Articles filed under Chicago Sun-Times
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Council drops background-check requirement for ride-hailing companiesNov 20, 2017 12:00 am - The state of Colorado accused Uber this week of placing passengers in "extreme jeopardy" - and slapped the ride-hailing giant with a nearly $9 million fine for allowing...
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Council approves Emanuel's $8.6 billion budgetNov 20, 2017 12:00 am - After the most tranquil budget season of Mayor Rahm Emanuel's tenure, the Chicago City Council on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved a 2018 spending plan balanced with high...
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Aldermen attempt to strip CTA, CPS funding from Emanuel's budgetNov 15, 2017 10:00 pm - Chicago aldermen have been complaining for weeks about the dangerous precedent Mayor Rahm Emanuel is setting by assuming more financial responsibility for the CTA and Ch...
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Chicago-area Teamsters local loses $2.3M appeal over Des Plaines leaseNov 14, 2017 10:00 pm - A state appeals court has upheld a judgment of more than $2.3 million over a broken office lease against a Teamsters Union local that represents more than 10,000 governm...
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Cabdrivers union blasts Emanuel's plan to save taxi industryNov 13, 2017 10:00 pm - Mayor Rahm Emanuel's plan to save Chicago's dying taxicab industry sailed through a City Council committee Monday over the strenuous objections of a union representing c...
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Former alderman Bob Fioretti challenging Toni PreckwinkleNov 12, 2017 10:00 pm - Former Chicago Alderman Bob Fioretti wants Toni Preckwinkle's job. And Fioretti made it clear Monday as he officially announced his candidacy that he plans to use Preckw...
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CPS rips inspector's report, reinstates Cook Co. Jail school principalNov 08, 2017 10:00 pm - Chicago Public Schools officials have reinstated the principal accused by the district's top watchdog of falsifying student data at the alternative high school she runs ...
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Cook County Public Defender's office employees file harassment suitNov 08, 2017 12:00 am - A half-dozen employees of the Cook County Public Defender's office have filed a sexual harassment lawsuit, claiming county officials have done nothing to protect them fr...
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Report: Obama not chosen for jury dutyNov 08, 2017 12:00 am -
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Chance scolds aldermen for spending $95M on 'cop academy,' not schoolsNov 07, 2017 10:00 pm - Chance the Rapper scolded Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Chicago aldermen Wednesday for their plan to spend $95 million to build a public safety training campus on the West Side...