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Hired Truck Scandal
Daley: Laski has 'a lot of personal problems' (02/14/08)
Disgraced ex-city clerk takes on Daley (02/12/08)
Daley political worker pleads guilty (08/23/07)
Ex-Laski aide gets 30 months (08/17/06)
Hired Truck consultant sentenced (08/16/06)
Bribes get Laski's wired pal a year in jail (08/03/06)
Man who bribed ex-city clerk gets jail time (08/02/06)
Ex-city worker gets 5 months in prison (07/26/06)
City's top lawyer rejects criticism (07/19/06)
Ex-Water Dept. worker gets 90 days in prison (07/19/06)
Ex-city worker gets 90 days in trucking scandal (07/18/06)
Daley: 'It wasn't all a sham' (07/11/06)
Clout didn't help man's driving skills (07/10/06)
Ex-patronage chief, 3 others guilty (07/07/06)
Feds not done: 'You take it one step at a time' (07/07/06)
Foreman 'appalled' by rigged hiring (07/07/06)
Mayor quietly keeps his distance (07/07/06)
Truck probe led to hiring investigation at City Hall (07/07/06)
Judge slams top city lawyer's testimony (07/07/06)
Verdict raises questions on what Daley's future holds (07/07/06)
Ex-Daley patronage chief convicted (07/06/06)
Feds detail probe of state job rigging (07/01/06)
Jurors focus on charge co-defendant lied to FBI (06/29/06)
Patronage trial jury begins deliberations (06/28/06)
Prosecution urges jury to stop hiring machine (06/28/06)
Prosecutors: 'The fix was in' (06/27/06)
Meet Chicago's All-Stars of clout (06/26/06)
Judge tosses 1 mail fraud count (06/21/06)
5,000 names on secret clout list (06/20/06)
Did witness fear for life? It 'may have crossed my mind' (06/16/06)
Witness: Sorich ordered files erased (06/15/06)
Top City Hall lawyer once again in eye of the storm (06/15/06)
Laski gets 2 years in prison (06/14/06)
I didn't know hiring was tainted: lawyer (06/14/06)
Ex-city clerk gets 2 years in jail (06/13/06)
Witness: City aide told me to lie (06/13/06)
FBI asks about more than hiring in Streets and San (06/12/06)
Defense: Feds gave Daley special treatment (06/09/06)
Defense: Lawyer knew of hiring allegations (06/08/06)
Sorich's lawyer: 'Not one red cent changed hands' (06/07/06)
Aides portray mayor as insulated from probe (06/07/06)
Witness testifies connections beat qualifications (06/06/06)
City slapped with subpoenas (06/03/06)
Public workers owe $1.4 mil. (06/03/06)
Clash of the clout armies (06/02/06)
Witness describes city jobs scheme (06/01/06)
John Daley's brother-in-law heading to prison (06/01/06)
On the highway, the mayor's just like you (06/01/06)
Witness: Tollbooths staffed for Daley trips (05/31/06)
Mayor: Traffic-free lane 'is just silly' (05/31/06)
John Daley in-law gets jail time (05/31/06)
Immunity keeps them out of jail, not hot water (05/29/06)
Rep. Joyce again tied to jobs scandal (05/26/06)
Daley could be called to testify (05/25/06)
Daley, Rosty relatives were in loop on hires (05/24/06)
Witness: HDO chief pushed promotion (05/23/06)
Witnesses: Aides fixed hiring process (05/22/06)
Sorich witness cries in shame (05/19/06)
Altering, lying on city forms 'was my job' (05/18/06)
Witness describes freezing out job applicants (05/18/06)
Witness: Sorich sent me names to hire (05/17/06)
Hired Truck whistleblower sues city (05/17/06)
Witness: City employees got out the vote (05/17/06)
Witness: Ex-patronage chief supplied names (05/16/06)
Rigged hiring hurts taxpayers: feds (05/16/06)
Feds putting City Hall clout on trial today (05/15/06)
Jurors in City Hall corruption case mostly white, suburban (05/13/06)
Potential jurors tell of ties to Daleys, other pols (05/12/06)
Judge raps jury background checks by media (05/11/06)
Jury pool quizzed: Who do ya know? (05/11/06)
Answers lend comic relief (05/11/06)
Ex-Laski aide pleads guilty to obstruction (05/10/06)
Judge clears city to hire sign hangers (05/09/06)
Ex-Laski aide set to plead guilty today (05/09/06)
Ex-Laski adviser pleads guilty in cover up (05/09/06)
Daley: Politics didn't determine jobs (05/08/06)
Hired Trucks' reign of waste over in October (05/07/06)
Hired Truck figure's son charged in suburban bank robbery (05/07/06)
Aldermen blame city monitor for hiring delay (05/04/06)
Taxpayers pay $272,000 to lawyers for witnesses (05/03/06)
Jurors won't be asked their views of mayor (05/02/06)
Daley cousins on list of Sorich witnesses (04/29/06)
No background checks for scandal jurors (04/27/06)
Hired Truck figure gets out of prison (04/16/06)
Ex-patronage chief denied monitor's files (04/14/06)
Ex-city worker who wore wire given a break (04/14/06)
Official who wore wire in probe gets 2 months (04/13/06)
No city job files destroyed since '97: aide (04/12/06)
Feds: Files destroyed in hiring probe (04/11/06)
City Hall to audit records of employees (04/11/06)
Daley: 'This government is running smoothly' (04/11/06)
Feds: Patronage chief had files destroyed (04/10/06)
Lawyers seek hiring monitor's interview notes (04/07/06)
Hired Truck whistleblower hurt on job (04/07/06)
Truck driver admits paying bribes for city asphalt (04/05/06)
Truck driver pleads guilty to diverting ashpalt (04/04/06)
Pal who bribed Laski loses city job (03/22/06)
Hiring probe's 'smoking gun' turned over years ago: lawyer (03/21/06)
Laski admits taking payoffs (03/18/06)
Joneses won't return dog until bills paid (03/17/06)
Clerk could fire Jones -- but there's no clerk (03/17/06)
Clerk's stand-in gets OK to put his name on vehicle stickers (03/17/06)
Guilty plea by worker who wore wire (03/17/06)
Ex-city clerk pleads guilty (03/17/06)
Ex-city official pleads guilty to bribing Laski (03/16/06)
Laski to admit he took bribes in Hired Truck (03/16/06)
Big wheel in Hired Truck gets water contracts (03/03/06)
Ex-city employee guilty of lying (03/03/06)
Former city patronage chief faces more charges (02/24/06)
Ex-forestry worker agreed to take cut of bribe (02/23/06)
John Daley in-law guilty of bribery (02/17/06)
Judge sides with prosecutors in patronage chief's case (02/16/06)
Ex-dispatcher charged in Hired Truck probe (02/16/06)
Ex-worker charged with lying in Hired Truck (02/15/06)
Lawyer: Laski wants time for plea bargain (02/11/06)
City: Fired Daley cousin 'may' have done more (02/05/06)
Shaken Daley says he's sorry (01/31/06)
In-law's woes trouble John Daley (01/28/06)
Daley in-law is charged (01/27/06)
John Daley in-law indicted (01/26/06)
Investigators take another look at Huels (01/23/06)
Laski denies he was AWOL from City Hall (01/21/06)
Hired Truck firm owner gets 27 months (01/20/06)
Federal monitors report progress in Shakman case (01/20/06)
Sorich charges valid, feds insist (01/19/06)
Will other city officials lose police guards? (01/19/06)
Trucker apologizes, gets 27-month sentence (01/19/06)
Ex-cop admits pocketing funds (01/17/06)
Hispanic likely to get post if Laski forced to quit (01/15/06)
Clerk's charges won't rub off on City Hall, Daley says (01/15/06)
James Laski: White knight or opportunist? (01/15/06)
Laski charged in Hired Truck scandal (01/14/06)
City Clerk charged in truck probe (01/13/06)
Bribery talk caught on tape (01/13/06)
Aldermen pounce on city clerk's job (01/12/06)
Wire worn against city clerk (01/11/06)
Hired Truck probers: Cop, felon traded favors (01/05/06)
Ex-truck driver alleges he lost job to clout (12/29/05)
Mole in Hired Truck probe may go free (12/23/05)
Trucking firm owner: I paid bribes for city work (12/21/05)
Lawyers: Political hiring case unfair (12/11/05)
Man gets 6 months for Hired Truck bribes (12/08/05)
Ex-Daley aides cash in as they depart City Hall (10/30/05)
Water Dept. foreman accused of gambling on city time (10/06/05)
Truck firm owner gets 20 months for bribes (10/02/05)
City official charged in alleged tree-cutting scheme (09/22/05)
Bagman gets 16 months in prison (09/17/05)
3 already doing time (09/17/05)
Ex-Hired Truck chief backs out of bankruptcy (09/07/05)
Daley's woes of his own making, his critics say (09/04/05)
Feds target Boyle's property to cover Hired Truck penalty (09/03/05)
Feds probe Laski in Hired Truck (09/02/05)
Former finance official OKd some pay raises for Hired Truck czar (09/01/05)
Daley supporters planning downtown rally (09/01/05)
Driver gets probation in theft of city asphalt (09/01/05)
Feds have city scrutinizing the phrase 'not a target' (08/28/05)
Third corruption squad added here (08/28/05)
Feds grill Daley about Hired Truck (08/27/05)
Feds question Daley (08/26/05)
Hired Truck defendant must spring for a lawyer (08/26/05)
Torres' clout remains a mystery (08/26/05)
Two more business owners charged in Hired Truck (08/20/05)
Alderman's brother charged with bribery in permit case (08/19/05)
Pols linked to patronage system not untouchable (07/31/05)
Ex-water chief to testify for feds (07/30/05)
Daley hints reforms may save Hired Truck Program (07/29/05)
Shakman tries to keep it civil in City Hall fight (07/27/05)
Shakman: Hold Daley in contempt (07/27/05)
Hirings were 'fraud 101,' lawyers say (07/27/05)
Feds revealing how the city that works really works (07/26/05)
City tries in vain to pay owner $19,278 (07/25/05)
Will Daley surrender? (07/24/05)
Hired Truck defendant pleads guilty in tears (07/22/05)
Mayor to transfer hiring decisions to board (07/22/05)
Daley to shift hiring out of City Hall (07/20/05)
Feds charge Daley's clout chief (07/19/05)
840 loads of city asphalt missing (05/10/05)
Ex-city worker pleads guilty to taking bribes (05/07/05)
City Hall sets out changes for paving, pothole crews (05/06/05)
Daley: Can't ID who's behind orders (05/05/05)
Feds take files from Streets and Sanitation offices (05/04/05)
Bagman pleads to Hired Truck role (05/03/05)
Daley dumps Hired Truck Program (02/09/05)
Torres expected to cut deal (02/04/05)
Top cop at O'Hare tied to scandal (02/03/05)
City rehires firm in bribery case (01/31/05)
Hired Truck probe snags Daley ally (01/26/05)
$15 million in waste cut from truck program (11/13/04)
City trucks scandal nets biggest fish yet (10/22/04)
Truck charges for reputed mob figure (10/09/04)
2 accused of trucking shakedowns (10/07/04)
City decertifies three firms (07/31/04)
City axes more than 100 companies (07/02/04)
Burke aide, not women, ran truck firm: city (06/03/04)
Daley administration misses deadline for Hired Truck reforms (05/29/04)
City takes away 'woman-owned' label from firm (05/27/04)
DALEYS AMONG TRUCKING MAGNATE'S INNER CIRCLE (05/25/04)
Clout king speaks out on truck scandal (05/25/04)
Ousted aide returns to his roots (05/02/04)
Tadin's firms yanked from Hired Truck Program over tax issues (04/09/04)
Judge blocks effort to revoke license of firm linked to 'Snow Man' (04/01/04)
Daley says Mucerino firm 'has not been used' (03/10/04)
Trucking czar gets business as middleman (03/09/04)
Family of 'Snow Man' got city OK (03/09/04)
Suspended firm linked to fatality (03/08/04)
Burke says trucking firm of pal's wife is '110 percent legitimate' (03/06/04)
Truck firms lacked business licenses, didn't pay parking tickets (03/03/04)
Brother has role in expansion of McCormick Pl. (02/23/04)
New truck boss' ties raise doubts (02/23/04)
26 suspended firms hauled in $35 mil. since '99 (02/22/04)
City probes company tied to City Clerk staffer (02/20/04)
Feds demand ousted city official's computers, data on in-law's firm (02/20/04)
Mobster's son set up Hired Truck firm (02/20/04)
Daley defends fired Hired Truck chief (02/12/04)
Woman tied to mob heads trucking firm (02/11/04)
Water Dept. called bribery haven (02/11/04)
Daley doesn't seem interested in asking the right questions (02/10/04)
'No sacred cows': Mayor fires cousin whose mother-in-law leased truck (02/10/04)
Daley names O'Hare man as budget director (02/10/04)
Ousted relative also got a truck for himself (02/10/04)
Top city clerk aide, Hired Truck firm: same address (02/10/04)
FBI to probe CTA computer of company owner's husband (02/08/04)
City sells truck, then leases it (02/08/04)
Members of Hispanic organization run program (02/06/04)
City probes firm's claim of female owners (02/06/04)
Family ties bind city, Hired Trucks (02/06/04)
Prosecutor gives up truck firms' cash (02/05/04)
Budget chief's speedy ascent ends abruptly (02/05/04)
Abolt resigns in truck scandal (02/05/04)
Daley in damage-control mode after Hired Truck series (02/04/04)
Truck woes shouldn't have been blind spot for Daley (02/04/04)
City ousts man who made truck-hiring decisions (02/04/04)
John Daley admits more clients (02/04/04)
Daley aide resigns in truck scandal (02/04/04)
City trucks sit idle, not hired trucks (02/03/04)
Paid leave scrubbed for departed Water czar (02/01/04)
Hired Truck: Soon heads will roll (02/01/04)
Mayor's brother handled insurance for 3 trucking firms in program (01/30/04)
Detective who stole cocaine had dump truck hired by city (01/30/04)
Daley apologizes for Hired Truck scandal: 'I blame myself' (01/30/04)
Little guys taking the fall in truck scam (01/29/04)
Editorial: Reforms wont get far till heads start rolling (01/29/04)
Clout on Wheels begins with Big Wheel himself (01/28/04)
Truck program to start from scratch (01/28/04)
Editorial: Maybe feds can shake city asleep at the wheel (01/27/04)
From trouble to patronage job, and now to bigger trouble (01/27/04)
City's cries of poverty ringing hollow with union leaders, aldermen (01/27/04)
Whose trucks are idled (01/27/04)
Feds indict ex-head of hired trucks (01/27/04)
Charges filed in Hired Truck probe (01/26/04)
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