2008: Mayor Richard M. Daley struck a deal to close a budget shortfall — the city got a paltry $1.16 billion upfront in return for a 75-year lease of Chicago’s paid street parking system to Chicago ...

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In 2008, Chicago’s budget was in a bad place. The city needed money. One way to raise money was to increase property taxes, ...

CHICAGO — Sworn testimony from former Mayor Richard M. Daley regarding torture tactics used by detectives working for disgraced Chicago police Cmdr. Jon Burge will remain out of the public view, at ...

Former Chicago Mayor Richard Daley, who was taken to Northwestern Hospital ICU last Saturday, was released Saturday, according to his spokeswoman Jackie Heard. It's not clear what ailment sent Daley ...

Pastor Corey Brooks joins John Kass & Jeff Carlin to discuss how his fundraising effort to walk across the entire United ...