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CHICAGO (WGN) – Former Chicago Mayor Richard Daley is recovering from a third stroke, according to a report from the Chicago Sun-Times. The Sun-Times reports Daley's brother, Bill Daley, told the ...

September 8, 2010 (CHICAGO) In an announcement that was a surprise to many Tuesday, the mayor said, "It is time." A lot of possible candidates have begun jockeying for position in the race to replace ...

Anna Davlantes, WGN Radio’s investigative correspondent, joins Bob Sirott to share what happened this week in Chicago history. Stories include Mayor Richard J. Daley’s first term, the launch of WGN-TV ...

One year ago, Congress defunded public media. Now that we're 100% community funded, please become a sustaining member or increase your existing membership today. His father's mayoralty ended, after a ...

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Daley, who turned 84 on Friday, was Chicago’s longest-serving mayor from 1989 until 2011 and also served as the Cook County State’s Attorney and a state legislator. Mayor Richard M. Daley attends the ...

Former Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley remained hospitalized early Sunday morning, two days after he fell ill. Daley, 71, was taken by ambulance to Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago on Friday ...