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To help Chicago businesses, fully fund public transit, report saysOct 18, 2018 11:00 pm - To preserve the region's economic vitality, Chicago needs to invest in its aging, under-maintained public transport infrastructure, a newly released report concluded. Th...
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McMahon bills Cook County almost $50K for Van Dyke prosecutionOct 17, 2018 1:00 am - Kane County State's Attorney Joseph McMahon has billed Cook County for nearly $50,000 for expenses from his more than two years spent as the special prosecutor in Chicag...
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Emanuel applauds aldermen who 'took the tough votes' in final budget addressOct 16, 2018 11:00 pm - Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Wednesday took the wraps off a $10.66 billion 2019 budget that holds the line on taxes, fines and fees and still invests heavily in police reform, ...
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Obama Foundation new donors: Neil Bluhm, Steph CurryOct 15, 2018 11:00 pm - New million-dollar-plus donors to the Obama Foundation disclosed on Monday include former Microsoft president John Shirley and his wife, Kimberly, and the foundation run...
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Jason Van Dyke reading, writing letters from Rock Island as he awaits sentencingOct 14, 2018 11:00 pm - Jason Van Dyke spends 23 hours a day in a small cell in the Rock Island County Jail, writing letters to his family and reading novels, his lawyer said following his firs...
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March to the Polls draws thousands to ChicagoOct 13, 2018 1:00 am - Chicago Sun-Times Thousands gathered in Chicago Saturday for the "March to the Polls," with organizers pushing for participants to help get out the vote ahead of the Nov...
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Trio charged with attacking CPD officers, locking them inside Englewood homeOct 08, 2018 11:00 pm - Three people have been charged with attacking a trio of Chicago police officers and locking them inside a South Side Englewood neighborhood home Monday afternoon. Police...
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'His testimony wasn't credible': Jurors in Van Dyke trial explain their decisionOct 05, 2018 1:00 am - Jurors in the trial of Jason Van Dyke for the murder of Laquan McDonald repeatedly told reporters after the trial ended Van Dyke's testimony looked "rehearsed." One woma...
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Police union: 'Sham trial and shameful verdict' for Van DykeOct 05, 2018 1:00 am - The Illinois Fraternal Order of Police blasted the jury verdict finding Jason Van Dyke guilty of second-degree murder and aggravated battery in the shooting of Laquan M...
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$10,000 reward offered in search for masked Rogers Park murdererOct 04, 2018 11:00 pm - A $10,000 reward was offered Thursday for information leading to the capture of the person who police say shot and killed two men in a pair of apparently random attacks ...