Midday News Links: Ethics Probe Of Bobby Rush Launched
By Chuck Sudo in News on Apr 10, 2014 6:30PM
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- Rep. Bobby Rush said he's cooperating with an Office of Congressional Ethics investigation against him. The probe was launched after a Sun-Times/Better Government Association report raised questions about spending from his campaign fund and the handling of a $1 million grant. [Sun-Times]
- TSA officials confiscated WWI artillery shells from teens at O’Hare. [Tribune]
- And a woman at Midway Airport was in possession of $15,000 worth of pot. [DNAInfo Chicago]
- To put Joakim Noah's season of triple doubles in more perspective, no Bull has performed like this since Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen during the Bulls first three-peat run. [CBS Chicago]
- The Illinois inspector general monitoring the Illinois Legislature found no evidence of wrongdoing by House Speaker Michael Madigan and two other state reps by recommending hires at Metra. [Fox News Chicago]