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Obama friend to be White House aide
The Swampby Christi Parsons Valerie Jarrett, a prominent Chicago business and political figure and influential member of Barack Obama's inner circle, is poised to play a crucial role in the White House as a public liaison and senior aide to the......Tags: Barack Obama, Politics, Richard M. Daley, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Valerie Jarrett
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Chicagoan Tina Tchen going to Obama WH
The Swampby Christi Parsons and John McCormick A prominent Chicago lawyer who was one of Barack Obama's top fundraisers will be appointed to run the Office of Public Liaison for the White House, the Tribune has learned. The formal appointment of......Tags: Barack Obama, Aon PLC, Politics, Corporate Crime, Legal Services
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Rahm Emanuel back to Congress?
The Swampby John McCormick and Dan Mihalopoulos White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel is interested in potentially returning to Chicago someday to reclaim the congressional seat he held until a month ago, a candidate running to replace him said Sunday.......Tags: Barack Obama, Politics, Real Estate Agents, Midway Airport, Delta Air Lines
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Chicago's black legal community meets to stem youth violence
Herschella Conyers is an attorney who, along with several judges, recently invited a bunch of people to the University of Chicago to talk about violence and the growing number of teens getting entangled in the criminal justice system. Typically, these...
Tags: Barack Obama, Judges, Politics, Health, Juvenile Delinquency
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As Cabrini's row houses empty, the poor are shifted around the city
A moving man knocked on Jacqueline Pratt's row house door Tuesday to see if she was ready to leave the ghost town. "I'm not rushing you," the mover said, and that was good because even though this week is the exit deadline, she wasn't ready. Outside 904...
Tags: Politics, Interior Policy, Heart Problems, Housing and Urban Planning, Columbia College Chicago
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Forcing landlords to accept vouchers won't help the poor
Human nature frequently disproves theories. Conventional wisdom, for example, says that open office space plans with workers grouped like cattle encourage creativity and collaboration. But study after study shows that people are more inventive, productive...Tags: Rentals, Politics, Poverty, Public Housing, Rental Service
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YMCA manager gets 2nd chance to help aging veteran see World War II memorial
About eight years ago, Sam Rea planned to take his father to see the National World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C. He thought the trip would be an opportunity to honor his dad, but also a chance to bond and get answers to questions he'd always wanted...
Tags: Germany, Explosions, Emergency Incidents, Human Interest, YMCA
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Report challenges tie between housing vouchers, crime
Renters' use of housing choice vouchers, more commonly known as Section 8 vouchers, long has worried communities that the arrival of voucher-holding tenants in a neighborhood will lead to crime and, eventually, lower property values. That's not true,...
Tags: Politics, Crime, Law and Justice, Interior Policy, New York University, Housing and Urban Planning
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Housing project preserves quality in time of tear-down
Jonathan Fine was walking through the old housing project looking for the right words. Georgian art deco fusion? Georgian eclectic with art deco thrown in? Colonial Revival? Whatever the right words are, they're not ones typically associated with...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Politics, Interior Policy, Social Issues, Architecture
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Is selfishness the solution to our country's problems?
Your Other 8 HoursWe've got problems. Our economy has stagnated; unemployment is high; we have an almost inconceivable amount of national debt; and our elected officials are fighting among themselves. What we need are some good solutions. What's to blame for this mess?...Tags: John Stossel, Politics, Ayn Rand, Government, National Government
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How She Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The O-bomb-a
So Rep. Jeff Landry is running for re-election and the Times Picayune’s constitutionally-hapless doyenne has a deadline for her editorial, mix the two and voila! Say hello to Stephanie Grace’s, graceless embrace1 of President Obama’s...
Tags: Libya, Barack Obama, David Dreier, Tea Party Movement, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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When do banks pay fees for condos in foreclosure?
Does a bank have to pay maintenance fees on a property in foreclosure? Is there any reason a condominium community shouldn't accept Section 8 tenants? These are questions from Sun Sentinel readers. And we have answers with help from South Florida...Tags: Coconut Creek, Crime, Law and Justice, Public Housing, Rental Service, Margate
Nov 15, 2008
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May 13, 2013
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Feb 29, 2012
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Apr 23, 2013
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Oct 3, 2012
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Mar 29, 2013
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Mar 17, 2013
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Dec 11, 2012
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Sep 18, 2012
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Jul 4, 2012
|Column| South Florida Sun-Sentinel
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