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A federal grand jury has indicted 34th Ward Ald. Carrie Austin, 72, and her chief of staff, Chester Wilson, on bribery charges. The U.S. attorney's office says Austin conspired "to receive home improvements from construction contractors seeking city assistance" for a development project in her ward on the city's far South Side. Austin faces four total counts, including lying to the FBI. Wilson faces similar bribery charges and one count of theft of government funds.
With $162 billion more from taxpayers, couldn’t you deliver a few bond upgrades, too
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.
Everybody needs a side hustle these days, and mine is Ukraine, where I am now.
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