Feds Subpoena Illinois Election Board For Chicago Ald. Carrie Austin’s Political Disclosures
FBI, federal prosecutors wanted all records of the alderman’s Democratic ward organization and two other political committees.
FBI, federal prosecutors wanted all records of the alderman’s Democratic ward organization and two other political committees.
Seven members of Austin’s family were government employees until recently, WBEZ has found. She personally hired four of them.
Federal agents executed the search warrant in May at the Southwest Side home of retired Chicago Ald. Michael Zalewski.
Court documents obtained by WBEZ reveal the sweeping nature of the ongoing federal probe into 34th Ward Ald. Carrie Austin.
The FBI says its agents were executing a warrant when they raided the ward office of the veteran South Side alderman on Wednesday.
Illinois Senate GOP Leader Bill Brady abstained from voting on a huge gambling expansion. But he won’t say how much he makes off video gaming.
Compulsive gamblers say they need much more help, and state officials are promising a big increase in funding for addiction services.
The judge was under fire for remarks to a black defendant and a sex worker, according to court transcripts obtained by WBEZ.
And like the state’s last gambling expansion in 2009, the massive new bill could bring trouble.
The new counts involve the alderman allegedly shaking down developers of the Old Main Post Office and a Chicago museum.