There will be a public wake for former First Lady Maggie Daley on Sunday at the Chicago Cultural Center. more ›

Photos from a 2004 lineup, long-sought by the Sun-Times, renew scrutiny of an unsolved murder case involving then-Mayor Daley's newphew, Richard "R.J." Vanecko. more ›

We can't help but see the resemblance between the Grammer's Tom Kane and a certain Elective Majesty, and the series draws inspiration from infamous Illinois scandals such as the Burr Oak Cemetery debacle. more ›

We realize that summer is over, but concerns over Taste of Chicago's affordability and longevity are still floating around. Vendors this year felt a noticeable difference in the amount of cash flow from last year's profits as the Chicago Park District struggled to host the event in early July. more ›

In the 22 years that Mayor Daley was in office, he created around 115 miles of bike lanes in Chicago. Mayor Emanuel hopes to do better than the former mayor, and proposes to create an additional 100 miles of bike lanes over the next four years. more ›

A man who yelled an obscenity directed at Mayor Daley on his last day in city hall is now facing more serious charges with regards to his initial arrest. more ›

Mayor Emanuel is holding off on giving Chicago Housing Authority CEO Lewis Jordan a vote of confidence until he sees the results of an audit on CHA's credit card use. more ›

Patrick Daley made $708,999 from Concourse Communications less than a year after it made a contract with the city in 2006 to provide wireless access at both Midway and O'Hare. But did the Daley administration lie to the press? more ›

And here we thought former Mayor Daley would prefer a quiet retirement. He's having no problem lining up gigs in his post-mayoral career. more ›

Mayor Daley is expected to announce today his appointment to U of C's Harris School of Public Policy Studies more ›

On Friday, we took on Da Mare's impact on the city's music and arts - today, it's time to turn to restaurants. How has the mayor's tenure affected the city's food scene? As with most of the mayor's legacy, it's a mixed bag: genuine improvements and admirable goals mixed with inefficiency, graft and lost opportunities. 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 ›

Throughout his mayoral tenure, Richard Daley has taken lengths to downplay his ties to the Duff family, even as he accepted campaign contributions from them and the Duffs wound up raking in major coin as a result of their connections to His Elective Majesty, to the tune of $100 million. more ›

When you're Chicago's longest serving mayor, you're going to have your ups and downs. But a mayor is only as good as the people he surrounds himself with. Daley had a cast of criminals around him, but he had some good people too. Fran Spielman of the Sun Times highlights the best and worst of the king's men. more ›

One of the actual bits of business conducted during Mayor Daley's final City Council meeting earlier this week was a proposal to allow Goose Island to sell concessions during concerts at Millennium Park. 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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The Sun-Times continues its series on the death of David Koschman, who was killed by a punch thrown by Richard "R.J." Vanecko, one of Mayo Daley's nephews, in 2004. Today, they used medical records obtained by Koschman's mother, Nanci, that detail the slow decline in her son's condition from the moment his head hit the pavement. more ›

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 ›

Mayor Daley took time out of his farewell tour of all 50 wards yesterday to talk about a recent trip to China he took recently and the relationships Chicago has with China he helped forge during his time in office. more ›

Mayor Daley's whirling dervish-like rush to tie up loose ends before Mayor-elect Emanuel takes office continues. Various media outlets are reporting that the city has signed a 10-year contract with Waste Management to privatize the city's ... well, let's be generous and say "dormant" instead of "practically nonexistent," recycling program. Which means that we will finally see a curbside recycling program in Chicago. And given Daley's history of forcing through privatizing plans like the Skyway and the parking meters, it's going to eventually cost us. more ›

Like Terry Mazany at the Chicago Public Schools, Interim Police Superintendent Terry Hillard appears to be busting some rump to leave the Police Department in a good condition for when Mayor-elect Emanuel takes office in May. Hillard is reported to be chipping away at some of the changes implemented by his predecessor, Jody Weis. Among Hillard's reversals are changes to the central command structure within the police department and moving police officers from specialized units and putting them on the street. more ›

All Wal-Mart needs to to is build one store and they'll multiply like rabbits. Mayor Daley announced plans for two Wal-Marts on the South Side yesterday. Plans are for a Wal-Mart "Neighborhood Express" store to be built at 76th and Ashland and a Wal-Mart Express convenience store at 71st and Western similar to the one planned for Chatham at 83rd and Stewart. more ›

Art photographed the late Richard J. Daley scores of times over the years. Today he gives us, and you, a jumbo-sized look at some of those photos. more ›

9th Ward Ald. Anthony Beale is considering stalling the proposed Costco on the Near West Side because the 2007 land swap the Daley Administration agreed to with the Illinois Medical District will deprive the city of more than $1 million annually in rental income. more ›