Articles filed under Chicago Sun-Times
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CTA does an about-face on insurance coverage for gender reassignment surgeryDec 04, 2018 10:00 pm - Russia Brown is a 28-year-old CTA bus driver born a female who was making the transition to a male, only to have the mass transit agency throw up a roadblock. After choo...
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Bill Daley floats pension crisis solutions, including commuter taxNov 30, 2018 12:00 am - Bill Daley unveiled a strategy this week to grow Chicago out of its financial crisis - to a population of 3 million within the next decade - even as he opened the do...
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Federal agents raid Chicago alderman's officesNov 29, 2018 12:00 am - Federal agents showed up unannounced at the Chicago City Hall office of Finance Committee Chairman Ed Burke, kicked everyone out and papered over the windows Thursday mo...
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More than 600 new complaints land at CPS' new department dealing with sex abuseNov 28, 2018 10:00 pm - Chicago Public Schools officials have received 624 allegations of sexual abuse in their new office handling such complaints, 133 of them making accusations against adult...
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Aldermen condemn Trump's 'blatant discrimination' against transgender communityNov 27, 2018 10:00 pm - After an emotional appeal from the mom of a transgender fifth-grader, Chicago aldermen demanded Wednesday that President Donald Trump "cease and desist" his "blatant dis...
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Chico calls Mendoza 'unfit' for mayor's jobNov 26, 2018 10:00 pm - Mayoral candidate Gery Chico on Monday took the gloves off and pummeled the only other Hispanic candidate in the race: state Comptroller Susana Mendoza. Chico charged th...
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3 cops accused in conspiracy to cover up McDonald shooting head to trialNov 25, 2018 10:00 pm - The night of Oct. 20, 2014, Jason Van Dyke shot Laquan McDonald 16 times. Almost as soon as the shooting stopped, special prosecutors say, his fellow officers swung into...
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Sears lists stores it would like to see savedNov 22, 2018 10:00 pm - After a year of closures, layoffs and finally filing for bankruptcy, Sears has listed the 505 stores - including 11 in Illinois - it hopes a new owner will continue oper...
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Judge's ruling means no disruption of state football finalsNov 20, 2018 12:00 am - A Cook County Circuit judge has denied an emergency motion order to hear the Simeon Alumni Association's case against the Illinois High School Association. A lawsuit fi...
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Sun-Times: Rolling Stones coming to Soldier FieldNov 19, 2018 12:00 am - The Rolling Stones are headed to America's stadiums, and that includes a tour stop in Chicago, the Chicago Sun-Times is reporting. According to Rolling Stone magazine, t...