Articles filed under Chicago Sun-Times
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Chicago mayor breaks ground for new DePaul basketball arenaNov 17, 2015 10:00 pm - Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel joined officials from DePaul University and McCormick Place to turn a symbolic first shovel Monday on a massive project to build a 10,000-seat...
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Chicago Sun-Times: City council cracks down on off-site parking near O'Hare, MidwayNov 17, 2015 10:00 pm - Bargain days won't end entirely for air travelers who park at off-site garages and lots and ride shuttles to O'Hare and Midway airports. But the discounts are about to s...
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Syrian refugee family moves to Chicago today despite Rauner banNov 17, 2015 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON - Despite Gov. Bruce Rauner's temporary ban on accepting Syrian refugees in the wake of the Paris attacks, a Syrian family fleeing the war is moving to Chicag...
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Chicago Sun-Times: Byrd-Bennett entitled to at least $140K in public pensions; cost CPS $900KNov 15, 2015 10:00 pm - Chicago taxpayers paid almost $900,000 for three and a half years' work by disgraced former Chicago Public Schools CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett. And though she's a felon sin...
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Pfleger rips Comcast for ducking South SideNov 11, 2015 10:00 pm - The Rev. Michael Pfleger charged that Comcast canceled six service calls around St. Sabina Church on Chicago's South to keep its technicians safe during a "heightened po...
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Chicago teachers ready to strike, union saysNov 10, 2015 10:00 pm - An overwhelming majority of Chicago Teachers Union members would walk off the job if a strike vote were taken, the union reported in describing preliminary results of a ...
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One third of Chicago's city workers make six-figure salariesNov 10, 2015 10:00 pm - About a third of the Chicago city payroll made $100,000 or more last year, according to an analysis by the Chicago Sun-Times. That's a far higher percentage of six-figur...
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Judge rips Chicago cop accused of shooting at another officerNov 10, 2015 10:00 pm - Cook County Judge Adam Bourgeois Jr. angrily berated a Chicago police officer charged with firing five shots at an off-duty suburban cop who tried to pull him over for ...
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New analysis shows Chicago cops almost never disciplined for misconductNov 09, 2015 10:00 pm - Chicago Police officers were disciplined in only 3 percent of more than 56,000 misconduct complaints filed over a 12-year period, according to a new analysis. The Univer...
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Preckwinkle says she has votes for hotel tax hike business calls a job killerNov 08, 2015 10:00 pm - County Board President Toni Preckwinkle said Monday she has the nine votes she needs to impose a 1-percent hotel tax and plans to forge ahead with a Friday roll call, de...