Articles filed under Chicago Sun-Times
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CPS budgets hold firm, ask principals to 'do more with less'Jul 13, 2016 11:00 pm - A broke Chicago Public Schools touted Wednesday that it will hold per-pupil funding to the same levels as the end of last year, plans no teacher layoffs, and will presen...
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Cubs' Fowler delays return to gameJul 10, 2016 1:00 am - PITTSBURGH - After batting four times as the DH in a minor-league rehab game Friday, center fielder Dexter Fowler pulled the plug on his effort to fast-track his return ...
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Black Lives Matter activists protest police brutality at Millennium ParkJul 09, 2016 1:00 am - Black Lives Matter activists gathered at Millennium Park on Saturday to protest police brutality. Days after police-involved fatal shootings of black men in Louisiana an...
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Lawsuit: Ex-Fisk U student falsely imprisoned for 10 yearsJul 07, 2016 11:00 pm - A former Fisk University student says he lost a decade of his life when he was framed for dealing drugs on Chicago's North Side in 2006 and falsely imprisoned. Now, Jerm...
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Emanuel defends record property tax hike as bills hit mailboxesJul 05, 2016 11:00 pm - Five days after agreeing to raise property taxes by another $250 million for teachers pensions, Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Tuesday defended the record increase for police and...
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Ex-cop admits he dodged taxes in Wrigleyville rooftop schemeJul 04, 2016 11:00 pm - A former suburban cop pleaded guilty Tuesday to dodging about $140,000 in federal taxes in connection with a fraud scheme at a Wrigleyville rooftop business. Richard Zas...
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Extra cops, 'targeted' arrests tamp down July 4 weekend shootingsJul 04, 2016 11:00 pm - Chicago Police Supt. Eddie Johnson credited targeted arrests of gang members ahead of the Fourth of July weekend with the relatively small number of shootings and homici...
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Still some goals for White SoxJul 01, 2016 1:00 am - KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The White Sox officially were eliminated from American League Central title contention Sunday, a foregone conclusion that almost no one noticed. So it...
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First store opens at Englewood Square, soon home to Whole FoodsJun 30, 2016 11:00 pm - When the city approached DL3 Realty and Chicago Neighborhood Initiatives about redeveloping 13 acres of vacant land in Englewood on the South Side, DL3's Leon Walker tho...
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CPS will make $676 million teacher pension payment, then what?Jun 30, 2016 11:00 pm - The Chicago Public Schools will make a $676 million payment to the Chicago Teachers Pension Fund due Thursday even though that massive payment will leave the nearly bank...