By Dan Mihalopoulos and Rudolph Bush, Chicago Tribune Nov. 21--Mayor Richard Daley's former patronage chief stood defiant Monday as he was sentenced to almost 4 years behind bars for his central role in a political hiring scheme at City Hall.

By Rudolph Bush and Dan Mihalopoulos, Chicago Tribune Jul. 7--Striking a resounding blow against what prosecutors called "a new machine" in Chicago politics, a federal jury Thursday convicted Mayor Richard Daley's longtime patronage chief of scheming to reward political workers with city jobs.

By Michael Conlon CHICAGO (Reuters) - A jury on Thursday found Chicago Mayor Richard Daley's former patronage chief and three other one-time City Hall insiders guilty in a political hiring scandal.

By Matt O'Connor and Rudolph Bush, Chicago Tribune Mar.

By Michael Higgins and Rudolph Bush, Chicago Tribune Feb. 15--A Chicago trucking company owner pleaded guilty Tuesday to charges that he paid thousands of dollars in bribes to get more than $1.5 million of work in the city's scandal-ridden Hired Truck Program.