David Schaper

Obama Nominates Campaign Fundraiser For Commerce Secretary

David Schaper — Thu, 02 May 2013 21:27:00 +0000

Influential Chicagoan Penny Pritkzer has been tapped by President Obama to lead the Commerce Department.

'Poor Chicago' Critique Touches Raw Nerve In The Windy City

David Schaper — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 20:47:00 +0000

"Poor Chicago." That's how a piece in the New York Times Sunday Book Review begins. The essay goes on to criticize the Windy City for everything from political corruption and violent crime to the weather and the Cubs never winning. Most of all, the author attacks Chicago's boosterism and swagger in spite of it's problems, and predictably, it's touched a nerve in the Second City.

Goat's Head Sent To Cubs Owner Not From The 'Rahm-Father'

David Schaper — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 19:34:00 +0000

While many in Chicago immediately thought of the famous "Billy Goat curse," when a severed goat's head was delivered to Chicago Cubs Chairman Tom Ricketts at Wrigley Field this week, I immediately wondered if it was a message from the "Rahm-father," Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel.

After all, Ricketts is in the midst of intense negotiations with Emanuel's administration over renovating the iconic 99-year old ballpark, as I reported last week.

The famously short-tempered Emanuel may be gr

SEC Charges Illinois With Fraud Over Pensions

David Schaper — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 09:17:00 +0000

For only the second time ever, the Securities and Exchange Commission is charging a state with fraud, for allegedly misleading investors about the health of its pension funds. The SEC says the state of Illinois did not properly inform investors that its pension funds were significantly underfunded when selling bonds from 2005 to 2009. This is the latest fiscal black eye for a state with a pension shortfall approaching a whopping $100 billion. The state has agreed to settle the charges.

Midwest Starts Digging Out From Biggest Snowstorm In More Than Two Years

David Schaper — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 21:30:00 +0000

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AUDIE CORNISH, HOST:

In the nation's capitol, that Snowquester, the storm we mentioned, has mostly been rain so far. But across the country a blanket of freshly fallen snow, some of it more than a foot deep, now extends from the Dakotas to the Eastern Seaboard. Thousands of flights have been cancelled and nearly 200,000 homes and businesses in the Mid-Atlantic region lost power.