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Many current and former City Council members said U.S. District Judge Virginia Kendall's sentence struck the appropriate balance between discouraging political corruption and showing the mercy they believed Burke had earned from his many acts of kindness.
A self-described hippie, Ms. Lurie moved to Chicago in 1973 to work as an intensive care nurse. She wound up giving tens of millions of dollars to Northwestern University, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, Greater Chicago Food Depository, PAWS Chicago and several other…
Newberry Library show includes Royko's Rolodex and an unfinished pack of his cigarettes. He smoked Carlton 100s.
The Democratic commissioner was known for his advocacy of improving mental health care.