South Side Community Organizer Joins Mayoral Race
CHICAGO (CBS) - On the final day for candidates to file petitions for the February election, an Auburn-Gresham community organizer has thrown her hat in the ring for mayor. Patrica Van Pelt-Watkins...
View ArticleMeet-The-Candidates Wednesday, At Least Some Of Them
The public will have the chance to hear from six of the 20 candidates for mayor of Chicago on Wednesday. CHICAGO (AP/WBBM) – Some of the candidates running to be Chicago’s next mayor are meeting in a...
View ArticleWatkins Wants More Community-Based Policing
CHICAGO (WBBM) – One of the lesser-known candidates for mayor of Chicago has outlined what she says is a better approach to Chicago’s anti-crime efforts. LISTEN: Newsradio 780’s Craig Dellimore reports...
View ArticleEarly Voting Underway For Mayoral Race
UPDATED 01/31/11 11 a.m. CHICAGO (CBS) – Some Chicago voters are taking advantage of their first chance to help pick the first new mayor of Chicago since 1989. As CBS 2’s Susanna Song reports, early...
View ArticleVan Pelt-Watkins Wants Apology From Braun
CHICAGO (CBS) – Mayoral candidate Patricia Van Pelt-Watkins says she wants to hear an “I’m sorry” from Carol Moseley Braun, but she’s not betting on it. Van Pelt-Watkins is angry with Braun for a fiery...
View ArticleBraun Apologizes For Calling Rival A Crack Addict
CHICAGO (CBS) – Mayoral candidate Carol Moseley Braun offered a public apology Wednesday to a rival candidate she accused of being a crack addict. Patricia Van Pelt-Watkins, a little known candidate in...
View ArticleCandidates Braun, Watkins Meet Again
CHICAGO (CBS) – Mayoral candidates Carol Moseley Braun and Patricia Van Pelt-Watkins are meeting Friday for the first time since Braun made a comment about Watkins of being “strung out on crack.” Braun...
View ArticleMayoral Candidates Discuss Healthy Schools
CHICAGO (CBS/WBBM) – At a forum to discuss making public schools healthier on Friday, the candidates for mayor touched on a number of other issues facing Chicago Public Schools, as well as the race for...
View ArticlePoll Shows Emanuel Surging In Support
CHICAGO (CBS) - Sparks flew between Rahm Emanuel and his two closest challengers at a mayoral debate Thursday night, but a new poll shows Emanuel continuing to add to his already sizable lead. As CBS...
View ArticleVoters Seem Unimpressed By Mayoral Debates
CHICAGO (CBS) – The mayoral debates so far seem to have drawn a collective yawn from many Chicago voters. As CBS 2 Chief Correspondent Jay Levine reports, part of the problem is having too many...
View ArticleActivist, Ex-Mayoral Candidate Watkins Running For State Senate
CHICAGO (CBS) – A community activist who gained visibility in this year’s race for Chicago mayor is now setting her sights on the 5th district Illinois Senate seat. Patricia Van Pelt Watkins told a...
View ArticleJuneteenth March Laments Plague Of Violence In Chicago
CHICAGO (CBS) — A new women’s group used this date, which is traditionally commemorated as the end of slavery in the United States, to hold an anti-violence rally at the Thompson Center. WBBM Newsradio...
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