Today Mayor Richard M. Daley turns 70. What would you get Hizzoner for his birthday? We have some ideas. more ›

Mayor Rahm Emanuel defended the strategies being used by the Chicago Police Department to fight violent crime, as he faces rising criticism over a murder rate that increased by 60 percent in the first three months of 2012 over the same time frame last year. more ›

City attorneys announced today that former Mayor Richard M. Daley will answer questions in a deposition stemming from a lawsuit related to the systemic torture that happened in the Chicago Police Department under the watch of former Cmdr. Jon Burge. more ›

Alvarez's comments are the latest in a stance that has left many confused and wondering if she's being loyal to a fault, to her predecessor and mentor Dick Devine. more ›

We continue our recap of our top 11 stories of the year by looking back at the death of former Chicago First Lady Maggie Daley. more ›

(Ed. Note: Over the next two weeks we'll be recapping the newsworthy events we believed made the biggest headlines over the past 12 months. Today, we start with the Blizzaster of 2011. — CS) more ›

Former Mayor Richard M. Daley and his family were in attendance, standing next to Mrs. Daley's casket and accepting condolences from both dignitaries and ordinary citizens. Mayor Daley even granted an autograph request from a well-wisher at one point. more ›

Tributes are starting to pour in for former Chicago First Lady Maggie Daley, who passed away last night after a long battle with cancer. more ›

Mrs. Daley was a champion for children's issues and the arts throughout her life via After School Matters, the charity she founded and was chairperson. more ›

The focus in the media hasn't been on who Emanuel appointed, but on who he removed from the board. more ›

Daley will draw from his 22 years as Chicago's Elective Majesty to lead seminars, lead public policy classes, meet with student groups and offer insight and advice to new mayors from across the country. more ›

As a former After School Matters board member whose wife still sits on the charity's board, Mayor Emanuel will have to walk a gossamer responding to Joe Ferguson's report. more ›

Starting Thursday, former Mayor Richard M. Daley will have to get by with a security detail of three Chicago Police officers. more ›

Mayor Emanuel told the Sun-Times in an exclusive "it is time we end" the remaining lawsuits against the city stemming from the history of police torture by former Cmdr. Jon Burge. more ›

Because the torture allegations against former police Cmdr. Jon Burge occurred during Richard Daley's tenure, the City Law Department is obligated to pay for his defense. more ›

Leave it to a judge to piss in the lemonade of Richard Daley's mayoral retirement. more ›

You know the White Sox are sucking hard when their biggest fan leaves the ballpark in the third inning on a night dedicated to him. more ›

A $6.5 million grant awarded to the charity run by Maggie Daley is receiving scrutiny for its timing - four days before her husband left office. more ›

Closing out today's posting day: former City Corporation Counsel Mara Georges follows her one-time boss to the law firm that helped engineer the parking meter privatization deal. more ›

Here's another way for City Hall to save millions - do away with unnecessary offices. more ›

Good Morning, everybody. Richard J. Daley, the "Boss," was born on this date in 1902, and with his son leaving office Friday and Rahm Emanuel set to be inaugurated as Chicago's 55th Mayor tomorrow, it seems fitting that his specter would cast a bridge between the two. As for the weather, it's still wet, cold, gray and windy outside. Expect the weather to stay that way throughout the day. Perfect weather to stay in, make a Bloody Mary and some biscuits and gravy. more ›

Richard M. Daley capped 22 years as Mayor of Chicago yesterday with one final round of congratulations and kudos before riding off into the downtown fog in his standard Lincoln Town Car. Sun-times columnist Michael Sneed reported that Daley will set up an office at 900 N. Michigan with his son Patrick where the two, who have had an uneasy professional relationship, hope to bring some foreign investment for infrastructure projects to Chicago. Sneed also reported that Daley's post-mayoral security detail will be larger than his successor, Rahm Emanuel. more ›

Both Mayor Daley and Oprah Winfrey are riding off into the sunset together, so it makes sense that one of MayDay's final acts be proclaim the stretch of Carpenter Street outside Harpo Studios "Oprah Winfrey Way." Daley made the announcement this afternoon at a press conference outside Harpo Studios. Daley told Winfrey, "There's not enough time to describe what your 25-year journey has meant to Chicago." more ›

The Smithe brothers from Walter E. Smithe Furniture released this farewell video to Mayor Daley. If you thought the members of City Council were tripping over themselves Wednesday to give MayDay Hosannas en route to life as a private citizen, get a load of this, featuring various Chicago Bears, George Wendt, butter porn queen Paula Deen and various journalists saying goodbye. more ›

Not only will Mayor Daley immediately start collecting a $184,000 annual pension the day after he leaves office, he'll also retain a security detail. more ›

Some of you expressed curiosity that Mayor Daley's final City Council meeting might tackle some tough city business. We'll just call you eternal optimists, instead of "silly." Though Ald. Ed Burke did propose a measure in today's meeting requiring cell phones contain a special feature built into them allowing parents to block their kids from what called an "epidemic" of teens texting while driving, much of the session was reserved for what 30th Ward Ald. Ariel Reboyras called the "resolution of all resolutions" - two hours of praise for the outgoing Elective Majesty. The aldermen even pooled their allowances together and gave Daley a parting gift of a crystal bowl engraved with the city seal, the start and end dates of Daley's time in office and the names of the 129 City Council members with whom he served. (We don't know if there were asterisks next to those who were indicted.) more ›

Mayor Daley's final City Council meeting is now underway. You can view the live stream from the City Clerk's website. We'll have a recap of some of the more choice quotes later. more ›

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Mayor Daley has a little more than two weeks left in office. While he does have some post-mayoral irons in the fire, His Elective Majesty is wasting no time in collecting his pension. Daley decided to start collecting his pension under the Illinois Retirement Systems Reciprocal Act, effective May 17. That's the day after he leaves office, y'all. more ›

It's almost May, which means our time with Mayor Daley is drawing to a close. Before His Rahmness takes over in about three weeks, Mayor Daley has been busy trying to figure out how to say goodbye to his mayoral nest and to thank those who have seen him and Chicago through everything. What's the first thing that comes to Mayor Daley's mind? Giving away free money Having an open house at City Hall, to personally meet and greet those who have supported him at his best and at his worst. more ›