Politics

SACRAMENTO — America Ramirez Lomeli grew up in the capital of California excelling in school and volunteering for more than 2,000 hours in extracurricular activities. After graduating from UC Davis with a double degree, she found herself without proper documentation to legally work. In California, she found it to be a more welcoming state for…

The corruption trial of former Chicago Ald. Edward Burke began this week, with prosecutors playing secretly recorded meetings and phone calls as evidence. The trial is expected to last around six weeks. Burke faces 14 charges, including racketeering, federal program bribery, attempted extortion, conspiracy to commit extortion, and using interstate commerce to facilitate an unlawful…