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Former Ald. Ed Burke, convicted late last year of racketeering, bribery and attempted extortion, has been allowed to keep his law license after a majority of the state Supreme Court recused themselves ...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- Former Chicago political powerhouse Edward Burke was back in court Wednesday. Lawyers for the 80-year-old former 14th Ward alderman, City Council Finance Committee chairman, and ...

The Texas businessman might have been new to Chicago when he visited one of his Burger King restaurants here in 2017, but he’d been given a little insight into the man he’d be meeting — that Ald.