Only days after being convicted in a sweeping federal corruption case, former Ald. Ed Burke began the new year by collecting a bigger pension check courtesy of an automatic hike that former House Speaker Michael Madigan is also all but guaranteed to get now that his own corruption trial was recently postponed until fall. Burke, Chicago’s longest-serving alderman, stands to collect nearly .
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Residents of the ward aren’t optimistic Burke’s upcoming trial or even former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan’s federal trial next year will clean up Chicago corruption. But some think it could mean better, more ethical candidates will run to represent them.
Southwest Sider Joaquin Becerril fell victim to a timeshare-related scam one of many types of schemes that have grown more popular as people travel more post-COVID lockdown, according to a new Better Business Bureau report.