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Chicago OKs marijuana zoning, prohibits sales in LoopOct 16, 2019 1:00 am - Chicago Sun-Times Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot's plan to establish zoning ground rules for the sale of recreational marijuana in Chicago cleared the city council Wednesd...
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Chicago schools to close Thursday as strike loomsOct 16, 2019 1:00 am - All Chicago Public Schools classes are canceled Thursday ahead of an increasingly certain teachers strike that city officials say should have been avoided. The announcem...
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Pritzkers report $5.5 million in taxable incomeOct 15, 2019 1:00 am - Billionaire Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker and his wife reported $5.5 million in taxable income - about $28.9 million less than the family reported last year. Even so, Pr...
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Police: 4 killed, another hurt in apartment shooting in Chicago's Dunning neighborhoodOct 12, 2019 1:00 am - A 67-year-old man killed four of his neighbors and critically injured another in a shooting Saturday evening at an apartment complex in Dunning on the Northwest Side, ac...
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No new taxes, more staff for property tax appeals in Cook County budget proposalOct 10, 2019 12:02 am - Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle plans today to unveil a $6.18 billion budget for 2020 that promises no new taxes or layoffs but does eliminate hundreds of v...
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Chicago releases watchdog probe of Laquan McDonald shootingOct 09, 2019 1:00 am - Long before the Laquan McDonald shooting video was made public, lawyers for the city knew it could be a problem. On March 1, 2015 - a week after former Mayor Rahm Emanue...
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Principal at top school retires amid accusations of hostile environmentOct 08, 2019 1:00 am - The longtime principal at a highly rated North Side elementary school has retired amid accusations of hostility toward her staff, a tense environment for students and a ...
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New Cook assessor under fire from federal patronage monitorOct 08, 2019 1:00 am - Cook County Assessor Fritz Kaegi, elected a year ago on a reform platform, is under fire from a court-appointed monitor for delays in implementing new hiring policies me...
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Prosecutors reveal breadth of evidence in Burke caseOct 08, 2019 1:00 am - Federal prosecutors said they have turned over 40,000 pages of evidence to attorneys for Alderman Edward M. Burke and his co-defendants, as well as 100 "media discs," re...
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Supercold meteorite arrives at Field MuseumOct 08, 2019 1:00 am - In a darkened hallway within the labyrinth of offices and laboratories at the Field Museum, a select group of scientists, museum officials and a wealthy donor gathered M...