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John Gregory -- Illinois Radio Network Chicago’s embattled mayor seems to have U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin’s support. Durbin says he’s never seen Chicago as tense as it is now after Laquan McDonald shooting video sparked weeks of protests calling for policing reform and the resignation of Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel...

John Gregory -- Illinois Radio Network The effort to allow the Mayor of Chicago to be recalled has the support of Gov. Bruce Rauner. Rauner says he’d sign the legislation introduced last month by State Reps. LaShawn Ford (D-Chicago) and Mary Flowers (D-Chicago), though he added that he’d prefer a statewide recall bill be considered by the General Assembly...

Riley and I talked this morning on the show about a lengthy piece in the New Yorker detailing the sudden fall of Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel. In short, writer Rick Perlstein argues that Emanuel's past accomplishments were overblown and perhaps he never was worthy of the praise heaped upon him...

John Gregory -- Illinois Radio Network Chicago budgets are banking on hundreds of millions of dollars in funding or financial reliefs from measures which need state approval. State lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have doubts whether the city will get what it seeks...

CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel is pledging to take a new approach to a big spike in pension costs, ongoing gang violence and negotiating with unions that spent millions trying to defeat him. Emanuel won a second term Tuesday over Cook County Commissioner Jesus 'Chuy' Garcia...

CHICAGO (AP) — With Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel facing an April runoff against Cook County Commissioner Jesus Garcia, three conceding challengers say Chicago still faces major issues. Chicago Alderman Bob Fioretti told supporters Tuesday evening that Chicago has a crisis of vision and he pledges to keep working to bring jobs to neighborhoods...