day.
I was in the 44th precinct of Chicago’s 13th Ward, where House Speaker Michael Madigan usually racks up some of his biggest vote totals in helping him keep the legislative seat he’s held since 1971. I wanted to ask voters a simple question: Why do you still support him?
Chicago Tribune: A much-improved O'Hare. ETA: 2026
Chicago politics is so colorful that even the history of infrastructure is dramatic. Mayor Richard M. Daley bulldozed Meigs Field in the middle of the night and notoriously sold off the city’s parking meters. Now comes Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s $8.5 billion plan to update O’Hare International Airport.
We don’t anticipate this chapter to be as controversial — but it is a big deal.
Northwest Herald: Algonquin Township Highway Department proposes $250,000 budget for legal fees
$478,892.
In the past year, that’s how much Algonquin Township officials have spent on legal fees.