alderman's

This would make a Chicago alderman's representative duties similar to that of New York and Houston legislators and less than the 250,000 constituents that a Los Angeles municipal councilman represents.

Keith Koeneman: Reforming Chicago's City Government Keith Koeneman 2012

This would make a Chicago alderman's representative duties similar to that of New York and Houston legislators and less than the 250,000 constituents that a Los Angeles municipal councilman represents.

Keith Koeneman: Reforming Chicago's City Government Keith Koeneman 2012

Then, planning moved into the alderman's office, parents were shut out, and suddenly the new school was going to be a selective enrollment high school, which would exclude the majority of the students attending the current South Shore schools.

Julie Woestehoff: Why Do Students March Across the Street Every Day? Julie Woestehoff 2011

Ameya Pawar, a 30-year-old Northwestern University program assistant, will become the first Indian-American to become a Chicago alderman when the new city council takes office, and he will get there having been outmanned, outspent, and running against the incumbent alderman's handpicked successor.

Kyle Hillman: The Biggest Upset of the Chicago Elections Kyle Hillman 2011

Then, planning moved into the alderman's office, parents were shut out, and suddenly the new school was going to be a selective enrollment high school, which would exclude the majority of the students attending the current South Shore schools.

Julie Woestehoff: Why Do Students March Across the Street Every Day? Julie Woestehoff 2011

Then, planning moved into the alderman's office, parents were shut out, and suddenly the new school was going to be a selective enrollment high school, which would exclude the majority of the students attending the current South Shore schools.

Julie Woestehoff: Why Do Students March Across the Street Every Day? Julie Woestehoff 2011

The alderman's struggles with her fellow council members—one of the book's major storylines—parallel those of the headmistress with her hidebound teachers and school governors.

Writer With a Cause Martin Rubin 2011

Still, he'll more than suffice as a complex villain, as Teresa persuades Wysocki her former partner to help her secretly investigate crimes that might be tied to the alderman's shady real estate dealings.

TV review: Fox's 'The Chicago Code,' an exhilarating cops-and-corruption workout Hank Stuever 2011

Then, planning moved into the alderman's office, parents were shut out, and suddenly the new school was going to be a selective enrollment high school, which would exclude the majority of the students attending the current South Shore schools.

Julie Woestehoff: Why Do Students March Across the Street Every Day? Julie Woestehoff 2011

Ameya Pawar, a 30-year-old Northwestern University program assistant, will become the first Indian-American to become a Chicago alderman when the new city council takes office, and he will get there having been outmanned, outspent, and running against the incumbent alderman's handpicked successor.

Kyle Hillman: The Biggest Upset of the Chicago Elections Kyle Hillman 2011