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Quinn Re-Hires Controversial Ex-Chief Of Staff
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (CBS) - Gov. Pat Quinn has re-hired his controversial former chief of staff, who resigned a few months ago amid an ethics probe. Jerry Stermer stepped down in August over three...
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Walter: Mayor’s Brother Won’t Deliver The Goods Here
Bill Daley being chief of staff won’t do much for Chicago, if anything at all. He will not do what people are saying he’ll do because he’s Mayor Daley’s brother. People think he’ll do what a Daley...
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Emanuel Returns For Visit To White House
UPDATED 03/04/11 12:45 p.m. WASHINGTON (CBS) – Mayor-elect and former White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel was back in Washington Friday, to pay his first visit to President Barack Obama since the...
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Tapes Reveal Thanks From White House Not Enough For Blagojevich
UPDATED 05/04/11 7:19 p.m. CHICAGO (CBS) – When Rod Blagojevich learned in late 2008 that all he would get from the Obama administration was thanks and appreciation for appointing a friend...
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Blago On Tape: ‘It’s Very Important For Me To Make A Lot Of Money’
UPDATED 05/05/11 3:49 p.m. CHICAGO (CBS) – As federal prosecutors continued to focus on allegations that Rod Blagojevich was trying to sell or trade an appointment to the U.S. Senate, jurors in his...
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Judge: Blago Lawyer’s Questions ‘Out Of Bounds’
UPDATED 05/09/11 6:43 p.m. CHICAGO (CBS) – A defense attorney for Rod Blagojevich drew some harsh criticism from the judge at the former governor’s corruption retrial on Monday for repeatedly asking...
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Distant Daley Relative To Be Emanuel’s Chief Of Staff
CHICAGO (CBS) – Mayor-elect Rahm Emanuel has appointed local government veteran and distant Daley family relative Theresa Mintle as his chief of staff. Mintle, 46, has been chief of staff to Chicago...
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Many Top City Executives Up For Raises In 2012 Budget
CHICAGO (CBS) — While Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s first city budget includes layoffs, budget cuts, and higher fees and fines, it also includes rewards for some mayoral aides. As WBBM Newsradio’s Dave Berner...
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Michelle Obama Denies Tension With Rahm Emanuel
(CBS) – First lady Michelle Obama is hitting back against reports there was tension between her and Rahm Emanuel when he was the White House chief of staff. A new book, “The Obamas,” hit store shelves...
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Sentencing Delayed For Former Blagojevich Chief Of Staff Harris
UPDATED: 3/16/2012 11:23 a.m. CHICAGO (CBS)–The federal sentencing for the former chief of staff to disgraced former Gov. Rod Blagojevich was postponed on Friday. The delay was due to a court...
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Blagojevich’s Former Top Aide Gets 10 Days In Jail
Updated 03/28/12 – 9:29 p.m. CHICAGO (CBS) — The man who was Rod Blagojevich’s chief of staff when the former governor was arrested for trying to sell a U.S. Senate seat has been sentenced to 10 days...
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Former Blagojevich Aide John Harris To Report To Prison
CHICAGO (CBS) — A former chief of staff for deposed Gov. Rod Blagojevich will report to jail next week. As WBBM Newsradio’s John Waelti reports, John Harris is set to serve a sentence of 10 days, which...
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Judge Ends Ex-Blagojevich Aide’s Probation Early
CHICAGO (AP) – Rod Blagojevich’s ex-chief of staff is free and clear of the justice system after a federal judge in Chicago ended his two-year probation period early. An order posted Thursday grants...
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Former Brookins Aide Pleads Guilty To Taking $7,500 Bribe
CHICAGO (STMW) – A former chief of staff to Ald. Howard Brookins pleaded guilty Thursday to taking a $7,500 cash bribe from an undercover FBI informant at a 2013 Christmas party at the alderman’s...
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Former Aide To Alderman Brookins Gets 15 Years For Taking Bribe
CHICAGO (STMW) — The former chief of staff to Ald. Howard Brookins was sentenced to 15 months in prison Wednesday for taking a $7,500 bribe. Curtis Thompson Jr. said in a court filing this week that he...
View ArticleGovernor Rauner Taps New Chief Of Staff
CHICAGO (CBS) — Four days after Illinois lawmakers overrode his veto of a $36 billion budget plan and an income tax hike, Gov. Bruce Rauner has replaced his chief of staff. Rauner’s office announced...
View ArticleDisgraced Former Madigan Aide To Collect $130K For Unused Vacation, Sick Days
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The former chief of staff to Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan who resigned amid sexual harassment allegations will collect $130,500 for unused vacation and sick time,...
View ArticleBill Daley Resigning As Obama’s Chief Of Staff
Updated 01/09/12 – 4 p.m. WASHINGTON (CBS) — Chicagoan Bill Daley is stepping down as President Barack Obama’s chief of staff at the end of the month, after about a year as the president’s top aide....
View ArticleMayor Emanuel: Chief Of Staff Role Tough On Anybody
Updated 01/10/12 – 5:04 p.m. CHICAGO (CBS) — Mayor Emanuel, who was White House Chief of Staff before Bill Daley, says Daley can leave the White House with his head held high for a job well done....
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