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Midday News Links: Republican Governor Candidates Mix It Up

By Chuck Sudo in News on Aug 15, 2013 6:45PM

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White Mystery performs a kids' concert hosted by Chic-a-Go-go Wednesday at Millennium Park. (Photo credit: Bill Guerriero)

  • Republican gubernatorial hopeful Bill Brady said Bruce Rauner's ties to Mayor Rahm Emanuel will hurt him in 2014. [Sun-Times]
  • Former congressman Joe Walsh calls Jesse Jackson Jr. "another spoiled, arrogant politician." Get a job, Joe. [DNAInfo Chicago]
  • An attorney who once helped his adult children sue their mother for emotional damages because of a poorly chosen birthday card and a subpar homecoming dress now faces disciplinary action for writing the same two children into an elderly client's will and allegedly stealing nearly $500,000 from the client's estate. [Tribune]
  • The state's judicial inquiry board filed a complaint against Cynthia Brim, a Cook County judge who was found not guilty by reason of insanity on battery charges last year. [Tribune]
  • Michael Miner looks at Torey Malatia's career at WBEZ. [Reader]