Most Corrupt City / Lincoln Park Man Charged / Buckner For Mayor

State Rep. Kam Buckner did not take my advice.

On Thursday, he announced plans to run for Chicago mayor in the February election, which is about a month before the end of his conditionally discharged sentence for driving under the influence — his second drunken driving conviction in Illinois.

Buckner said his latest DUI conviction has set him on a "path to be a better person."

State Rep. Kam Buckner Announces Plans To Run For Chicago Mayor

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• Speaking of local politics ... Chicago notched a three-peat as America's most corrupt city. That's according to the annual University of Illinois Chicago analysis of national corruption data compiled by the U.S. Justice Department. (WTTW)
• An unauthorized party that drew a crowd of about 400 young people to North Avenue Beach evolved into a chaotic scene blocks from Gov. J.B. Pritzker's Gold Coast mansion. Young people blocking traffic and climbing on cars and buses. (FOX32)
• Authorities charged a Lincoln Park man who threatened to hang Mayor Lori Lightfoot and State's Attorney Kim Fox from trees if they didn't get "tough on crime." Christopher Tatlock, 32, faces two counts of felony hate crimes and two counts of threatening a public official. (WBEZ)
• Patch Opinion Poll Results: Readers said the top issues in the race for governor are violent crime, economic recovery and property taxes. (Patch)

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About me: Mark Konkol, recipient of the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for local reporting, wrote and produced the Peabody Award-winning series "Time: The Kalief Browder Story." He was a producer, writer and narrator for the "Chicagoland" docuseries on CNN and a consulting producer on the Showtime documentary "16 Shots."

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