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The Violent Death of David Koschman
This report investigates a 7-year-old homocide case involving a nephew of then-Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley named Richard J. Vanecko, turned up evidence that the same sort of political clout that gave Chicago widespread corruption during the Daley administration had also colored the police investigation of the murder.
Tags: Homocide; Chicago Mayor Richard Daley; Richard Vanecko
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The Violent Death of David Koschman
This report investigates a 7-year-old homocide case involving a nephew of then-Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley named Richard J. Vanecko, turned up evidence that the same sort of political clout that gave Chicago widespread corruption during the Daley administration had also colored the police investigation of the murder.
Tags: Homocide; Chicago Mayor Richard Daley; Richard Vanecko
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Renaissance 2010 Analysts
The two-part series with accompanying interactive Web graphics represents the most rigorous analysis to date of the performance of Chicago's Renaissance 2010 schools.
Tags: schools; Chicago Renaissance; national education policy; Richard Daley
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Neighborhoods for Sale
This eight-part yearlong series documented and exposed the nexus between the deep-pocketed developers who have transformed the city during the building boom of the past decade, the alderman who supported these wholesale changes and millions of dollars in campaign donations. The Tribune's series began by exploring how "pay to play" politics drives zoning changes in Chicago and showing how seemingly arcane official actions directly affect people across the city's neighborhoods. The Tribune also created a first-ever interactive database containing ten years of zoning changes, allowing residents to go online and research developments in their own neighborhoods.
Tags: real estate; pay-to-play; Richard Daley; interactive database; developers; corruption
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Mayor's family cashes in
"A series of stories revealed that the next generation of Chicago's Daley family has found ways to profit off City Hall, where the family has ruled for most of more than 40 years. Though Mayor Richard M. Daley has long maintained that his family isn't being enriched by his administration, Novak's stories revealed, for the first time, that one of the mayor's children, his soldier-son Patrick Daley, made money off a city contract - and neither the younger Daley nor the company disclosed his ownership interest in the company, despite being required to do so by city ordinances his father signed."
Tags: corruption; mayor; city contract; ownership interest; silent partners
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City Hall's Sway over Bridgeport Development
"Allegations that Mayor Richard Daley's friends controlled development in the mayor's native Bridgeport on Chicago's South Side have swirled below the surface for ears. The reporters pierced that veil of secrecy and provided a rare look into how the politically connected benefited from the city's building book at the expense of homeowners and taxpayers." The reporters looked into how insider dealing and lax regulations lead to poor construction jobs and how many people benefit from their personal connections in the Mayor's office.
Tags: city government; housing; development; construction; building permits
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Paper Pushers
During the 2003 election Mayor Richard M. Daley won by reaching out to all corners of Chicago: white to black, Latin to Asian citizens. Before the election took place, he had people mostly of white and Latin descent along with many city workers petition his signatures, which led to his victory.
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Corruption in Illinois
Though the state administration of Illinois promised reform and transparency, it has "worked to secretly to reward friends with unprecedented control over state hiring, millions of dollars in state contracts, and a shield from scrutiny through an assault on public access." Nearly a year's worth of stories exposed the problems affecting major offices, including that of Chicago Mayor Richard Daley and Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich.
Tags: Richard Daley; Rod Blagojevich; nepotism; political favors
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Police Torture in Chicago
A police torture ring existed in Chicago for many years after a 16-year period of ongoing coverage in the Chicago Reader. It turns out that Cook County state's authority, along with mayor Richard M. Daley, allowed the ring to continue for decades.
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City Hall Hiring Scandal
The reporters revealed widespread political patronage in the administration of Mayor Richard J.Daley. Over six months they reported how city jobs and favors are routinely handed out to those who work for organizations that support Daley. The newspaper found that over 1200 people who belong to such groups also hold city jobs.
Tags: FOIA; patronage; cronyism; Hispanic Democratic Organization; 11th Ward Democratic Organization; Richard J. Daley; Democratic machine