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Jimmy Carter was backed by Daley, backstabbed by Byrne

Jimmy Carter’s 1976 presidential bid got a big boost from Mayor Richard J. Daley. But when he ran for a second term in 1980, Mayor Jane Byrne endorsed Sen. Edward M. Kennedy.

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‘Power and control’ frame Edward Burke’s legacy. A federal jury will soon decide that legacy’s coda.

He entered politics as one of the youngest Chicago City Council members in history and became its most powerful and longest-serving member. Now, he’s fighting to avoid prison.

Chicago Sun-Times

Brass from the past: Top Chicago cops? I’ve known a few

Mayor Brandon Johnson’s appointment of Larry Snelling as Chicago Police superintendent prompted a peek into this reporter’s aging notepad, a flashback to 14 or so former Chicago top cops I’ve known or covered since 1967.

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Newcastle Clean Air Zone: Accusation of 'secret plan' to put new toll on car drivers branded 'scaremongering'

A Labour transport chief insisted on Wednesday that private cars "are not in the CAZ and they will not be in the CAZ", accusing opposition parties of "scaremongering"

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Newcastle 'very heavily reliant' on Government to pay for multi-billion pound plan to reach net zero

City leaders have set the goal of making Newcastle carbon neutral by the end of this decade, 20 years ahead of the national target, but it will cost billions

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Newcastle City Council's anti-graffiti team planning to tackle three of the cities' busiest high-streets

After launching in February, the graffiti removal team took down 150 pieces of last month

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After 50 years, dean of Chicago television’s political reporters calling it a career

On June 30, Mike Flannery, political editor of Fox 32-Chicago, will retire after 50 years on the beat. He sat down with the Sun-Times, where he got his start, to reminisce about his storied career and the “blind spots” of the Chicago mayors he has covered.

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Honor Jane Byrne on her 90th birthday by taking the train

Naming a congested highway interchange after Chicago’s first female mayor is a dubious tribute.

Chicago Sun-Times

Johnson’s biggest challenge in delivering inaugural address: avoid Lightfoot’s mistake

Lightfoot denounced the City Council as corrupt, then turned around and shamed all 50 members, who were seated behind her, into joining the cheering crowd in a standing ovation for reform,

Chicago Sun-Times

Lightfoot ‘done with electoral politics for myself’ after Feb. 28 defeat

Lightfoot is the first elected Chicago mayor in 40 years to be denied a second term. The last mayor to suffer that indignity was Jane Byrne, Chicago’s first and only other female mayor.

Chicago Sun-Times

Like Harold Washington, new mayor should build a diverse coalition to move Chicago forward

The politics of division is a recipe for disaster. It is a well-trodden road that can only take us back to where we’ve been before, and that’s nowhere we want to be.

Chicago Sun-Times

Race, always an issue in Chicago politics, was a key factor behind creating runoff for mayor

CHICAGO — Chicago’s April election between Paul Vallas and Brandon Johnson features candidates with some of the starkest political differences in a head-to-head matchup since the city started having mayoral runoffs more than two decades ago.

Chicago Tribune

Why Lori Lightfoot became the first Chicago mayor to lose reelection in 40 years

Battles with teachers and police unions cost the city's first Black female mayor a second term.

Fortune

Analysis: How Lightfoot went from political rock star to rock bottom

Lightfoot was dealt a bad hand: the pandemic, civil unrest triggered by the murder of George Floyd and the violent crime wave after those demonstrations. But bad timing is too simple to explain her stunning political downfall.

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Mayor Lori Lightfoot was in a fight she couldn’t have won

With eight challengers vying for her seat, Lightfoot fought hard to stay in an elite club.

Chicago Sun-Times

Lightfoot is out, Vallas and Johnson are in — the April runoff

Mayor Lori Lightfoot finished third in Tuesday’s election with 16.89% of the vote, behind former Chicago Public Schools CEO Paul Vallas at 33.95% and Cook County Commissioner Brandon Johnson with 20.32%.

Chicago Sun-Times

Forty years ago, Harold Washington shook up Chicago politics

Washington was Johnny Appleseed, spawning a generation of organizers, advocates, judges and members of Congress. Even now, one member of his coalition is running for mayor, and other candidates stand on Washington’s broad shoulders.

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‘Symbol of our pride’: Newcastle city council vows to restore Tyne Bridge

Leaders hope work will be completed in time for bridge’s centenary in 2028 despite rising costs and new complications

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Call to replace Newcastle's Central Motorway with tree-lined boulevard for walkers and cyclists

It's been claimed that the busy A167 cuts the east of Newcastle off from the city centre and has been branded a '70s monstrosity'

Chicago Sun-Times

After nearly 10 years, Jane Byrne Interchange project is ‘substantially complete,’ expected to cut congestion by half

“It’s been an awful long time in coming,” said Gov. J.B. Pritzker, who held a ribbon cutting Wednesday morning to mark the accomplishment

Chicago Sun-Times

‘Punch 9 for Harold Washington’: Powerful doc recalls the surprising rise of Chicago’s first Black mayor

Film works as an invaluable reminder of that pivotal time for those who were there — and a history lesson for those who weren’t.

Chicago Sun-Times

Publicly reserved and privately vibrant, the Queen was what her country needed her to be

Sneed: Unflappable Elizabeth II, who reigned in Britain for 70 years, was not one to complain or explain.

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Staff shortages and 'unexpected' utility works blamed as Heaton cycle lane extension delayed

Roadworks to allow for the Heaton Road cycleway to be extended and then have the road resurfaced will not be completed until 2023, it has been confirmed

Chicago Sun-Times

Ukrainian’s plea to the world: Don’t forget us

Exclusive: Former first lady Kateryna Yushchenko says Russian strongman is counting on everyone else forgetting Ukraine

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Councils back delay of Newcastle Clean Air Zone tolls to 2023 – but government must still approve

Drivers will only be issued with warning letters for bringing high-polluting vehicles into the city centre in the opening months of the emissions-cutting scheme's operation

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