Articles filed under Chicago Sun-Times
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Rahm fattens war chest by $539K, with generous servings from restaurants, hotelsAug 22, 2018 11:00 pm - Mayor Rahm Emanuel's already fat campaign war chest swelled by another $539,919 thanks, in part, to a parade of contributions from the restaurant and hospitality industr...
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Vallas wants to dismantle Emanuel's City Colleges makeoverAug 22, 2018 11:00 pm - Mayoral challenger Paul Vallas vowed Thursday to dismantle Mayor Rahm Emanuel's signature colleges-to-careers makeover that has allowed each of Chicago's seven city coll...
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Protesters plan to block I-190 near O'Hare on Labor DayAug 22, 2018 1:00 am - Protesters plan to march along Interstate 190 near O'Hare International Airport on Labor Day in hopes of shutting down the expressway and creating pressure for more acti...
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Days away from mandatory retirement age, fire commissioner shown the doorAug 21, 2018 11:00 pm - After 6½ years of leadership stability under fire, there will be a changing of the guard at the helm of the Chicago Fire Department. Mayor Rahm Emanuel is saying goodbye...
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Police burnout? Photo goes viral of CPD officers snoozing on the jobAug 19, 2018 11:00 pm - Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson has promised that Chicago's five most violent police districts will continue to get 600 additional weekend officers "until we're comf...
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Chicago hotel workers vote 'overwhelmingly' to authorize strikeAug 16, 2018 11:00 pm - Workers at dozens of the city's top hotels - including the Palmer House and Sheraton Grand Chicago - voted on Wednesday to authorize a strike later this month as they fi...
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Cop says in video suspect 'was going to shoot us'Aug 16, 2018 11:00 pm - Immediately after Chicago police shot and killed Harith Augustus in South Shore last month, the officer who fired the shots lamented, "Why did he have to pull a gun out ...
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Lawyer: Ald. Cochran 'thinking about' guilty plea, not thinking re-electionAug 14, 2018 11:00 pm - Alderman Willie Cochran is considering whether to take a plea deal nearly two years after federal prosecutors accused him of fraud, extortion and bribery. But no final d...
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Alderman demands city stop letting rescue groups 'cherry-pick' purebred dogsAug 12, 2018 11:00 pm - Dog-loving Alderman Ray Lopez demanded Monday that Chicago's chronically-troubled Animal Care and Control shelter stop allowing animal rescue organizations to "cherry-pi...
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Glendale Heights police arrest man on Texas most wanted listAug 11, 2018 1:00 am - A convicted child molester on the "Texas 10 most wanted sex offenders" list was arrested Thursday in Glendale Heights, less than two days after authorities warned he...