Articles filed under Chicago Sun-Times
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Waukegan casino license delayed as spurned tribe complains of 'rigged process'Nov 18, 2021 12:00 am - The lengthy process to select the developer of a new casino in Waukegan just got longer. State regulators were expected to name a winner in the two-years-and-counting ra...
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Former inspector general clears Emanuel in Laquan McDonald shootingNov 18, 2021 12:00 am - As ex-Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel waits for a confirmation vote to be U.S. ambassador to Japan, former Chicago Inspector General Joe Ferguson has cleared Emanuel of wrong...
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'Unprecedented' reports of bullying, bias seen against LGBTQ studentsNov 17, 2021 12:00 am - Advocacy organizations across the state have received an "unprecedented" number of reports of bullying, harassment and discrimination against LGBTQ students, a coalition...
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Arlington Heights man held without bail in attack on CTA worker, copNov 16, 2021 12:00 am - Hours before an Arlington Heights man stabbed a CTA worker and beat a Chicago police officer on a Blue Line platform in the Loop, he was arrested and released from custo...
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Lightfoot brands suspension recommendation for slain officer the 'height of tone-deafness'Nov 12, 2021 12:00 am - Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Friday denounced as the "height of tone-deafness" the Civilian Office of Police Accountability's decision to release a report recommendin...
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Former CEO of Schaumburg firm sentenced to 30 days for Capitol breachNov 12, 2021 12:00 am - A federal judge sentenced a former Schaumburg CEO to 30 days in jail Friday for his role in the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol breach, according the U.S. attorney's office in Washi...
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Catholic order found California abuse complaint credible, then moved priest to Chicago areaNov 12, 2021 12:00 am - The Rev. Timothy Keppel was overseeing two parishes near San Bernardino, Calif., when a man told the diocese there that, while in his teens, he'd been repeatedly sexuall...
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State and local officials want $2.7B from infrastructure bill to rebuild the IkeNov 09, 2021 12:00 am - State and local leaders from the western suburbs called for money from the $1 trillion infrastructure bill that passed Congress over the weekend to be used to rebuild a ...
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Chicago Police Department cancels days off as Rittenhouse verdict loomsNov 09, 2021 12:00 am - The Chicago Police Department has canceled regularly scheduled days off starting Friday and through the weekend in apparent anticipation of civil unrest in the event tha...
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Pritzker signs change to Health Care Right of Conscience ActNov 08, 2021 12:00 am - Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Monday signed a controversial amendment that bars the use of moral objections as a reason for refusing to comply with workplace COVID-19 requiremen...