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City Council approves $8.5 billion O'Hare expansion plan by 40-to-1 voteMar 27, 2018 11:00 pm - Mayor Rahm Emanuel will seek a third term with a job-and-contract-generating, fundraising ace in his pocket: the $8.5 billion expansion of O'Hare Airport. The City Counc...
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CityKey benefit: discounts on prescription drugsMar 26, 2018 11:00 pm - Mayor Rahm Emanuel and City Clerk Anna Valencia have been accused of "suborning voter fraud" by allowing Chicago's CityKey municipal identification card to be used to re...
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Kim Foxx sues Facebook, Lisa Madigan sends letter to ZuckerbergMar 25, 2018 11:00 pm - Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx filed a lawsuit Monday against Facebook that paints the world's foremost social media company as the farmer who failed to protect t...
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146,000 Chicago adults identify as LGBT: city studyMar 25, 2018 11:00 pm - Chicago is home to 146,000 adults who identify as LGBT, according to a new report from the city's health department. In what it describes as "the first-ever population e...
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5 stories from Chicago of interest in the suburbsMar 23, 2018 1:00 am - Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle, who handily won part renomination despite the unsweetened beverage tax controversy, has decided to seek the chairmanship of...
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Musk one of two finalists for high speed rail to O'HareMar 21, 2018 11:00 pm - Competition to build an elusive high-speed rail line between downtown and a soon-to-be-expanded O'Hare Airport has been narrowed to two teams - and visionary billionaire...
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Battle brewing over future of North Branch of the Chicago RiverMar 19, 2018 11:00 pm - Here's one vision for a stretch of the aging industrial corridor along the North Branch of the Chicago River: A wide-open public park teeming with native grasses, wildli...
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Loyola fans sign petition to get Sister Jean on 'The Ellen Show'Mar 18, 2018 11:00 pm - Sister Jean Dolores-Schmidt has always been a campuswide celebrity at Loyola. But now with the men's basketball team making its first Sweet Sixteen berth since 1985, the...
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Shields' poor outing vs. A's 'not a concern'Mar 18, 2018 1:00 am - MESA, Ariz. - James Shields was back on the mound Sunday, his first game action in 10 days and only his second appearance of the spring. The word "disaster" comes to min...
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Emanuel pulls Chicago out of World Cup bidMar 14, 2018 11:00 pm - Chicago has withdrawn from the effort to bring the 2026 World Cup to North America, a spokesman for Mayor Rahm Emanuel said Wednesday. Soldier Field was one of 32 potent...