Articles filed under Chicago Sun-Times
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Progressive aldermen move to strip Burke of $100M-a-year worker's comp programDec 11, 2018 10:00 pm - Progressive aldermen moved Wednesday to strip the Finance Committee chaired by Alderman Edward Burke of control over Chicago's $100 million-a-year workers' compensation ...
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Mayor's allies avert vote on TIF reform that would block $1.5B for mega projectsDec 09, 2018 10:00 pm - A city council committee abruptly recessed Monday after progressive aldermen appeared to have the votes to pass a long-stalled ordinance that would block Mayor Rahm Eman...
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CPS board approves whole agenda: $26 million for temp nurses, charter closuresDec 06, 2018 12:00 am - Anne Uzelac, a self-described 11-year-old Type 1 diabetic, had hoped the Chicago Board of Education might hear her pleas for better nursing care because what's currently...
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Historic Pilsen church may become apartment complexDec 06, 2018 12:00 am - An old church in the heart of Pilsen could turn into a new seven-story apartment complex tailored for middle- to low-income residents and families as early as 2021. The ...
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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...