Sandi Jackson

Ohio lawmaker urges mercy for Jackson Jr., cites karaoke skills

2013-05-07 13:39:00

WASHINGTON — Asking for mercy for former Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., the chairwoman of the Congressional Black Caucus wrote to a federal judge last month calling Jackson intelligent, charming and entertaining — the “highlight of our...

Jesse Jackson Jr. pleads guilty to conspiracy count

2013-02-20 10:10:00

The Shakespearean tragedy that was the life of Jesse Jackson Jr. came to its expected denouement Wednesday when the former Illinois congressman entered a guilty plea in federal court to a charge that he conspired to misuse more than $750,000 in campaign...

Jesse Jackson Jr. charged with misusing $750,000 in campaign funds

2013-02-15 15:30:00

Federal prosecutors in Washington on Friday charged both Jesse Jackson Jr. and his wife, Sandi, alleging the former congressman misused $750,000 in campaign funds while she understated their income on� tax returns for six years. Attorneys for Sandi...

Jesse Jackson Jr. resigns, acknowledges federal investigation

2012-11-21 14:44:00

Rep. Jesse L. Jackson Jr. resigned from Congress on Wednesday, saying in a letter that he is cooperating with a federal investigation "into my activities" but blaming his health problems for his decision to step down just two weeks after his reelection....

House to continue probe of Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr.

2011-12-02 12:57:00

Sentencing date for Jesse Jackson Jr. moved to July 1

2013-04-28 00:00:00

— As former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr.'s sentencing date was moved to July 1, a federal prosecutor said the government might want access to his medical records if the defense argues that his mental condition was a mitigating factor in his crime...

Democratic bosses pick Beavers replacement despite state fine

2013-04-11 12:18:00

Democratic ward and township bosses today chose Stanley Moore to succeed convicted former Cook County Commissioner William Beavers despite Moore's $3,000 fine for allegedly campaigning while on the taxpayer dime at his state job. The selection by party...

Cubs should dump Chicago

2013-03-27 10:01:00

It’s time for the Cubs to move out of Wrigley Field and leave Chicago! Tom Ricketts bought this team and he should have the right to run his business as he sees fit. He should not be held hostage by a money-greedy, dictatorial mayor who even tells...

Old-school Beavers by the numbers in federal court

2013-03-15 00:00:00

There's nothing like watching a defense lawyer in federal court playing three-card monte with his mouth. Sam Adam Jr. didn't set up a table and put three bent cards in front of the federal jury. And he didn't play that other, similar game, the one with...

Sources: Jesse Jackson Jr. writing memoir to 'clear up his legacy'

2013-02-27 04:56:00

WASHINGTON — Disgraced former Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr., who pleaded guilty last week to misusing $750,000-plus in campaign money, is writing a memoir, two sources familiar with the project told the Tribune. Jackson, 47, will be sentenced June...

Kelly easily wins Democratic race to replace Jesse Jackson Jr. in Congress

2013-02-27 08:33:00

Former state Rep. Robin Kelly easily won the special Democratic primary Tuesday night in the race to replace the disgraced Jesse Jackson Jr. in Congress, helped by millions of dollars in pro-gun control ads from New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg's...

Jackson Jr.'s 'promise' turns pitiful

2013-02-24 00:00:00

Even by the jaded standards of Illinois politics, former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr.'s spending spree with his campaign cash sounds breathtakingly shameless, partly because it sounds so senseless. Back in the early 1980s, his father, the Rev. Jesse L....

Aldermen Roderick Sawyer, 8th, and Michelle Harris, 6th, attend today's Chicago City Council meeting. The empty chair between them was that of former alderman Sandi Jackson.

2013-01-17 00:00:00

Aldermen Roderick Sawyer, 8th, and Michelle Harris, 6th, at a City Council meeting with the empty chair of former Ald. Sandi Jackson between them.

2013-01-17 00:00:00

Ald. Sandi Jackson, 7th Ward, in City Council Chambers Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2012.

2012-10-10 00:00:00