Dave McKinney
By Dave McKinney
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Fast Forward Abner Mikva, Inspiring Chicago ‘North Star’ for President Obama, Dies at 90
Abner Mikva, who served as a White House adviser, federal judge, congressman and mentor to President Barack Obama, has died at age 90, his Chicago non-profit organization said on Tuesday. Mikva, who died on Monday, emerged in the 1950s as a liberal reform leader who defied an electoral culture in Illinois dominated by machine politicians…
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Fast Forward Embattled Rahm Emanuel Pushes Reforms Amid Police Crisis
Chicago police will get new equipment and training to defuse tense situations and limit use of lethal force, Mayor Rahm Emanuel said on Wednesday, following weeks of protests calling for him to resign over his handling of fatal police shootings. The number of Tasers, or electric stun guns that are generally not lethal, will be…
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