When Chicago last hosted the Democratic National Convention in 1996, then-Mayor Richard M. Daley was the king of the city as he welcomed delegates, gave speeches all around town and did all he could ...

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The trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, now in its ninth week and set to run into the new year, has captured the attention of political junkies but not so much the public at large.

Richard M. Daley, the former six-term mayor of Chicago, is selling his condo that overlooks Oak Street Beach on North Lake Shore Drive. Daley is asking $1.1 million for the two-bedroom condo at the ...