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CPS student tased by cops files suit, attorney rips 'systemic failure'

Chicago Sun-Times
Feb 21, 2019 1:30 PM - A federal lawsuit filed late Wednesday claims the Chicago Board of Education, the city and two police officers violated the civil rights of a student who was shocked with a Taser during an altercation last month at her West Side school.
Billionaire Ken Griffin doubles up on Bill Daley's campaign

Chicago Sun-Times
Feb 21, 2019 1:29 PM - Illinois' richest man has given another $1 million to mayoral candidate Bill Daley, doubling his investment in the brother and son of past mayors' campaign.
Community Development Commission OKs $900 million TIF for Lincoln Yards

Chicago Sun-Times
Feb 20, 2019 7:22 AM - The Community Development Commission on Tuesday unanimously approved the largest tax-increment-financing subsidy in Chicago history -- $900 million -- to unlock the development potential of the $6 billion Lincoln Yards development. Ignoring demands to hold off until after the inauguration of Mayor Rahm Emanuel's successor, the panel of mayoral appointees agreed to create a new, 168-acre TIF; the proceeds will be used to reimburse developer Sterling Bay for a host of infrastructure projects.
Jussie Smollett will not meet with Chicago Police today: lawyer

Chicago Sun-Times
Feb 18, 2019 1:39 PM - Jussie Smollett will not meet with Chicago police on Monday to discuss the ongoing investigation of a reported attack on the "Empire" star, a spokesman for his attorney said. "There are no plans for Jussie Smollett to meet with Chicago police today. Any news reports suggesting otherwise are inaccurate," an emailed statement from public relations consultant Anne Kavanagh reads. "Smollett's attorneys will keep an active dialogue going with Chicago police on his behalf. We have no further comment today."
Plant manager texted wife 'I love you' before he died from shooting

Chicago Sun-Times
Feb 17, 2019 8:44 PM - After he was shot, Josh Pinkard, the plant manager of the water valve manufacturing facility in Aurora where a mass shooting took place Friday afternoon, texted his wife. "I love you" was the message.
Oswego victim of Aurora shooting was a devoted grandfather of eight

Chicago Sun-Times
Feb 17, 2019 1:25 PM - A day after the Aurora shooting, Vicente Juarez's children remembered him as a loving and devoted father who put his family above all else. "Words can't even describe how good of a dad he was," his daughter, Diana Juarez, said through tears on the family's front lawn Saturday afternoon.
Striking CICS teachers protest brings Loop office to halt

Chicago Sun-Times
Feb 14, 2019 1:15 PM - Striking Chicago International Charter School teachers brought a busy Loop office building lobby to a standstill Wednesday afternoon on their seventh day of a work stoppage. About 100 Chicago Teachers Union Members blocked the entrances to 1 N. Wacker to bring their grievances to the accounting firm office of CICS President and Treasurer Laura Thonn.
Aldermanic candidate files $4 million defamation suit against CTU

Chicago Sun-Times
Feb 14, 2019 1:07 PM - The 19-year-old college Republican aiming to unseat Alderman Marty Quinn in the 13th District filed a $4 million defamation lawsuit this week against the Chicago Teachers Union that names Quinn and his key political ally, House Speaker Mike Madigan, as potential defendants. On Monday, DePaul University freshman David Krupa sued the CTU and Chicago Public Schools teacher Jeanine Muir, naming Quinn, Madigan and the vaunted 13th Ward Democratic Organization as respondents in discovery.
CTA adding vending machines for phone chargers, snacks, photo booth

Chicago Sun-Times
Feb 13, 2019 3:50 PM - Three new kinds of vending machines will be installed at CTA stations in the next few months, providing riders with a photo booth, phone-charging battery packs and healthy snacks, the Chicago Transit Authority announced Wednesday. For riders with a dead phone battery, the transit service is rolling out 35 vending machines -- called MobileQubes -- that will dispense battery charging packs. The packs can either be rented or purchased, and cost $4.99 on the first day and 99 cents for every additional day of use. CTA said riders will see these machines at 26 CTA stations, mostly on the Red Line.
Much of $100 million from sale of Holy Name lot to go to church sex-abuse debts

Chicago Sun-Times
Feb 11, 2019 9:46 AM - Anticipating getting $100 million or more from the sale of a parking lot at Holy Name Cathedral, the Archdiocese of Chicago expects to spend most of that windfall repaying money that was borrowed to cover the financial costs of clergy sex abuse claims. That's according to a Chicago Sun-Times examination of the church's most recent financial reports and interviews that show the archdiocese owes more than $200 million, mostly related to sex abuse claims. And the church estimates it could end up with another $100 million in costs for pending and future claims.

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