Yahoo

In 14th Ward, where former Ald. Ed Burke was lord, conviction greeted with both shrugs and cheers

CHICAGO — Michele Ryba credits former Ald. Edward Burke with the fact she feels safe walking to the CTA Orange Line at dawn. For her, the quality of life in the Southwest Side’s 14th Ward is more ...
Yahoo

Daywatch: Ed Burke’s longtime ward reacts to verdict

Michele Ryba credits former Ald. Edward Burke with the fact she feels safe walking to the CTA Orange Line at dawn. For her, the quality of life in the Southwest Side’s 14th Ward is more important than ...
Chicago Sun-Times

In Ed Burke’s 14th Ward, big frustration with politicians persists: ‘They’re all kind of crooked, I guess’

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ABC 7 Chicago

Will Ed Burke seek reelection? Longest-serving Chicago City Council member has not filed petitions

CHICAGO (WLS) -- While much of the focus of the February elections will be focused on the race for mayor, there is some political intrigue brewing on the Southwest Side. Ed Burke. the longest-serving ...
ABC 7 Chicago

Retirements, resignations in city council could signal move toward new model of government: experts

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The polling place at 54th and Kedzie is a longtime fixture in the 14th Ward, just as Alderman Ed Burke has been a fixture in the city council. The 79 year old has held the office for ...
WBEZ

How much jail time should Ed Burke get? Depends on which City Council member you ask.

In their court filing asking a judge to sentence ex-Ald. Edward Burke to a decade in prison for corruption, federal prosecutors argued that even though he’s no longer in office, Burke has a network of ...
Chicago Tribune

Vintage Chicago Tribune: Ald. Edward Burke used mapmaking skills, political guile to hold on to seat his father first occupied some 70 years ago

Given the demographic changes the 14th Ward has experienced over the past few decades, the Burke family’s 70-year domination of its Southwest Side fiefdom borders on the miraculous. Ald. Edward Burke ...
NBC Chicago

Another Burke Defeat In 14th Ward Committeeperson Race

With all precincts now reporting Chicago’s longest serving alderman Ed Burke, trails in the race to remain committeeperson of the 14th Ward, Burke trails Aaron Ortiz by 419 votes. According to results ...
CBS News

Jeylú Gutiérrez holding significant lead in race to replace Ed Burke in 14th Ward

CHICAGO (CBS) -- With indicted Ald. Edward Burke's reign as the 14th Ward alderman coming to an end after more than half a century, progressive candidate Jeylú Gutiérrez is well on her way to taking ...
Chicago Tribune

The proxy battle to replace Ald. Edward Burke in the 14th Ward is between allies of the indicted outgoing alderman and ‘Chuy’ García

The two candidates vying to become the first new alderman representing the Southwest Side 14th Ward in more than five decades are new to most Chicagoans, but the political power brokers supporting ...
Chicago Sun-Times

Will Burke seek encore for 53-year Council run — or bow out before voters give indicted pol the hook?

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