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Quinn defends appointing Alderman Ed Burkes' daughter to $117,000-a-year state post

chicagotribune.com  Jennifer Burke hired for the Illinois Pollution Control Board; Friends of Edward M. Burke campaign fund loaned Quinn $200K during his campaign for governor and donated more than $52K since Burke's wife Justice Anne Burke swore Quinn into office following ouster of Blagojevich  ...

City Hall fighting for 18 years to close Chicago’s only topless bar -- VIP's A Gentlemen's Club

suntimes.com  Biggest loss in court came in 2006, when the Illinois Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the city ordinance banning nude and semi-nude dancing at liquor-serving establishments -- laywers fighting  ...