Margy Hamilton shares stories from her active career in Wheaton politics

Published July 12, 2010 at 12:01 a.m.

What 95-year-old Marget "Margy" Hamilton of Wheaton read in her local newspaper so many years ago made her furious ...

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School Lunch Doc Offers Lesson in History and Food Politics

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Published July 16, 2010 at 11:25 a.m.

Filmmakers Ernie Park and Michael Graziano brought their documentary, Lunch Line, to Chicago this week. The film follows six high-school students from Tilden Career Community Academy who won the Cooking Up Change challenge in 2009, and then went on to ...

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Obama Administration Now Even Failing at Chicago Style Politics

Published May 30, 2010 at 12:42 a.m.

Lori Zigant Big Government If the FBI conducts and investigation this fraud they are attempting to p ...

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Mayor Daley Threatens to Shoot the Messenger—Namely, Me

Published May 20, 2010 at 4:32 p.m.
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Mayor Daley loves to bag on the local media, and given my recent line of inquiry into his politics and policies, I’ve never expected to be greeted with a fruit basket at City Hall ... But even I was a bit taken aback this morning when the mayor grabbed a rifle and threatened to shoot me ...

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Sex Marks the Spot: An Interview With Charles Grippo

Published May 24, 2010 at 5:06 p.m.

In the world of politics, sex scandals have seemingly become the norm; from local aldermen to the President of the United States and even the women who stand beside them, when it comes to sex and politics, anything and ...

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The Vote of the Hunted: The Chicago Teachers Union Election and City Politics

Published May 19, 2010 at 9:23 a.m.

At some point in the 1980s, attacking public school teachers became the best way to prove your "independence" as a politician and make you seem serious as a reformer. Public educators have been at the receiving end of a now ...

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Blagojevich trial judge Zagel regarded as smart, unflappable

Published May 18, 2010 at 12:42 p.m.
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From today's print edition: Blagojevich trial judge regarded as smart, unflappable 'Renaissance man' to preside over case alleging dark ages of politics By Jeff Coen and Bob Secter, Tribune reporters Do you ever wonder what spins through a judge's head ...

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Evanston fails to report 1,500 building permits to Cook County

Published May 18, 2010 at 10:41 p.m.
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More than 1,500 building permits weren't reported to Cook County over a three-year period, leaving Evanston officials trying to figure out how much tax revenue was lost as a result ... Building permits are the main way the Cook County assessor knows to inspect a property to evaluate whether it has increased in value. So the failure to forward those permits means the properties may have been undervalued -- their owners not paying their fair share of property taxes ... Some complain that it's

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AM Taxi @ Metro

Published May 22, 2010 at 8:39 p.m.
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Chicago's AM Taxi are geared for a big 2010 with a debut album release and a spot on this summer's Warped Tour. The album We Don't Stand a Chance lands somewhere between a glossy Replacements and a poppy Gaslight Anthem. They'll play with the Spill Canvas and Tyler Hilton at Metro. The New Politics open. The show's all ages, starts at 6PM and runs $18. For more information and tickets, visit Metro online ...

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Palin Takes To Facebook To Support Highland Park High

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Published May 13, 2010 at 4:20 p.m.
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This has-been ball player/Wasilla Warrior would like to send a shout out of support to the Highland Park High School Giants Girls Basketball Team in Illinois. These girls have been working, having bake sales, and saving money for months in order play in a hoop tournament in Arizona. They’ve won their school’s first conference title in 26 years, but now because a school bureaucrat - an assistant superintendent - wants to play politics, they’re not allowed to play ball ... Keeping girls off

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