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In the city of Chicago, where the teacher’s strike is in its second week, Mayor Rahm Emanuel asked an Illinois state court to force the school teachers back to work. Emanuel is pleading his case, to the court, that the two week strike strike should end because the strike is illegal. The union immediately condemned […]
The Chicago Teachers Union voted to stay on strike, at least through Tuesday. Mayor Rahm Emanuel is planning to seek a court order today to halt the walkout. He believes that the teachers are using the children as “pawns”. Click here to read more. Recent Stories: Nathan Ivey Podcast: Mitt “The Twit” Strikes Again! & […]
ILLINOIS — Preliminary results from the Chicago mayor’s race show Rahm Emanuel with a decisive lead over his opponents, but the results are not certain until votes are fully counted. Chicago polling stations closed at seven this evening. RELATED: WBW Honors Cornel West Fox News reports: With 75 percent of precincts reporting, Emanuel had more […]
CHICAGO-During a debate with Patricia Van-Pelt Watkins, Chicago Mayoral candidate Carol Mosley told fellow candidate, Patricia Van-Pelt Watkins that the reason she wasn’t aware of Braun”s recent activity is because “You’ve been strung out on crack for years.” at a debate at a Chicago church. While Wakins has admitted to using drugs, she has denied […]
Chicago (HuffPost)– As early as 10 a.m. Sunday, candidates and campaign workers filing petitions for the City of Chicago elections began lining up at 69 W. Washington, hoping to make it onto the ballot.
"He is an individual who would sell his mother to get a vote. He would strap his children to a front end of a steam locomotive," Massa said. Illustrating his point, he told the story of how he winded up in an argument with the chief of staff while they were both naked in the congressional gym showers
