Browsing the "politics" Tag

Rogers joins The Gray Lady, plus Storch talks leadership

May 13th, 2018

John Rogers Jr. joins the board of the New York Times, and David Storch talks about lessons learned from his first boss.

Pritzker’s got a pot connection, plus news on Rogers, Trott

April 29th, 2018

Meet J.B. Pritzker's entrepreneurial cousin, plus news about Desiree Rogers, Byron Trott and Jennifer Pritzker (another Pritzker cousin).

Emanuel chokes up talking about daughter graduating

April 22nd, 2018

Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s youngest child, Leah, is graduating from high school in the coming days and that’s got him a little verklempt.

“I  kinda get kind weepy as this point in my life now,” he … Read the rest

Duffy’s big deal with wine; and Hollywood’s nod to Emanuel

April 1st, 2018

Terry Duffy talks about how that big NEX deal came about. Plus guess who's come out to support Rahm Emanuel.

Polling for Bezos, SXSW stars & the Mart’s election connection

March 17th, 2018

A new poll shows Chicagoans are open to tax breaks for Amazon. Plus, check out the Chicagoans who starred at SXSW.

State treasurer has a Facebook obsession

October 19th, 2017

State Treasurer Mike Frerichs wants Facebook to take action after Russia pushed fake news.

Billionaire Neil Bluhm backs Kwame Raoul for attorney general

October 12th, 2017

Kwame Raoul has the backing of one of Chicago's wealthiest resident--Neil Bluhm.

J.B. Pritzker opens up about his late mom

October 5th, 2017

J.B. Pritzker's latest political ad reveals rare photos of his mom--and her compelling story.

Another Shiller fights the good fight

August 31st, 2017

Brendan Shiller, like his mom, is dedicated to championing the downtrodden.