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Longest-serving Chicago City Council member gets 2 years in prison for corruption
Associated Press via Yahoo News UK· 6 days agoEd Burke, the longest-serving City Council member in Chicago history, was sentenced to two years in prison Monday for squeezing developers who needed his help for permits.
Madigan, ComEd Four cases imperiled by U.S. Supreme Court ruling weakening public corruption law
Chicago Tribune· 4 days agoA pivotal decision by the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday that a federal bribery statute does not prohibit “gratuities” to public officials could upend ...
Falling CBOT corn, soy could find ally in bearish funds on Friday
Reuters· 3 days agoChicago corn and soybean futures have both tumbled about 8% over the last month, the biggest...
Longtime Chicago politician Ed Burke gets 2-year sentence in corruption case
Reuters· 6 days agoU.S. District Judge Virginia Kendall also fined Burke, a Democrat, $2 million. "When an alderman...
Afternoon Briefing: Buckingham Fountain reopened after vandalism
Chicago Tribune· 6 days agoGood afternoon, Chicago. Former Chicago Ald. Edward Burke will learn his fate soon as his sentencing...
Illinois’ landmark credit card fee law prompting strong opposition
Chicago Tribune· 5 days agoIllinois lawmakers in the closing hours of the General Assembly’s spring session last month became...
Building a Better Grid—Infrastructure Upgrades Require Ingenuity, Innovation, and Investment
POWER Magazine via Yahoo Finance UK· 4 days agoThe need for more reliability and resilience of power delivery, both in the U.S. and worldwide, has...
Hockey Hall of Fame: Pavel Datsyuk, Jeremy Roenick, Shea Weber among 7-member class of 2024
Yahoo Sports· 5 days agoIn order to make the Hall of Fame, a candidate needs to get 14 "yes" votes from the Selection...
As air taxi services make progress in U.S., no timeline set for liftoff over L.A. traffic
LA Times via Yahoo News UK· 4 days agoThe FAA cleared Santa Clara-based electric air taxi company Archer earlier this month to operate its air crafts commercially ahead of an official public launch possibly in Newark or
Daywatch: At least 29 people shot, 8 fatally, over the weekend
Chicago Tribune· 6 days agoGood morning, Chicago. At least 29 people have been shot, eight fatally, in Chicago since Friday evening, according to police. Reports of weekend violence ...