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It's not illegal, but the fact Jesse Jackson, Jr.'s campaign has paid his aldermanic wife Sandi (7th) over half-a-million dollars since 2001 certainly does raise eyebrows. The campaign has paid her $247,500 since 2001 including $95,000 since she became an alderman in 2007. On top of that, there's also $298,927 of cash and contributions to Sandi's campaign. Still, while it seems to push the boundaries of ethical behavior, there's nothing illegal about it. A spokesman for Jesse Jackson told Bloomberg via email, “Congressman Jackson and Alderman Jackson are each other’s biggest supporters...[they] do their best to follow all federal, state and local rules, laws and ethic codes." Bloomberg has the full story. [via NBC 5]

Earlier this week, we mentioned how the clock was ticking on the state of Illinois to claim its allotted stimulus cash for transit projects. Well, someone finally answered the bell. Yesterday the Chicago Transit Authority received $241 million from the federal stimulus package for capital projects. Today the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning allowed the CTA to begin working on transit projects, according to the Chi-Town Daily News. Metra will receive $141 million and PACE suburban buses will receive $33 million.