Gery Chico

Rep. Gutierrez hopes for immigration action after Easter recess

2013-03-19 10:58:00

WASHINGTON – Rep. Luis V. Gutierrez of Chicago, a key player in the bipartisan push for comprehensive immigration reform, said Tuesday that he is hopeful that Congress will act on the issue in early April after the Easter recess. “...

Chicago voters, most of them living, set to pick a new mayor today: Rahm Emanuel or Gery Chico?

2011-02-22 04:36:35

Emanuel's Chicagoness an issue to many

2013-05-09 00:00:00

Rahm Emanuel is a North Shore-bred millionaire who trained as a ballet dancer and vacations in Vietnam. It's part of the back story to his hard-charging, ran-the-White-House public persona. It's also an image, perhaps, that has led a majority of...

State education chairman calls for funding increase

2013-04-12 15:25:00

SPRINGFIELD — The chairman of the Illinois State Board of Education today called on lawmakers to increase funding school funding by $874 million at a time when the state treasury is so short on cash that Gov. Pat Quinn has proposed cuts. “We...

Gutierrez hopes for immigration action after Easter recess

2013-03-19 09:21:00

WASHINGTON – Rep. Luis Gutierrez of Chicago, a key player in the bipartisan push for comprehensive immigration reform, said today he is hopeful that Congress will act on the issue in early April after the Easter recess. "Immigration is...

New law will hold companies accountable for repeat-offender cabdrivers

2012-02-16 00:00:00

Chicago has long had rules to punish taxi companies that allow dangerous cabbies to drive their vehicles, but those rules have rarely been enforced. A Tribune investigation found that in only two cases since 2008 did city regulators try to impose fines...

Quinn shoves aside state's budget woes

2012-02-02 04:00:00

Dining on cracked crystal for 2011 yet predicting fearlessly for 2012

2011-12-31 16:32:13

Chicago's words of the year

2011-11-24 00:00:00

It has been, in ways both political and grammatical, the year of Rahm. The Oxford Dictionaries folks can have "squeezed middle," their pick for 2011's global word of the year. It refers, you've probably heard, to the segment of society most affected by...

Illinois Senate won't vote on limiting state worker unionizing

2011-06-22 10:10:00

SPRINGFIELD --- The Illinois Senate won’t vote today on a measure pushed by Gov. Pat Quinn to limit collective bargaining rights for thousands of state workers. The Democratic governor had hoped for a vote while legislators were in Springfield this...

Chicago puts lobbyists' pay online

2011-06-16 19:33:00

Chicago City Hall lobbyists were paid nearly $13 million last year, according to records the city posted online Thursday. The 10 lobbyists who were paid the most to influence city departments and aldermen collected more than $5 million. Among the...

Black and white creates gray area in fire department mileage scandal

2011-08-11 21:32:17

Former Chicago Public Schools board President Gery Chico, a onetime chief of staff to former Mayor Richard M. Daley, and his wife have sold their five-bedroom, 4,800-square-foot house in Little Italy for $1.05 million.

2011-12-07 00:00:00

Mayoral candidate Gery Chico and his wife Sunny thank supporters at Shrine of Our Lady of Pompeii in Little Italy.

2011-02-22 00:00:00

Mayoral candidate Gery Chico thanks supporters at Shrine of Our Lady of Pompeii in Little Italy.

2011-02-22 00:00:00